DAMAGE AND DEFENSES PORT STANLEY, FALKLAND ISLANDS(SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: June 24, 1982
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DAMAGE AND DEFENSES
PORT STANLEY, FALKLAND ISLANDS
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: IMAGERY OF EAST FALKLAND ISLAND,
ACQUIRED ON THE DAY PRIOR TO THE ARGENTINE SURRENDER, SHOWS
DAMAGE TO THE STANLEY AIRFIELD, AND STRENGTHENED ARGENTINE
DEFENSES AROUND PORT STANLEY.
2. (S/D) REMARKS: EVIDENCE OF EXTENSIVE BOMBING OF THE
STANLEY AIRFIELD WAS APPARENT ON IMAGERY
(GRAPHIC 1). NUMEROUS CRATERS WERE PRESENT THROUGHOUT THE
AREA. THE DAMAGE FROM THREE CRATERS ON THE RUNWAY HAD BEEN
REPAIRED. THE HANGAR AT THE SUPPORT AREA WAS PARTIALLY
DAMAGED AND ONE OF THE SUPPORT BUILDINGS WAS COMPLETELY
DESTROYED. AIRCRAFT DAMAGED INCLUDED ONE PROBABLE PUCARA
COMPLETELY DESTROYED; ONE PUCARA AND ONE SINGLE-ENGINE
AIRCRAFT DAMAGED. OTHER AIR ORDER-OF-BATTLE AT STANLEY
AIRFIELD INCLUDED EIGHT PUCARA, THREE MB339, THREE
CESSNA-TYPE 130, AND ONE SMALL TWIN-ENGINE AIRCRAFT.
(S/D) ARGENTINE FORCES HAD INCREASED THEIR DEFENSES AT THE
SOUTH AND WEST PERIMETERS OF PORT STANLEY SINCE
THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE AT THE WESTERN EDGE OF PORT STANLEY,
WAS PROTECTED BY EXTENSIVE DEFENSIVE POSITIONS.
HELICOPTERS, PARKED IN OPEN AREAS ADJACENT TO THE
GOVERNMENT HOUSE, INCLUDED FIVE UH-1, ONE PROBABLE UH-1,
ONE CHINOOK, AND ONE POSSIBLE PUMA WERE PRESENT
(GRAPHIC 2).
(S/D) PROBABLE DEFENSIVE POSITIONS'WERE PRESENT AT LONGDON,
TWO SISTERS, HARRIET, TUMBLEDOWN, AND WILLIAM MOUNTAINS. AND
SAPPER HILL (GRAPHIC 3).
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