SHIELD 82 ACTIVITY(SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 11, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: October 2, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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"SHIELD 82" ACTIVITY
(GRAPHIC 2)
1. (SWTd) SIGNIFICANCE: THE MANEUVER PHASE OF WARSAW PACT EXERCISE
'SHIELD- S ENDED. THE FLOGGER AIRCRAFT REGIIENT AND THE
POLISH AIRBORNE UNIT ARE PROBABLY PREPARING 'i0 DEPART
TOLBUKTiIN. NAVAL-ORDER OF-BATTLE IS RETUKNING TO NORMAL AT
VARIdA, GROUND FORCES UTVITS HAVE DEPARTED 'f HE EXERCISE AREA AT
SLIVEN, AND BULGARIAN UNITS CONTINUE TO RETURN TO GARRISON.
2 . (SWN) REPIARKS : TIiREE SOVIET CAi~TDID TRAi1SPORTS ;WORT NUMBERS
86830,x; AND 86844) HAVE ARRIVED AT TOLBUKHIN AIRFIELD
FROM Pr;KOV AIRFIELD 25X1
BABLY TO SUPPORT THE WITHDRAWAL OF 25X1
PARTICIPATING PURGES. ELEMEPdTS UI?' THE FLOGGER REGIMENT AND AT
LEAST TEN CURL AND ONE CUB OF THE POLISH TRAt7SPORT REGIMENT ARE
STILL PRESENT; IiOWEVER, ALL 18 FLOGGER B/E IN THE CLOUD-FREE
AREAS ARE ARMED WITH AA-7 APEX MISSILES INDICATING THEY ARE
PREPARING 'TO RETURN TU HOME BASE. THE TENTS IN THE BIVOUAC
AREA HAVE BEEN REMOVED AT1D THE SUPPORTING LIGHT UTILITY
VEHICLES ARE IN CONVOY IN TrIE VEt-IICLE PARK AT THE
EAST-NORTHEAST EDGE OF TOLBUKHIN AIRFIELD.
(SWPd) ONE SOVIET AKADEMIK TUPOLEV-CLASS ROLL-OPd/ROLL-OFF
I.IERCHANT SHIP HAS ARRIVED AT VARNA WEST PORT COMPLEX
(GRAPHIC 3) AT LEAST 25X1
25 MILITARY VEHICLES ARE UN DECK.
(NOT ON Gf',APIIIC)
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THREE SOVIET PROBABLE W/R ATTAC,K SUBI'IARINES RAVE DEPARTED SINCE
CHILIKIid-CLASS AOR IiAS ALSO ARRIVED
THE ROADSTEAD RETURNING TO BASE. ONE SOVIET BORIS
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FRIGA'>'ES , TtTREE PUTT PATROL COI7BATAtvTS , 12 VYDRA UTILITY
LAPdDIiVG CRAFT, AND FOUR VANYA-II COASTAL MINESWEEPERS HAVE
RETURN^JED TO BASE . THE MESAR REPLENI3HP~EPdT OILER (,AOR) IS IN
NAVAL BASE
(SWN) NAVAL ORDER-OF-BATTLE I.S RET11RIdItd(; 'rn NnRriaT. AT VARNA
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(SWN) THE BULGARIAN BIVOUAC HAS BEEN STRUCK AT SLIVEN TRAINII~IG
AREA PJORTHEAST AND THE 25X1
UNITS PARTICIPATING IN THE EXERCISE HERE HAVE NOW DEPARTED.
(NOT ON GRAPHIC)
(SWId) MAJOR ELEMENTS OF TFiE TAiVK BRIGADE HAVE RETURNED TO
AYTOS MT?BARRACKS 002? ADDITIONAL TANK 25X1
ELEMENTS HAVE RETURIED TO PARKING POSITIONS AT AYTOS
ARMY BARRACKS 11 (NOT ON GRAPHIC) 25X1
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