WOOD BINE SATCOM EQUIPMENT SEMIPALATINSK ADZ HEADQUARTERS COMMAND POST BUNKER, USSR

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 4, 2011
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: February 8, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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WOOD BINE SATCOM EQUIPMENT
SEMIPALATINSK ADZ H D POST BUNKER, USSR
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: THE SOVIETS ARE UPGRADING THEIR SATELLITE
COMMUNICATIONS (SATCOM) CAPABILITIES IN CENTRAL ASIA.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: A WOOD BINE SATCOM VEHICLE (AS-EL-01),
ASSOCIATED WITH THE LATEST SOVIET MOBILE SATCOM SYSTEM, IS IN
THE OPERATIONAL MODE, IN THE SUPPORT AREA AT SEMIPALATINSK ADZ
HEADQUARTERS COMMAND POST BUNKER. AT LEAST 35 VEHICLES, MAKING
UP-A SIGNAL UNIT, ARE ALSO PRESENT IN AND AROUND THE FACILITY.
(SWN) THE WOOD BINE SYSTEM HA BEEN DEPLOYED WITH ARMY/CORPS
SIGNAL REGIMENTS IN THE USSR, AND MONGOLIA, WITH
INDEPENDENT MANEUVER REGIMEN AFGHANISTAN, AT A SOVIET
SATCOM FACILITY NEAR GLADKAYA, AT NAVAL COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY
NEAR SERGEYEVKA., AND HAS JUST BEEN DELIVERED TO LIBYA.
3.
COORDINATES 50-35-25N 080-28-40E
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