FIRST OBSERVATION OF AS-14 AT AN OPERATIONAL AIRFIELD CHORTKOV AIRFIELD, USSR (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: June 15, 1982
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FIRST OBSERVATION OF AS-14 AT AN OPERATIONAL AIRFIELD
CHORTKOV AIRFIELD, USSR
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: AS-14 TACTICAL AIR-TO-SURFACE MISSILES
WERE OBSERVED AT CHORTKOV AIRFIELD. THIS IS THE FIRST
OBSERVATION OF THESE MISSILES OPERATIONALLY DEPLOYED.
OBSERVED OPERATIONALLY DEPLOYED FOR THE FIRST TIME 25X1
IMAGERY OF CHORTKOV AIRFIELD. THE MISSILES WERE OF A TYPICAL
2. (S/D) REMARKS: AS-14 TACTICAL AIR-TO-SURFACE MISSILES WERE
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4.0 METERS IN OVERALL LENGTH
MISSILES WERE ON DOLLIES ALONG THE FLIGHTLINE AT THE NORTH END
OF THE AIRFIELD; ONE PROBABLE AS-14 WAS MOUNTED UNDER THE PORT
WING OF A FLOGGER J; AND ONE AS-14, ALONG WITH FIVE AS-7/10 .
MISSILES, WAS IN THE MISSILE-HANDLING AREA. IN ADDITION, A NEW
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CONTAINER (PROBABLY FOR THE AS-14) 125X1
WAS IN THIS AREA ALONG WITH SEVERAL AS-7/10 s
CONTAINERS. THESE CONTAINERS WERE NOT PRESENT WHEN THE
AIRFIELD WAS LAST SEEN IN MAY 1981. AIR. ORDER OF BATTLE
CONSISTED OF 11 FLOGGER J (SIX NOT ON GRAPHIC) (FOUR EQUIPPED
WITH THE LARGE AS-14 - ASSOCIATED LAUNCH RAIL), TWO FLOGGER D
(NOT ON GRAPHIC) TWO FLOGGER B (NOT NORMALLY SEEN HERE) (ONE
NOT ON GRAPHIC) AND ONE FLOGGER C (NOT ON GRAPHIC).
(S/D) THE ONLY OTHER KNOWN SI T N OF THE AS-14 HAS BEEN AT
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3. (S/D) ANALYST'S CC v1MENTS -- THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE AS-14 WITH
THE FLOGGER J ENHANCES THE GROUND-ATTACK CAPABILITY OF THIS
FLOGGER REGIMENT IN THE CARPATHIAN MILITARY DISTRICT.
ADDITIONAL DEPLOYMENTS OF THE AS-14 TO OTHER FLOGGER GROUND-
ATTACK UNITS IN THE FORWARD AREA WOULD FURTHER ENHANCE THE
GROUND-ATTACK CAPABILITY AGAINST NATO FORCES. 25X1
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COORDINATES 48-58-47N 025-44-24E
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