SAM AIR DEFENSE EXERCISE SARY-SHAGAN MISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR(SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: August 23, 1982
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SAM AIR DEFENSE EXERCISE
SARY-S G N MISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: AN EXTENSIVE AIR DEFENSE EXERCISE IS IN
PROGRESS NEAR S -SHAGAN MISSILE TEST CENTER LAUNCH COMPLEX E
F24, INVOLVING AN UNPRECEDENTED COMBINATION OF SAM SYSTEMS.
2. (S/D) REMARKS: THE EXERCISE IS SPREAD OVER A 50-SQUARE-MILE
AREA. RELATED-ACTIVITY ACTIVITY MAY BE UNDERWAY AT SARY-SHAGAN AIRFIELD
(S/D) FIELD DEPLOYED SA-10 (GRAPHIC 2), SA-11 (GRAPHIC 3), AND
SA-4 (GRAPHIC 3) SAM UNITS ARE PRESENT. SA-10 AND SA-3 FIRING
UNITS OCCUPY THE FIXED LAUNCII TRAINING POSITIONS IN THE
EXERCISE AREA. FOUR OF THE EIGHT FIELD DEPLOYED SA-10
LAUNCHERS HAVE MISSILE CANISTERS ERECTED. TWO OF THE FOUR
SA-10-ASSOCIATED TRANSPORTABLE ELECTRONICS TOWERS (TET) ARE
ALSO ERECTED. NO SA-10 TRANSPORTER ERECTOR LAUNCHER (TEL) ARE
OBSERVED. MOST OF THE MISSILE EQUIPMENT IS CANVAS COVERED.
(S/D) ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE CURRENT AIR DEFENSE
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LAUNCHERS AND SUPPORT ELEMENTS OF SA- , SA-Ii, SA-4, AND SA-8
SAM UNITS ALONG WITH NUMEROUS BIVOUAC AREAS HAD BEEN DEPLOYED
OVER A 50-SQUARE-MILE AREA AROUND LAUNCH COMPLEX E F24.
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AND SARY-SHAGAN OPERATIONS SUPPORT BASE
APPROXIMATELY 43 NM NORTHEAST OF LAUNCH COMPLEX
COORDINATES 46-01-47N 072-40-09E
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'IRAQ-IRAN CONFLICT
AL BASRAH AREA, IRAQ
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IRAQ-IRAN CONFLICT
AL BASRAH AREA, IRAQ
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: THE IRAQIS ARE CONTINUING EXTENSIVE
CONSTRUCTION OF DEFENSES ALONG THREE STRONGPOINT LINES.
2. (S/D) REMARKS: THE STRONGPOINT LINES ARE BETWEEN 2 AND 13 NM
WEST OFT E-IRAQ-IRAN BORDER AND EXTEND FROM APPROXIMATELY
30-27N 047-56E TO 30-57N 047-56E. THE STRONGPOINT LINES ARE
COMPLEMENTED BY MARSH AREAS ON THE NORTH AND FLOODED AREAS ON
THE SOUTH. PORTIONS OF THESE STRONGPOINT LINES ARE DEPICTED ON
GRAPHIC 2.
(S/D) THE FIRST AND SECOND STRONGPOINT LINES ARE IN THE
MID-TO-LATE STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION AND CONSIST OF THREE SMALL
TRIANGULAR DEFENSIVE POSITIONS WITHIN LARGE TRIANGULAR
DEFENSIVE POSITIONS. THIRTY-THREE OF THESE LARGE DEFENSIVE
TRIANGLES ARE CURRENTLY BEING BUILT ALONG THE FIRST AND SECOND
STRONGPOINT LINES. THE LARGE TRIANGLES ARE APPROXIMATELY 1,000
METERS APART, AND PROVIDE OVERLAPPING FIELDS OF FIRE. THE
THIRD STRONGPOINT LINE IS IN AN EARLY STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION AND
CONSISTS OF AT LEAST 104 SEMI-CIRCULAR DEFENSIVE POSITIONS.
WHEN COMPLETED THESE SEMI-CIRCULAR POSITIONS MAY RESEMBLE THE
SMALL TRIANGULAR DEFENSIVE POSITIONS BEING BUILT ALONG THE
FIRST AND SECOND STRONGPOINT LINES.
(S/D) PROBABLE SUPPORT AND SMALL ARMOR UNITS ARE POSITIONED IN
REVETMENTS NEAR AT LEAST SIX OF THE LARGE TRIANGULAR DEFENSIVE
POSITIONS ON THE FIRST STRONGPOINT LINE. SHOULD AN IRANIAN
ATTACK REACH THE FRONTLINES, IRAQI INFANTRY UNITS DEPLOYED
FORWARD FALL BACK TO THESE STRONGPOINT LINES. EACH LARGE
TRIANGULAR DEFENSIVE POSITION IS DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE ONE
INFANTRY BATTALION.
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