CONTINUED TESTING OF NEW ANTIAIRCRAFT SYSTEM UNMU-DO ISLAND, NORTH KOREA

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 10, 2011
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• Publication Date: October 23, 1983
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CONTINUED TESTING OF NEW ANTIAIRCRAFT SYSTEM
UNMU-DO ISLAND, NORTH KOREA
1. SIGNIFICANCE: CONTINUED EVALUATION AND TESTING OF A NEW
INDIGENOUSLY PRODUCED SELF-PROPELLED ANTIAIRCRAFT HEAVY MACHINE
GUN (SPAAHMG) SYSTEM IS IN PROGRESS. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: THREE SPAAHMG (NOT ALL ON GRAPHIC) ARE PARKED ON
HARDSTANDS AND ONE PROBABLE SPAAHMG IS IN A SUPPORT AREA. A
BIVOUAC (NOT ON GRAPHIC) CONSISTING OF 14 TENTS IS NEARBY.
ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT (NOT ON GRAPHIC) ON THE ISLAND WHICH MAY
BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE TEST INCLUDES THREE CANVAS-COVERED
PROBABLE ELECTRONICS VAN TRUCKS, ONE PROBABLE LAND-BASED DRUM
TILT-ASSOCIATED VAN TRAILER, ONE POSSIBLE LAND-BASED DRUM TILT
RADAR, AND EIGHT ZPU-4-TYPE ANTIAIRCRAFT HEAVY MACHINE GUNS.
THIS NEW SYSTEM, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO THE SOVIET ZSU-23/4
SELF-PROPELLED ANTIAIRCRAFT GUN, WAS FIRST B AT NAMPO
RADAR ASSEMBLY PLANT AND WAS 25X1
SUBSEQUENTLY SEEN BEING TESTED AT HWAJIN NI AAA TRAINING CENTER
THE TEST ENVIRONMENT ON 25X1
UNMU-DO ISLAND HAS A BETTER SETTING TO EVALUATE THE SYSTEM'S
FULL CAPABILITIES THAN HWAJIN NI SINCE IT PROVIDES A FULL 360
DEGREE FIELD OF FIRE. THE WEAPON MAY BE ENTERING A FINAL TEST
PHASE AND FIELD DEPLCYMENT COULD BEGIN AFTER TESTING IS.
COMPLETE. (SWN)
UNMU-DO IS A SMALL ISLAND 37 NM NORTHWEST OF PYONGYANG AND 12
NM OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTH KOREA. (SWN)
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