INCREASED MILITARY ACTIVITY SANTIAGO DE CUBA, CUBA (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: July 22, 1983
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NPIC/IEG (7/83)
22 JULY 1983
INCREASED MILITARY ACTIVITY
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, CUBA (SWN)
1. SIGNIFICANCE: RECENT MILITARY..-ACTIVITY IN EASTERN CUBA
INDICATES THE PROBABLE FORMATION OF A NEW SAM BRIGADE AND AN
UNUSUAL NAVAL DEPLOYMENT TO THE SANTIAGO DE CUBA AREA. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SAM SITE, SANTIAGO DE CUBA
SA-2 SITE SUGGESTS THAT A PROBABLE SAM BRIGADE 25X1
IS BEING FORMED IN EASTERN CUBA. THIS WOULD BE THE SIXTH SAM
BRIGADE IN CUBA. (CURRENTLY SA-2 AND SA-3 BRIGADES ARE DEPLOYED
TO DEFEND THE HAVANA, CIENFUEGO-SANTA CLARA, AND HOLGUIN
AREAS.) INITIAL GRADING FOR THIS NEW SITE EXISTED AS EARLY AS
A SAM SUPPORT FACILITY WAS IN AN INITIAL. 25X1
STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION ADJACENT TO THE NEW SITE; HOWEVER GRADING
OF THE LAUNCH POSITIONS HAD NOT BEGUN. BY FIVE 25X1
REVETTED LAUNCH POSITIONS HAD BEEN COMPLETED, GRADING FOR THE
SIXTH LAUNCH REVETMENT WAS BEGUN, AND THE CENTRAL GUIDANCE AREA
WAS IN THE MID STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION. (SWN)
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IN ADDITION GRADING FOR A FIELD DEPLOYED SA-3 SAM SITE WAS
PRESENT ON ADJACENT TO THE SANTIAGO DE CUBA SA-2 SITE 25X1
UNDER CONSTRUCTION. BY THE'SA-3 SITE WAS OCCUPIED BY 25X1
THREE PROBABLE FOUR-RAIL LAUNCHERS, A LOW BLOW RADAR WITH TWO
ASSOCIATED VANS, AND A POSSIBLE ACQUISITION RADAR. THIS SA-3
SITE IS PROBABLY RELATED TO THE UPCOMING 25X1
COMMEMORATION. HISTORICALLY, AN SA-3 BATTALION HAS BEEN FIELD
DEPLOYED TO AREAS WHERE FIDEL CASTRO HAS TRAVELED IN CUBA TO
TAKE PART IN COMMEMORATIVE CELEBRATIONS. (GRAPHIC 1) (SWN)
IN ADDITION TO THE SAM ACTIVITY, A CUBAN NAVAL DEPLOYMENT
CONSISTING OF A VIETNAM HEROICO-CLASS CARGO/TRAINING SHIP AND A
KONI-CLASS FRIGATE WAS IN SANTIAGO DE CUBA PORT 25X1
ON Q THE VIETNAM.HEROICO HAD DEPARTED LA HABANA PORT 25X1
FACILITIES AFTER 0 AND HAD ARRIVED IN 25X1
SANTIAGO DE CUBA AFTER THE CUBAN KONI-CLASS FRIGATE, 25X1
LAST OBSERVED AT PUNTA MOVIDA NAVAL FACILITY ON 25X1
HAD ARRIVED IN SANTIAGO DE CUBA AFTER THESE 25X1
VESSELS ARE ALSO PROBABLY INTENDED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
COMMEMORATIVE CELEBRATION IN SANTIAGO (GRAPHIC 2)
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3. SANTIAGO DE CUBA SA-2 SITE,
COORDINATES 20-00-30N 075-47-30W
LA HABANA PORT FACILITIES,
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