MANAGUA BUNKER COMPLEX CUBA (SANITIZED)

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 11, 2011
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: September 29, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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29 SEPTEMBER 1983
CUBA S N 25X1
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1. SIGNIFICANCE: CONSTRUCTION HAS CONTINUED ON THIS
PROBABLE COMMAND AND CONTROL COMPLEX NEAR MANAGUA, CUBA.
2. REMARKS: THIS BUNKER COMPLEX, 13.5 NM SOUTHEAST OF
HAVANA AND 3.2 NM SOUTHEAST OF MANAGUA AIRFIELD 0 25X1
FACILITY. (S
OCTOBER 1982 AND IS NOW IN MID TO LATE STAGES OF
CONSTRUCTION. THIS IS THE LARGEST BUNKER COMPLEX IN
CUBA. THE MAIN PORTION OF THE COMPLEX CONSISTS OF ONE
109-METER AND FIVE 42-METER ARCH-ROOFED BUNKERS. SINCE
MANAGUA SA-3 SITE SOUTH SOUTHEAST ` 0.7 NM
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE BUNKER COMPLEX, HAS BEEN RECENTLY
OCCUPIED FOR THE FIRST TIME AND WILL PROVIDE POINT
CONNECTED BY A PASSAGEWAY WHICH ALSO PROVIDES ACCESS TO
THE LARGER BUNKER. WATERPROOFING HAD BEEN APPLIED TO
THREE BUNKERS IN PREPARATION FOR EARTH COVERING OF THE
COMPLEX. A RADAR MOUND HAD BEEN CONSTRUCTED ADJACENT TO
THE COMPLEX (NOT ON GRAPHIC). NUMEROUS SMALLER
VEHICLE/EQUIPMENT BUNKERS ARE BEING BUILT AROUND THE MAIN
PORTION OF THE COMPLEX. (SWN 25X1
THIS COMPLEX HAS THE APPEARANCE OF A COMMAND AND CONTROL
BUNKER, BUT THE EXACT ASPECT OF COMMAND AND CONTROL TO BE
PERFORMED HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. THE PRESENCE OF RADAR
POSITIONS AT THE COMPLEX WOULD TEND TO INDICATE THAT AN
AIR DEFENSE-RELATED COMMAND WILL LIKELY OCCUPY THE
DEFENSE FOR THE COMPLEX. (S
HAS BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION SINCE AT LEAST 20AI
FOUR OF THE FIVE SMALLER BUNKERS HAVE BEEN 25X1
COORDINATES 22-55-01N 08
2-15-15W (S)
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