IRAQI COASTAL DEFENSE SITES AL FAW COASTAL DEFENSE SITE SOUTH, IRAQ (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: August 31, 1982
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IRAQI COASTAL DEFENSE SITES
AL FAW COASTAL DEFENSE SITE SOU'~H, IRAQ
1. (SWN) SIGNIFIC,'ANCE: TVz~O IRAQI COASTAL DEFENSE SITES ~'?1ERE
OBSERVED UNDER- CONSTRUCTION IN THF. AL FAW AREA.
2. (SWN) REI-IARKS: TI90 IF.A.QI COASTAL DEFENSE SITES--AL FAW
COASTAL DEFENSE SITE SOUTH AND AL FAW 25X1
COASTAL DEFENSE SITE SOUTHWEST NOT ON 25X1
GP?.APHIC-- WERE OBSERVED iJNDER CONSTRUCTION ON IMAGERY OF
SOUTHEAST OF 13AGI-IDAD, AT TIIE HEAD OF THE FEP.SIAN GULF AT`ID
NEAR THE P40UTI-I OF THE SHA.TT AL ARAB .
(SVJN) AI, FAW COASTAL DEFENSE SITE SOUTH, 4.3 PdM
SOUTH-SOUTHtiVEST OF AL FAW AT 29-55-50N 048-26-20E, WAS
OBSERVED CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY AT THIS SITE 25X1
INCLUDED GRADING FOR TWO FIRIPdG AREAS (EACH CONTAINING TWO
DRIVE-THP.OUGH FIRIPdG POSITIONS) AND 20 GRABED-EARTH
PAP.KING/SUPPORT AREAS.
Attachment to Z-15846/82
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31 AUGUST 1982
AL FA1V IS APPROXIMATELY 290 NM
GROUND SCARRING FOR THESE SITES VJAS 25X1
(S4VN) AL FAW COASTAL DEFENSE SITE SOUTI-IWEST, 4 NM
WEST-SOUTIiF]EST OF AL FAIN' AT 29-57-50N 048-24-OOE, WAS 25X1
OBSER.VF.D CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY AT THIS SITE
INCLUDED GRADING FOR TlVO FIP.ING AREAS (EACH CONTAINING 'T'WO
FIP,IPIG POSITIONS), AND FOUR SEP.VICE ROADS.
(SWN) TIIE PRESENCE OF REVETTED DRIVE-TI~IROUGf-I FIRING
POSITIONS AT ONE OF TFiE COASTAL DEFENSE SITES MA.Y INDICATE
THE FUTURE DEPLOYAIENT OF A CF,UISE MISSILE SYSTETI, ALTIiOUGIi
NO CRUISE MISSILE EOUIPILfENT WAS DISCERNIBLE AT EITHER OF
THESE SITES. 25X1
3. (S)
COORDINATES 29-55-50N 048-26-20E
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