ARMS TRANSSHIPMENT ACTIVITY

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 8, 2011
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: January 24, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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ARMS TRANSSHIPMENT ACTIVITY
F- 7-
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: WORLDWIDE ARMS TRANSSHIPMENT ACTIVITY IS
OBSERVED AT FOUR FACILITIES INVOLVING THE
SOVIET UNION, THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, AND LIBYA AS
SUPPLIERS OF WEAPONRY TO THIRD WORLD NATIONS.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: A DELIVERY OF MISSILE COMPONENTS AND EQUIPMENT
IS IN PROGRESS AT TARABULUS PORT FACILITIES 25X1
LIBYA. APPROXIMATELY 40 PROBABLE SA-3 SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE
(SAM) CANISTERS ARE IN THE HOLDS OF A SOVIET KAPITAN
KUSHNARENKO-CLASS MERSHIP WHICH HAS ARRIVED AT THE MILITARY
TRANSSHIPMENT MOLE APPROXIMATELY 70 25X1
PROBABLE OXIDIZER KEGS ARE ON THE DECK OF THE SHIP. COLLATERAL
REPORTS A KAPITAN KUSHNARENKO-CLASS MERSHIP WITH A LIKE NUMBER
OF OXIDIZER TANKS (KEGS) ON DECK AS HAVING DEPARTED THE BLACK
SEA JAN 83, THE 225X1
OXIDIZER KEGS ARE PROBABLY RELATED TO A RECENT DELIVERY OF AT
LEAST TEN SCUD MISSILES BY A SOVIET MUROM-CLASS MERSHIP, WHICH
HAS DEPARTED THE PORT 25X1
(SWN) A LARGE DELIVERY OF CHINESE WEAPONRY INCLUDING AIRCRAFT,
ARMOR, AND ARTILLERY PROBABLY DESTINED FOR IRAQ HAS ARRIVED AT
QADIMAH PORT FACILITIES IN SAUDI ARABIA. SEVEN 25X1
CHINESE-MANUFACTURED PROBABLE F-7 (FISHBED) FUSELAGE SHIPPING
CONTAINERS ARE IN THE SOUTHERN TRANSSHIPMENT AREA. THESE SEVEN
F-7 CONTAINERS ARE IN ADDITION TO THE FOUR F-7 CONTAINERS
OBSERVED IN THIS AREA FIVE ADDITIONAL 25X1
CONTAINERS WERE DELIVERED ON BRINGING THE 25X1
TOTAL OF F-7 CONTAINERS RECENTLY DELIVERED TO QADIMAH TO 16.
ELEVEN OF THESE AIRCRAFT SHIPPING CONTAINERS WERE PROBABLY
SHIPPED ON THE PRC MITSUI-CONCORD 15-CLASS MERSHIP WHICH
ARRIVED AT QADIMAH THIS MERSHIP HAD 25X1
PEEN AT CHIKAN PORT FACILITY 25X1
LOADING ELEVEN F-7 CONTAINERS. 25X1
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(SWN) A PRC CHI FEN K011-CLASS MER
SHIP WHICH WAS MOORED IN THE
ROADSTEAD AT QADIMAH
HAS BEEN MOVED TO THE QUAY.
25X1
AT LEAST EIGHT PROBABL
OFFLOADED ONTO HEAVY L
30 PROBABLE MEDIUM TAN
SOUTHERN TRANSSHIPMENT
(SWN) AT LEAST NINETY
ALSO IN THE PORT FACIL
COVERED) HAVE BEEN LOA
TRANSSHIPMENT AREA AND
E CHINESE MEDIUM TA
IFT TRANSPORTERS NE
KS ARE ON HEAVY LIF
AREA.
-EIGHT 37/57MM ANTI
ITY. EIGHTY-FOUR A
DED ONTO FLATBED TR
14 REMAIN ON THE Q
NKS HAVE BEEN
ARBY. AN ADDITIONAL
T TRANSPORTERS IN THE
AIRCRAFT (AA) GUNS ARE
A GUNS (14 CANVAS
AILERS IN THE SOUTHERN
UAY. THIS IS AN
INCREASE OF 30 AA GUNS
TANKS-HAVE ARRIVED IN THE
SWN) AT LEAST 17 ADDITIONAL T-54/55
,
(
25X1
ETHIOPIA
BRINGING
THE TOT
AL TO 75 T-54/55
25X1
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ARGE NUM
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25X1
WHICH W.RE D BY A SOVIET KAPITAN KUSHNARENKO-CLASS
MERSHIP REMAIN IN THE TRANSSHIPMENT AREA. IN
ADDITION, ONE SOVIET KAPITAN KUSHNARENKO-CLASS MERSHIP (WITH
TWO POSSIBLE FISHBED FUSELAGE SHIPPING CONTAINERS ON DECK) IS
LOCATED OFFSHORE.
(SWN) IMAGERY OF BANGHAZI SHOWED TEN MEDIUM TANKS 25X1
BEING TRANSPORTED TOWARD THE PORT AND A LIBYAN DERNA-CLASS
RO/RO IN PORT.
(SWN) THIS CONTINUED LIBYAN INVOLVEMENT IN THE RESUPPLY OF
ARMS AND PERSONNEL TO OTHER AFRICAN AND MIDDLE EAST NATIONS
FOLLOWS PREVIOUSLY OBSERVED DELIVERIES TO ETHIOPIA, TO ALGERIA
(DESTINED
(DESTINED CENTHOPOLISARIO
REPUBLIC), AND INSURGENTS), TO TO
SYRTHE IA (DESTINED FOR
FOR THE CENTRAL AFRICAN EITHER SYRIAN FORCES OR THE PLO).
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DELIVERED SUGGESTS THAT EITHER ANOTHER DERNA-CLASS RO/RO OR
POSSIBLY LIBYA'S LARGER RO/RO 'GARYOUNIS' ALSO MAY HAVE BEEN
INVOLVED IN THE DELIVERY. AT LEAST 22 OF THE 27 T-54/55 TANKS
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(SWN) ONE MIDGET SUBMARINE (SSM), 20 MEDIUM TANKS, AND 33
ANTIAIRCRAFT (AA) GUNS HAVE DEPARTED CHIKAN PORT FACILITIES (BE
CHINA SINCE THE MERSHIP(S), ON
WHICH THIS EQUIPMENT HAD BEEN LOADED IS/ARE UNKNOWN. THE
CHINESE HAVE RECENTLY EXPORTED WEAPONRY TO IRAQ THROUGH SAUDI
ARABIA FROM THIS PORT; HOWEVER, THE DESTINATION OF THIS
EQUIPMENT IS NOT KNOWN.
(SWN) THE SSM ARRIVED AT CHIKAN THE 25X1
MEDIUM TANKS ARRIVED AND AT LEAST 60 AA GUNS 25X1
ARRIVED THE SSM 3 25,25X1
METERS IN BEAM, AND WAS PROBABLY BUILT AT WUHAN-SHIPYARD WUCHAN
WHERE SIMILAR MIDGET SUBMARINES ARE UNDER 25X1
CnNSTRTTC'TTON. THE SSM HAD NO SAIL EMPLACED WHEN LAST OBSERVED
3. BE VARIOUS, COORDINATES VARIOUS
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