SOVIET MILITARY EQUIPMENT SHIPMENTS FROM NIKOLAYEV PORT FACILITIES SOUTH TO THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES, JULY-SEPTEMBER 1983

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(/1 C E017 FROM: Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/11/23: CIA-RDP91TO1115R000100040002-9 SECRET SOVIET MILITARY EQUIPMENT SHIPMENTS FROM NIKOLAYEV PORT FACILITIES SOUTH TO THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES, JULY-SEPTEMBER 1983 (S) SECRET IA 84-10010 JANUARY 1984 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/11/23: CIA-RDP91TO1115R000100040002-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/11/23: CIA-RDP91TO1115R000100040002-9 Soviet Military Equipment Shipments From Nikolayev Port Facilities South to Third World Countries, July-September 1983 (s) Summary During the third quarter of 1983 (July through September) , we believe the Soviets shipped an approximate total of 120,000 metric tons of cargo from their Black Sea military export port, Nikolayev Port Facilities South. This cargo included approximately 1,700 weapons and other pieces of major military- related equipment. Statistical analysis of imaging frequency of Nikolayev South, and the length of time taken for storage and shipment of equipment, indicates that we see 50 to 80 percent of all major items exported. We observed 49 ships loading cargo at Nikolayev South and estimate that five additional ships also loaded military cargo there during this period. The major recipients of Soviet military exports from Nikolayev South in the third quarter were Iraq, Syria, Cuba, India, and Vietnam. Significant developments relating to activity at Nikolayev Port Facilities South for the third quarter of 1983 included: ? The shipment to Syria of the SS-21 tactical surface-to-surface missile system--the first deployment of this missile system to other than Soviet forces. ? The shipment of at least 39 BMD airborne amphibious combat vehicles to Iraq, making an approximate total of 75 BMDs delivered to Iraq in the first three quarters of this year. ? The observation of Soviet military cargo being off-loaded in Cuba. Normally military cargo delivered to Cuba is not imaged, because it is quickly offloaded and removed from the port. Expansion of the facilities at Nikolayev Port Facilities South, begun in April 1983, continued during the third quarter of 1983. Secret IA 84-10010 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/11/23: CIA-RDP91TO1115R000100040002-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/11/23: CIA-RDP91TO1115R000100040002-9 Secret Almost all weapons and weapon support systems that the Soviets transfer to Third World countries are shipped from the Black Sea port of Nikolayev Port Facilities South. The port exports only military goods. The amounts and types of equipment observed shipped from Nikolayev South and received by Third World countries reflect the character and pattern of Soviet military sales to these countries. This is the third in a series of reports which examines these Soviet military e ui ment exports from Nikolayev Port Facilities South. (S 25X1 During the third quarter of 1983, we estimate that the Soviets loaded 54 ships at Nikolayev South. We observed 49 ships loadinq at Nikolayev South. Analysis indicat(25X1 that five other ships probably loaded there also. These 54 ships carried approximately 120,000 metric tons of weapons and related equipment; they made at least 85 deliveries to 20 recipient countries.' During the first three quarters of 1983, 157 ships have carried about 340,000 metric tons of military cargo from Nikolayev South. makina 3 deliveries to 27 recipient countries.2 (S 25X1 Among the nearly 1,700 observed items of equipment exported in the third quarter were: 123 tanks; 411 armored personnel carriers; 297 pieces of artillery; 95 crated aircraft; 409 missile canisters and crates; 135 missile and rocket launchers; 'Total tonnage is derived from reported cargo weight. When no information on cargo weight is available, an average cargo weight is assigned. Tonnage values are distributed among recipient countries by totaling the weight of known equipment delivered by drawing upon special intelligence (25X1 by dividing the ship's cargo weight equally among the number of offloading countries. The resulting recipient country tonnage figures, which have not been rounded off, often appear to imply a greater degree of precision than is actually warranted by the evidence. (S NF) 2For detailed information on specific deliveries from Nikolayev Port Facilities South during the first six months of 1983, see Office of Imagery Analysis, IA M 83-10105, Soviet Military Equipment Exports from Nikolayev Port Facilities South January- June 1983, September 1983. (S 25X1 Secret IA 84-10010 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/11/23: CIA-RDP91TO1115R000100040002-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/11/23: CIA-RDP91TO1115R000100040002-9 111 articles of missile system support equipment; 44 units of electronics equipment; 67 pieces of engineering equipment; and five miscellaneous pieces of equipment (table 1). Based on statistical analysis of the storage and loading of armored vehicles at Nikolayev South and the frequency of imagery coverage, we believe that we see at the port 50 to 80 percent of all major items of pment which are exported from Nikolayev South. (S Recipient Countries Of the 20 countries which received military equipment from Nikolayev South in the third quarter of 1983, Iraq received the greatest amount, 24,172 metric tons, and Syria received 18,684 metric tons, the second greatest amount. Cuba, India and Vietnam were other major recipients (figure 1). Table 2 lists the number of deliveries, estimated tonnage delivered, and the known minimum Figure 1 Percentage of Metric Tonnage Exported to Third World Countries, Third Quarter 1983 Syria 15.4% Cuba 8.6% India 8.0% Vietnam 7.9% Angola 6.8% Ethiopia 6.6% Iraq 19.9% Others 5.7% --.Mozambique 2.7% , P.D.R.Y. 3.8% Algeria L 3.8% Y.A.R. 5.4% Libya 5.4% Others: Benin, Congo, Jordan, Kampuchea, Madagascar, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, and Sri Lanka. Note: This graphic represents the estimated percentage of metric tonnage of weapons and related equipment exported from Nikolayev Port Facilities South and received by Third World countries, July-September 1983, 121,363 metric tons. Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/11/23: CIA-RDP91TO1115R000100040002-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/11/23: CIA-RDP91TO1115R000100040002-9 Table 1 Major Items of Equipment Exported from Nikolayev Port Facilities South, July-September 1983 a Tanks T-72 17 T-62 61 T-54/55 22 PT-76 23 Suototal 123 Armored Personnel Carriers BMP 93 BRDM-2 166 BRDM-2RKHM 7 BTR-60 46 BTR-152 30 BTR-40 2 BMD 39 U/I APC 7 ACRV 21 Subtotal 411 Artillery 122mm Howitzer D-30 12 152mm Gun-howitzer D-20 10 122mm SP Howitzer M-1974 6 57mm AT 52 85mm AT 40 100mm AT 40 130mm Field Gun M-46 36 23mm ZSU-23-4 SP AA 40 23mm AA Gun ZU-23 13 37mm AA 12 57mm AA S-60 18 14.4mm ZPU-4 AA HMG 18 Subtotal 297 Aircraft Containers MiG-17 (Fresco) MiG-21 (Fishbed) MiG-23 (Flogger) SU-17/22 (Fitter) MI-24/25 (Hind) KA-25 (Hormone) Subtotal Missile Canisters and Crates SA-3 108 SA-6 68 SS-21 48 SSN-2 (Styx) 28 AS-9 18 FROG-7 62 Oxidizer Tanks 77 Subtotal 409 aIt is likely that during the third quarter we saw at least 50 to 80 percent of all equipment shipped from Nikolayev South. We received useable imagery every 5 to 6 days during this period and most Missile and Rocket Launchers SA-6 TEL 20 SA-8 TELAR 33 SS-21 TEL/resupply 18 BM-14 11 BM-21 53 Subtotal 135 Missile System Support Equipment SA-2 Missile Transporter 42 SA-2/3 Canistc? Transporter 6 SA-3 Resupply Vehicle 31 SA-6 Transloader 14 SA-6 Canis -r Transporter 11 SA-8 Resup Ly Vehicle 7 Subtotal ill Electronics Equipment Tall King B/C Radar Set 1 SV-EL-O1 2 Long Track Radar 2 Thin Skin A/B Radar 3 Spoon Rest D Radar 7 Thin Path Tall Path Radar 2 Flat Face Radar 2 Odd Pair Radar 3 Bar Lock Radar 3 Big Cap Radio Electronic 3 Combat Van R-118 BM-3 Radio 6 R-142 Radio 10 Subtotal 44 Engineering Equipment TMM Bridge 16 PMP Bridge Set 1 GSP Ferry 2 PMR-3 Mine Layer 42 BATM Dozer 2 MTU Bridge 1 ATS-59G Tractor 3 Subtotal 67 Miscellaneous ARS-14 Decontamination Vehicle Air Traffic Control Vehicle 2 Subtotal 5 equipment remained in storage for at least seven days. Some equipment, however, did arrive at the port and was loaded between coverages. Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/11/23: CIA-RDP91TO1115R000100040002-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/11/23: CIA-RDP91TO1115R000100040002-9 Table 2 Major Items of Equipment Exported From Nikolayev Port Facilities South to Third World Countries, July-September 1983 Recipient Number of Estimated Minimum Amounts of Country Deliveries Metric Major Items of Tonnage Military Equipment Delivered Received Iraq 15 24,172 39 BMD 80 BRDM-2 49 ZU-23 41 MiG-23 2 MiG-21 17 PMR-3 16 units of a PMP set Syr iab 13 18,684 7 Med tanks 21 ZSU-23/4 SP AA Guns 1 MiG-21 2 SU-17/22 18 SS-21 TEL/resupply vehicles 48 SS-21 Missile canisters 11 SA-3 Launchers 108 SA-2 Missile canisters 42 SA-2 Canister transporters 10,392 61 T-62 82 57mm AT Guns 40 85mm AT Guns 15 130mm FG M-46 9,656 3 MiG-23 10 ZSU-23/4 6 130mm FG M-46 Vietnar[,C 3 9,646 26 BTR-60 5 MiG-21 10 MI-24/25 Helicopter 8 SA-9 Launchers 30 KP-125 Field Kitchens 10 2-Axle Generator trailers 9 Jeep trailers Angola 6 8,247 17 BTR-60 67 57mm AA Guns S-60 1 MiG-21 12 MI-24/25 Helicopters 20 SA-6 TEL 162 SA-6 Missile Canisters 68 SA-3 Missile Canisters 2 Bar Lock Radar Vans 4 Probable Fire Can Radars 5 PTS 2 GSP 2 BTM Secret 4 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/11/23: CIA-RDP91TO1115R000100040002-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/11/23: CIA-RDP91TO1115R000100040002-9 Recipient Number of Estimated Minimum Amounts of Country Deliveries Metric Major Items of Tonnage Military Equipment Delivered Received Libya 8 6,551 7 BMP 13 BM-21 2 Thin Skin B Radars YAR 5 6,509 6 BRDM-2 (North 17 ZSU-23-4 SP AA Guns Yemen) 10 130mm FG M-46 16 MiG-21 2 MiG-17 Algeria 6 4,620 24 BTR-60 21 120mm Mortars M-1943 16 SA-8 TELAR 2 SA-8 Resupply vehicles 1 Tall King B/C radar set 2 Computer/Electronics van PRDY 4 4,618 19 BTR-60 (South 3 BRDM-2 Yemen) 3 SU-17/22 24 SSN-2 (Styx) Missile crates Mozambique 3 3,289 22 T-54/55 17 BRDM-2 30 BTR-152 2 MiG-21 8 MI-24/25 Helicopters 3 PTS Kampuchead 1 1,415 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/11/23: CIA-RDP91TO1115R000100040002-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/11/23: CIA-RDP91TO1115R000100040002-9 Table 2 Major Items of Equipment Exported From Nikolayev Port Facilities South to Third World Countries, July-September 1983 (continued) Recipient Number of Estimated Minimum Amounts of Country Deliveries Metric Major Items of Tonnage Military Equipment Delivered Received Sao Tome 1 750 and Principe Possibly received SA-8 equipment and ZSU-23-4 SPAA Guns (not confirmed by imagery at Aqaba) I = Special Intelligence bThe 48 SS-21 missile canisters departed Nikolayev South in the fourth quarter 1983. We have accounted for them in the third quarter because the TEL/resupply vehicles did depart in the third quarter. cThe Soviets also delivered at least 21 T-54/55 and 15 T-34 tanks from Vladivostok to Haiphong in September 1983. The shipment of armor to a Third World country from a port other than Nikolayev South is unusual. We observed at least 68 armored vehicles at Vladivostok this year and it is probable that most of that equipment was destined for Vietnam. Figures for tonnage and equipment received by Vietnam do not include cargo offloaded at the Kampuchean port of Kompong Som. dThe bulk of Soviet military equip- ment delivered to the Kampuchean port of Kompong Som is assigned to the Peoples Army of Vietnam forces in Kampuchea. Because of the 1981 military agreement between the Soviet Union and Kampuchea, some equipment, possibly aircraft and related items, almost certainly goes to the Peoples Republic of Kampuchea armed forces. Secret 6 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/11/23: CIA-RDP91TO1115R000100040002-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/11/23: CIA-RDP91T01115R000100040002-9 Secret amount of equipment received by the recipient countries. Table 3 lists alphabetically each recipient country, the Soviet arms carriers which made deliveries there during the third quarter of iAR'A_ and the dates those ships transited the Bosporus. (S 25X1 Arms shipments to three of these countries, Cuba, Syria and Iraq, were significant either in their content (arms type) or quantity. (S 25X1 Syria On imagery of late September 1983, we observed 18 SS-21 TEL/ resupply vehicles and 48 SS-21 missile canisters at Nikolayev South (figures 2 and 3). Some of this equipment was shipped from Nikolayev South in late September, the remainder in early October. We observed nine SS-21 TEL/resupply vehicles at the Syrian port of Tartus on imagery of 4 October. We believe that all 18 SS-21 TEL/resupply vehicles and 48 SS-21 missile canisters were delivered to Syria. The SS-21 system, which is replacing the FROG-7 in Soviet units, has never before been exported--not even to Warsaw Pact countries. (SF_ I 25X1 Iraq Thirty-nine BMDs were exported from Nikolayev South between July and September, making a total of 72 exported so far this year. Since more than 45 of these airborne amphibious combat vehicles have been observed in Iraq so far this year--the first time this country has received the BMD--all BMDs are believed to have been delivered there. (S 25X1 Significantly, during the third quarter we were able to observe military equipment being offloaded at the Cuban port of Mariel. Normally, military equipment is delivered to Mariel, offloaded and removed from the port quickly, and not observed on imagery. We do not know if these observations reflect a permanent change in military cargo handling procedures. (S 25X1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/11/23: CIA-RDP91T01115R000100040002-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/11/23: CIA-RDP91T01115R000100040002-9 Table 3 Nikolayev Port Facilities South Port-Loaded Soviet Arms Carriers and Their Destinations, July-September 1983 Ship Name Akademik Kuprevich Kapitan Kushnarenko Akademik Stechkin Akademik Kuprevich Akademik Tupolev Ismailiya Aleksandr Tsyurupa Kapitan Kadetskiy Akademik Stechkin Kapitan Leontiy Borisenko Kapitan Vasiliy Kulik Kapitan Lev Solovev Recipient Country Algeria Angola Kapitan Leontiy Borisenko Benin Kapitan Leontiy Borisenko Congo Kapitan Georgiy Baglay Cuba Krasnyy Oktyabr Krasnya Presnya Nikolay Kremlyanskiy Ethiopia Akademik Tupolev Mikhail Stenko Kapitan Plaushevskiy Kapitan Modest Ivanov Akademik Millionshchikov Bakuriani Minsk Khirurg Vishnevskiy Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/11/23: CIA-RDP91T01115R000100040002-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/11/23: CIA-RDP91TO1115R000100040002-9 Secret Ship Name Akademik Stechkin Aleksandr Grin Khirurg Vishnevskiy Mozhaysk Ravenstvo Bryanskiy Rabochiy Nikolay Zhukov Mikhail Stenko Shestidesvatiletie SSSR Viktor Talalikhin Relgorod Dnestrovskiy Be zhitsa Ivan Moskalenko Bryanskiy 2.ahochiv Recipient Country Iraq Akademik Millionshchikov Jordan Aleksandr Tsyuruoa Libya Kapitan Lev Solovev Kapitan Kushnarenko Akademik Stechkin Akademik Tupolev Ismailiya Nikolay Kremlyanskiy Akademik Tupolev Kapitan Modest Ivanov Madagascar Ismailiya Kapitan Modest Ivanov Frants Rogush Mozambique Nikolay Kremlyanskiy PDRY Akademik Tupolev (South Yemen) Kapitan Plaushevskiy Vera Khoruzhava Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/11/23: CIA-RDP91TO1115R000100040002-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/11/23: CIA-RDP91TO1115R000100040002-9 Table 3 Nikolayev Port Facilities South Port-Loaded Soviet Arms Carriers and Their Destinations, July-September 1983 (continued) Ship Name Kapitan Leontiy Sao Tome and Borisenko Principe Kapitan Modest Ivanov Seychelles Frants 'Roqush Akademik Kuprevich Akademik Tupolev Kapitan Vasiliy Kulik Mukachevo Akademik Kuprevich Frants Bogush Akademik Kuprevich Margelan Akademik Tupolev Ismailiya Nikolay Kremlyanskiy Akademik Millionshchikov \7aleriy Mezhlauk Kreml Minsk Kapitan Kaminskiy Iona Yakir Syria Iona Yakir YAR Nikolay Kremlyanskiy (North Yemen) Khirurq Vishnevskiy Frants Roqush Kapitan Modest Ivanov Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/11/23: CIA-RDP91TO1115R000100040002-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/11/23: CIA-RDP91TO1115R000100040002-9 Expansion of Port Facilities Expansion of the port facilities at Nikolayev South continued during the third quarter. Dredging and filling operations con- tinued, concentrating on the construction of a peninsular breakwater and enlargement of the north mole. Construction of cargo handling facilities such as railroad spurs and transit sheds had not yet begun. (S 25X1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/11/23: CIA-RDP91TO1115R000100040002-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/11/23: CIA-RDP91TO1115R000100040002-9 Documents Document references are available upon request. (U) Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/11/23: CIA-RDP91TO1115R000100040002-9