BUILDUP OF MILITARY FORCES ETHIOPIA-SOMALIA BORDER (SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
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• Publication Date: August 6, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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Z-15803/82
Attachment to NPIC/IEG (8/82)
6 AUGUST 1982
BUILDUP OF MILITARY FORCES
ETHIOPIA-SOMALIA BORDER
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: 25X1
A BUILDU OF ETHIOPIAN/SOMALI DEMOCRATIC SALVATION FRONT
(SDSF) FORCES IN THE VICINITY OF TWO TOWNS ALONG THE
ETHIOPIA-SOMALIA BORDER (GRAPHIC 1).
2. (S/D) REMARKS: ADDITIONAL ETHIOPIAN/SDSF FORCES HAVE BEEN
DEPLOYRI) TO A BORDER TOWN AT 05-46-04N 045-46-31E. UNITS
NIFWI,Y II)ENTIFTED NEAR THIS TOWN (PROBABLY BALENBALE). 25X1
IMAGERY INCLUDED ONE MULTIPLE ROCKET LAUNCHER (MuL) 25X1
BATTERY AND TWO BATTERIES OF 122MM HOWITZERS D-30. THE MRL,
BATTFPY CONSISTED OF FOUR PROBABLE BM-21 MRL DEPLOYED JUST
NORTUWILST OF TOWN AT 05-47-29N 045-45-44E WITH TUBES.
ORIENT1D SOUTHEAST TOWARD (GRAPHIC 2). THIS MRL
UNIT WAS NOT PRESENT A SIX-GUN 122MM HOWITZER 25X1
F-30 BATTERY WAS SOUTH OF THE MRL POSITION AND WAS ALSO
ORTENTlil) TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST. THIS HOWITZER BATTERY WAS
PRISEN'i A PROBABLE FOUR-GUN 122MM HOWITZER 25X1
D-30 BATTERY WAS IDENTIFIED JUST WEST OF THE MRL BATTERY.
TflTS BATTERY WAS PREPARING TO OCCUPY A NEWLY CONSTRUCTED
,RTTLI,I:RY SITE CONSISTING OF FOUR CIRCULAR 'REVETTED
POSITIONS. THIS HOWITZER BATTFRY .THE REVETTED
POSITIONS WERE NOT PRESENT OTHER GROUND ORDER 25X1
OF BATi'LE IN THE AREA INCLUDED ONE ARMORED VEHICLE, ONE
TRACKIFD VEHICLE, AND SEVERAL TRUCKS. ETHIOPIAN/SDSF FORCES
OCCUPYING THIS BORDER TOWN HAVE ALSO CONSTRUCTED ADDITIONAL
WEAPONS POSITIONS AND LINES OF PERSONNEL TRENCHING 25X1
THESE POSITIONS AND TRENCHES FORM A DEFENSIVE 25X1
PERIMIiTLiR SOUTH AND SOUTI-LEAST OF THE BORDER TOWN. A
PORTION OF THESE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED POSITIONS ARE AT
05-45-12N 045-44-04E (GRAPHIC 3).
(S/D) A PORTION OF THE SOMALI MILITARY FORCE.THAT HAD BEEN
:INITIALLY IDENTIFIED APPROXIMATELY 7 NM SOUTH OF THE BORDER
TOWN HAD DEPARTED WHILE A SIX-GUN 25X1
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BUILDUP OF MILITARY FORCES
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( AUGUST 1982
FIELD ARTILLERY BATTERY REMAINED DEPLOYED ADJACENT TO A
ROAD AT 05-39-29N 045-47-44E, A FOUR-GUN BATTERY THAT WAS
ALSO IN THIS AREA WAS NO LONGER PRESENT 0 25X1
THE PRESENT. LOCATION OF THIS FOUR-GUN BATTERY TS 25X1
(S/D) ETHIOPIAN/SDSF FORCES IN THE GALDOGOB AREA IVERE
REINFORCED A BATTEI'Y 25X1
OF 122MM HOWITZERS D-30 WAS DEPLOYED APPROXIMATELY 1 NM
NORTHEAST OF TOWN. THIS UNIT. WHICH HAD ARRIVED IN THE
GALDOGM"REA BETWEEN WAS STILL PRESENT ON 25X1
TN ADDTTTON, TWO FOUR-GUN ARTILLERY 1nAT'rm TI `-; OI 25X1
130M,`?1 FIELD GUNS M-46 WERE NEWLY IDENTIFIED IN TILE Al 1 A AT
07-02-3LN 047 01-40E (GRAPHIC 4). THESE GUNS 25X1
WERE NOT PRESENT ON BOTH THE HOWITZER AND FIELD 25X1
GUN 11AT1'ERIES WERE ORIENTED EASTWARD TOWARD THE SOMALI
INTERIOR. EXTENSIVE VEHICLE TRACK ACTIVITY WAS PRESENT
TIIROUG! LOUT THE AREA.
(S/ll) A SOMALI MILITARY FORCE WAS IDENTIFIED APPROXIMATELY
9 NM I:AST-SOUTHEAST OF GALDOGOB A PROBABLE 25X1
ARTILI,I;I:Y BATTALION EQUIPPED WITH 11 PROBABLE FIELD
ARTTLI.FRY PIECES WAS DEPLOYED AT 07-00-OON 047-15-OOF JUST
(:011"1'!1 OF TIIE GALDOGOB-BEIRA ROAD. THESE GUNS, WHICH WERE
0, R II NTE1) TOWARD ?.ITI.TTARY S IN THE GALDOGOB AREA, IVI;RE
NO LONGER PRESENT THE PRESENT LOCATION OF 25X1
THIS UNIT IS UNKNOWN. 25X1
3. (S) BE NONE,, COORDINATES 05-47-29N 045-45-44E
COORDINATES O5-45-1.2N 045-44-04E
COORDINATES 07-02-31N 047-01-40E
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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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