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EVIDENCE OF SOUTH AFRICAN AIRSTRIKE JAMBA ELECTRIC POWER PLANT, ANGOLA 30 MAY 1982

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CREST [1]
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NGA Records (Formerly NIMA) [2]
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CIA-RDP90T00784R000100240001-8
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RIPPUB
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S
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5
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December 28, 2016
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September 9, 2011
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1
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Publication Date: 
June 3, 1982
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REPORT
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/09: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100240001-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/09: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100240001-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/09: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100240001-8 ROUTING TO: NAME AND ADDRESS DATE INITIALS 1 ~ e 2 3 4 ACTION DIRECT REPLY PREPAR E REPLY APPROVAL DISPATCH RECOM MENDATION COMMENT FILE RETURN CONCURRENCE INFORMATION SIGNATURE REMARKS: FROM: NAME, ADDRESS, AND PHONE NO. DATE SECRET (Security Classification) -/2 COPY &0 OF.J _ Warning Notice Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions SECRET (Security Classification) Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/09: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100240001-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/09: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100240001-8 Warning Notice Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved (WNINTEL) or (D) NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions NOFORN- Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals NOCONTRACT- Not Releasable to Contractors or Contractor/Consultants PROPIN- Caution-Proprietary Information Involved ORCON- Dissemination and Extraction of Information Controlled by Originator REL ... This Information has been Authorized for Release to ... Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/09: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100240001-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/09: CIA-RD P90T00784R000100240001-8 SECRET NOFORN (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page 1 of 2. Copy Attachment to Z-15236/82 NPIC/IEG (6/82) 3 JUNE 1982 EVIDENCE OF SOUTH AFRICAN AIRSTRIKE JAMBA ELECTRIC POWER PLANT, ANGOLA 1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: SOUTH AFRICA AIRSTRIKE ON AN ELECTRIC POWER PLANT IN JAMBA, ANGOLA. 2. (S/D) REMARKS: EVIDENCE OF A SOUTH AFRICAN AIRSTRIKE WAS IDENTIFIED AT A SMALL INTERNAL COMBUSTION ELECTRIC POWER PLANT AT JAMBA IN SOUTHERN ANGOLA.. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE WAS APPARENT TO THE MACHINE HALL, THE ELECTRICAL SWITCH-YARD CONTROL BUILDING, AND ONE OTHER ASSOCIATED BUILDING WITHIN THE POWER PLANT. NO EVIDENCE OF THIS DAMAGE WAS PRESENT (S/D) BECAUSE OF THE DAMAGE TO THE PORTION OF THE MACHINE HALL WHICH HOUSES THE GENERATORS, AND DAMAGE TO THE ELECTRICAL SWITCH-YARD CONTROL BUILDING, MAJOR REPAIRS WILL PROBABLY BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO RESUME OPERATIONS. ADDITIONALLY, TWO SMALL BUILDINGS IN THE ADJACENT RAIL YARD WERE DESTROYED AND THE MAIN RA:[L YARD TERMINAL BUILDING SUSTAINED MINOR ROOF DAMAGE (NOT ON GRAPHIC). AT LEAST TWO OTHER BUILDINGS IN THE AREA MAY HAVE ALSO SUSTAINED MINOR ROOF DAMAGE (NOT ON GRAPHIC). ACCORDING TO NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS, THE SOUTH AFRICANS REPORTEDLY CARRIED OUT AN AIRSTRIKE IN THIS AREA IN MID-MAY. JAMBA IS APPROXIMATELY 160 NM NORTH OF THE NAMIBIA-ANGOLA BORDER AND IS THE SITE OF A LARGE IRON ORE MINING COMPLEX. (S/D) IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING POWER TO THE TOWN OF JAMBA, THE DAMAGED POWER PLANT PROBABLY PROVIDED ELECTRIC POWER TO THE MINING COMPLEX. THE JAMBA AREA IS HEAVILY DEFENDED BY AN EXTENSIVE ARRAY OF AIR DEFENSE WEAPONRY WHICH INCLUDES TWO BATTERIES OF ZSU-23/4 SELF-PROPELLED ANTIAIRCRAFT ARTILLERY GUNS AND ONE PROBABLE BATTERY OF SA-9 SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILES. MOST OF THIS AIR DEFENSE WEAPONRY; HOWEVER, IS DEPLOYED AROUND TWO PROBABLE CUBAN MILITARY CAMPS, JAMBA These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana- 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. WARNING NOTICE Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved SECRET NOFORN Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/09: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100240001-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/09: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100240001-8 5tt.;Mt I NOFORN (c) NATIONAL PHOTO PRETATION CENTER Page 2 of 2 Copy Attachment to 2-15236/82 NPIC/IEG(6/82) 3 JUNE 1982 MILITARY CAMP SOUTH L_ ~ AND JAMBA MILITARY CAMP NORTH WHICH ARE APPRnXTMATR1.Y 1 MM ST OF TOWN NEAR JAMBA AIRFIEL 3. (S) BE NONE COORDINATES 14-.42-00N 016-03-OOE These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana- 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. WARNING NOTICE Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved SECRET NOFORN Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/09: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100240001-8 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1

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