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DECEPTIVE MEASURES PISCO AIRFIELD, PERU (SANITIZED)

Document Type: 
CREST [1]
Collection: 
NGA Records (Formerly NIMA) [2]
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP90T00784R000100170008-9
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RIPPUB
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S
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4
Document Creation Date: 
December 28, 2016
Document Release Date: 
February 2, 2011
Sequence Number: 
8
Case Number: 
Publication Date: 
February 10, 1982
Content Type: 
REPORT
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/02 : CIA-RDP90T00784R000100170008-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/02 : CIA-RDP90T00784R000100170008-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/02 : CIA-RDP90T00784R000100170008-9 ROUTING TO: NAME AND ADDRESS DATE INITIALS 1 2 3 4 ACTION DIRECT REPLY PREPAR E REPLY APPROVAL DISPATCH RECOMMENDATION COMMENT FILE RETURN CONCURRENCE INFORMATION SIGNATURE REMARKS: FROM: NAME, ADDRESS, AND PHONE NO. DATE SECRET (Security Classification) (See inside cover) CONTROL NO. Z-15168/82 NPIC/IEG (02/82) 10 FEBRUARY 1982 COPY ____OF 47 Warning Notice Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions SECRET (Security Classification) Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/02 : CIA-RDP90T00784R000100170008-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/02 : CIA-RDP90T00784R000100170008-9 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 2011/02/02 : CIA-RDP90T00784R000100170008-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/02 : CIA-RDP90T00784R000100170008-9 SECRET (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page 1 of Attachment to Z-1.5168/82 Copy NPIC/IEG (2/82) 10 FEBRUARY 1982 DECEPTIVE MEASURES PISCO IRFIELD: _PFRnn 1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: USE OF DECEPTIVE MEASURES AT PERUVIAN AIRFIELD. 2. (S/D) REMARKS: IMAGERY DISCLOSED THE USE OF 25X1 DERELICT DUMMY AIRCRAFT AND MOCKUP AIRCRAFT ALERT HARDSTANDS AT PISCO AIRFIELD. AT THIS AIRFIELD, FIVE DERELICT/DUMMY AIRCRAFT HAVE BEEN POSITIONED TO SIMULATE THE APPEARANCE OF OPERATIONAL CANBERRA BOMBERS. THE DERELICT/DUMMY AIRCRAFT WERE COVERED WITH CAMOUFLAGE NETTING AND WERE PARKED ON FIVE MOCKUP ALERT HARDSTANDS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THESE EFFORTS AT DECEPTION COULD REPRESENT A NEW PERUVIAN INTEREST IN TECHNIQUES OF CAMOUFLAGE, CONCEALMENT AND DECEPTION, WHICH, UNTIL THIS TIME, HAD CONSISTED PRIMARILY OF CAMOUFLAGE-PAINTED AIRCRAFT AND VEHICLES. (S/D) THE FIVE MOCKUP AIRCRAFT HARDSTANDS HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED SINCE THE LAST CLEAR COVERAGE OF THIS FACILITY IN OCTOBER 1981. THESE HARDSTANDS ARE ARRANGED IN TWO GROUPS, A GROUP OF THREE AND A GROUP OF TWO, AND RESEMBLE THE OPERATIONAL HARDSTANDS AT THIS AIRFIELD IN DIMENSION, DESIGN, AND GENERAL APPEARANCE. HOWEVER, UNLIKE THE OPERATIONAL HARDSTANDS, THE MOCKUP HARDSTANDS DO NOT HAVE AN ASSOCIATED CREW-READY BUNKER; THEY ARE NOT SURFACED WITH CONCRETE SLABS BUT ARE PROBABLY COVERED WITH CRUSHED ROCK OR CHALKED EARTH; AND TIIE TAXIWAYS, WHICH LINK THE MOCKUP HARDSTANDS WITH THE RUNWAY, ARE NOT SURFACED. (S/D) PISCO AIRFIELD IS ON THE WESTERN CCAST OF PERU, APPROXIMATELY 250 NM NORTHWEST OF THE PERU/CHILE BORDER, AND SUPPORTS TWO CANBERRA LIGHT BOMBER SQUADRONS. 3. (S) COORDINATES 13-44-30S 076-13-05W. 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 9X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/02 : CIA-RDP90T00784R000100170008-9

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