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SS-21 TRANSLOADING AL QUTAYFAH TACTICAL SSM STORAGE AND TRAINING FACILITY, SYRIA
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Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):
CIA-RDP91T00712R000200420005-1
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S
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Document Creation Date:
December 28, 2016
Document Release Date:
March 15, 2011
Sequence Number:
5
Case Number:
Publication Date:
November 10, 1983
Content Type:
REPORT
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SS-21 TRANSLOADING
AL QUTAYFAH TACTICAL SSM STORAGE AND TRAINING FACILITY, SYRIA
1. SIGNIFICANCE: SS-21 TRAINING IS OBSERVED IN SYRIA FOR THE
FIRST TIME SINCE THE ARRIVAL OF THE SYSTEM IN COUNTRY ON
2. REMARKS: SS-21 MISSILE TRANSLOADING TRAINING INVOLVING ONE
SS-21 TRANSPORTER-ERECTOR-LAUNCHER (TEL)/RESUPPLY VEHICLE, ONE
TRUCK-MOUNTED CRANE, AND ONE SS-21 CANISTER TRANSPORTER IS IN
PROGRESS. ELEVEN ADDITIONAL CANISTER TRANSPORTERS ARE NOT IN
THE NORMAL PARKING AREA AND MAY ALSO BE TRAINING IN THE
AL QUTAYFAH AREA. A FIFTH SS-21 TEL/RESUPPLY VEHICLE IS NEWLY
IDENTIFIED IN THIS FACILITY. ONLY FOUR TEL/RESUPPLY VEHICLES
HAD BEEN OBSERVED PREVIOUSLY. (SWN)
SS-21
EQUIPMENT WAS FIRST IDENTIFIED IN SY
RIAI IAT
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TIES AND
HAD DEPARTED THE
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ONE CONFIRMED AND THRE
E PROBABLE SS-21
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TEL/RESUPPLY VEHICLES WERE PROTRUDING FROM
REVETMENTS AT AL
QUTAYFAH TACTICAL SSM FACILITY
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Attachment to Z-15686/83
NPIC/PEG (11/83)
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AL QUTAYFAH IS APPROXIMATELY 20 NM NORTHEAST OF DAMASCUS. (SWN)
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These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana-
lytical work. Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for
and must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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