OPERATION DESERET STORM UPDATE JAN 91

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Subject: OPERATION DESERET STORM UPDATE   JAN 91                         

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Folder Title: BRIEFING SLIDES-C169                                                                            

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            EFFECTIVE-- EXCEPT THE IRAQI AIR DEFENSE STRUCTURE WHICH HAS

            -RIR'A@pp -1 09             --------- TO THIS POINT. THESE STATUS

            RATINGS ARE BASED ON KNOWN DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS FROM THEATER, AND

            ON INTELLIGENCE JUDGEMENTS OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF EACH CATEGORY

            DEGRADED BY COALITION ACTIONS.
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              TURNING TO GROUND ACTIVITY IN TIIEAVM, IRAQI GROUND UNITS

            REMAIN LARGELY IN PRE-WAR POSITIONS. THEY ARE DISPERSED IN

            REVETTED POSITIONS WHERE THE IRAQIS PROBABLY BELIEVE THEY ARE

            MOST SECURE. DAMAGE CAUSED BY COALITION AIR ATTACKS TO THESE

            UNITS IS UNDETERMINED AT THIS TIME. IRAQI FORCES REMAIN DEPLOYED

            ALONG THE TWO 14AIN AVENUES OF APPROACH INTO KUWAIT AND ALONG THE

            IPSA PIPELINE IN SOUTHEASTERN IRAQ. THERE ARE NO CHANGES IN

            FORCE TOTALS--35 DIVISIONS REMAIN IN TIIEATRE--25 COMMITTED AND 10

            REINFORCING. IRAQI CAPABILITIES REMAIN UNCHANGED.

           (t)$ IN RESPONSE TO COALITION AIR ATTACKS, IRAQ IS ATTEMPTING TO

            IMPROVE ITS AIR DEFENSES THROUGHOUT THE "QA. IRAQI UNITS APPEAR

            TO BE IMPROVING THEIR TACTICAL AIR DEFENSE WITH SA-14 AND

            PERHAPS, SA-16 SHOULDER FIRED SAMS, USED IN AMBUSH TEAMS.

            THEY DEPLOYED SA-8 AND ROLAND UNITS SUPPLEMENTED WITH I-TIAWK
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            RADAR IN THE TRI-BORDER AREA,:eBm               THEIR OVERALL SAM
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            COVERAGEA* ALTHOUGH       UNITS IN THIS AREA ALREADY HAD ORGANIC

            57MM AND 37MM AIR DEFENSE GUNS, THEY LACKED SAM PROTECTION.

         (U)* WITH ONE EXCEPTION, THE OVERALL STATUS OF IRAQI FORCES IN THE

          A@ AS SHOWN ON SCREEN 3 IS GREEN. THE SINGLE SYSTEM THAT HAS

            BEEN DEGRADED IS THAT OF INTELLIGENCE-DUE TO THE HALT OF IRAQI
NAISANCEI CONSEQUENTLY, WE ASSESS THE INTELLIGENCE

            SYSTEM AS AMBER -- OF LIMITED COMBAT EFFECTIVENESS.





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