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

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• Publication Date: June 3, 1982
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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
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MILITARY CAMP SOUTH L_ ~ AND JAMBA MILITARY CAMP
NORTH WHICH ARE APPRnXTMATR1.Y 1 MM ST OF
TOWN NEAR JAMBA AIRFIEL
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