AIRCRAFT AND WEAPONS DISPLAY, BANGALORE AIRFRAME PLANT, HINDUSTAN HAL, INDIA

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CREST [1]

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NGA Records (Formerly NIMA) [2]

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CIA-RDP81T00034R000100530001-8

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December 28, 2016

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November 4, 2010

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December 1, 1980

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REPORT

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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/11/04: CIA-RDP81T00034R000100530001-8 Imagery analysis report Aircraft and Weapons Display, Bangalore Airframe Plant, Hindustan Hal, India (S) Secret Z-20196/80 IAA-A349/80 DECEMBER 1980 Copy l 7 0 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/11/04: CIA-RDP81T00034R000100530001-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/11/04: CIA-RDP81T00034R000100530001-8 Warning Notice Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved (WNINTEL) NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions DISSEMINATION CONTROL ABBREVIATIONS NOFORN- Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals NOCONTRACT- Not Releasable to Contractors or Contractor/Consultants PROPIN- Caution-Proprietary Information Involved USIBONLY- USIB Departments Only ORCON- Dissemination and Extraction of Information Controlled by Originator REL ... This Information has been Authorized for Release to ... Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/11/04: CIA-RDP81T00034R000100530001-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/11/04: CIA-RDP81T00034R000100530001-8 SECRET AIRCRAFT AND WEAPONS DISPLAY, BANGALORE AIRFRAME PLANT HINDUSTAN HAL, INDIA (S) I. (S/D) An aircraft and weapons display was observed at Bangalore Airframe Plant Hin- dustan Hal , India, This type of display (Figure 1), not normally seen strike fighter-honiher, one Mart-It fighter- homher, one probable Marut trainer, one Ajeet fighter, one Kiran Mark I jet-trainer, one Kiran Mark II, one HT-2 primary trainer, one HPT-32 primary trainer, one Cheetah helicopter, one Chetak helicopter, and one probahle Krishak utility aircraft. Weapons stores were mounted on, and displayed in front of, the Ajeet and Kiran Mark II. 2. (S//D) All aircraft observed in the display, except the Jaguar, have been produced or are currently in production at this plant. Future production of the Jaguar, currentl} being imported, is also expected to occur at this plant. 11, \l.\7 / 1. - 1 - 1-20196 /S0 SECRET 1.,1R-.,1 349/ o Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/11/04: CIA-RDP81T00034R000100530001-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/11/04: CIA-RDP81T00034R000100530001-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/11/04: CIA-RDP81T00034R000100530001-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/11/04: CIA-RDP81T00034R000100530001-8 Secret Secret Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/11/04: CIA-RDP81T00034R000100530001-8