BM-11 MULTIPLE ROCKET LAUNCHER WITH POLISARIO FORCES AAIN UM SERUS, WESTERN SAHARA (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: February 4, 1982
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BM-11 MULTIPLE ROCKET LAUNCHER WITH POLISARIO FORCES
AAIN UM SERUSA, WESTERN SAHARA
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: IDENTIFICATION OF BM-11 MULTIPLE ROCKET
LAUNCHER WITH THE OLISARIO IN WESTERN SAHARA PROVIDES
ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE OF LIBYAN SUPPORT TO THE POLISARIO.
2. (S/D) REMARKS: TWO BM-11 MULTIPLE ROCKET LAUNCHERS (MRL)
(ONE ON GRAPHIC 1) WERE DEPLOYED IN TWO SEPARATE WADIS,
APPROXIMATELY 1 NM SOUTH OF THE NEWLY IDENTIFIED AAIN UM
SERUSA POLISARIO CAMP IN WESTERN SAHARA,
IN ADDITION, APPROXIMATELY 30 CRATES
(GRAPHIC 2) PROBABLY CONTAINING BM-11 ROCKETS WERE IMMEDIATELY
NORTH OF THE MRL. OTHER EQUIPMENT (NOT ON GRAPHIC) INCLUDES
10 TRUCKS AND A BUS. THIS IS THE FIRST IDENTIFICATION OF
BM-11 MRL WITH POLISARIO FORCES IN WESTERN SAHARA. HOWEVER,
BM-11 WERE IDENTIFIED ON AT OUED TATRAT
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POLISARIO CAMP NO. 2,I (ALGERIA, A KNOWN 25X1
LOGISTICS SUPPORT BASE FOR POLISARIO FORCES IN WESTERN
SAHARA.
(S/D) THE PRESENCE OF THE BM-11 IN WESTERN SAHARA PROVIDES
ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE OF LIBYAN INVOLVEMENT WITH THE POLISARIO.
THE BM-11, A NORTH KOREAN-PRODUCED ROCKET LAUNCHER, IS
PRESENTLY KNOWN TO BE IN THE INVENTORY OF ONLY LIBYA AND
EGYPT IN NORTH AFRICA. AAIN UM SERUSA IS 75 NM EAST OF
SEMARA.
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COORDINATES 26-40-30N 010-16-20W
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