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File: 121096_mar96_decls2_0003.txt
Subject: DAILY STAFF JOURNAL OR DUTY OFFICERS LOG 9 FEB 91
Unit: XVIII CORPS
Parent Organization: ARCENT
Box ID: BX000023
Folder Title: DUTY LOG G5 9 FEB 91
Document Number: 2003
Folder Seq #: 54
0 UNCLASSIFIED
5 U.S.C. 552 (b)(1)
7. (U) SSM ACTIVITY: NSTR.
10. Cl/TERRORISM:
SIGINT UNITS ARE
CAPABLE OF INTERCEPTING NONSECURE COALITION RADIO COMMUNICATIONS.
THEY CAN ALSO EXPLOIT COALITION SECURE COMMUNICATIONS FOR
DIRECTION-FINDING (DF) PURPOSES BY LOCKING ONTO RADIO EMISSIONS.
DURING THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR, IRAQ USED INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM DF
TO PLACE ARTILLERY ON TARGETS, IN SOME CASES, WITHIN FIVE
MINUTES. (DIA/09FEB)
11. (U) OBSTACLES: NSTR.
12. (U) LOGISTICS: REPORTING OF 04 FEBRUARY INDICATES THAT
SINCE 30 JANUARY, 5 OF THE 34 AMMUNITION STORAGE BUILDINGS HAVE
BEEN DESTROYED AT AD DIWANIYAH. THE LOSS OF ONLY FIVE BUILDINGS
PROBABLY WILL NOT IMPACT ON THE CAPABILITIES OF THE MECHANIZED
INFANTRY BRIGADE WHICH DEPARTED AS OF 02 FEB.
13(U) MISCELLANEOUS: A NIGHT VISION SYSTEM WAS FOUND
ON-BOARD AN IRAQI T-54D TANK FOLLOWING THE BATTLE FOR RAS AL
K]AAFJI. THE SYSTEM WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE NV-40 NIGHT VISION
SYSTEM, REPORTEDLY OF BRITISH MANUFACTURE. THE IRAQI ARMY NIGHT-
FIGHTING CAPABILITY VARIES FROM UNIT TO UNIT AND IS A REFLECTION
OF UNIT TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT, THEREFORE RECENTLY REMOBILIZED
RESERVIST UNITS AND ARMOR ELEMENTS SUBORDINATE TO REGULAR ARMY
INFANTRY DIVISIONS MIGHT NOT BE EQUIPPED WITH NIGHT-VISION
SYSTEMS, ALTHHOUGH THE RGFC UNITS WOULD BE. (DIA/09 FEB)
14. (U) VULNERABILITIES: NO CHANGES.
15. (U) INTELLIGENCE CONCERNS:
A. (U) INTELLIGENCE GAPS:
(1)
(2)
5 U.S.C. 552 (b)(1)
UNCLASSIFIED
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File Room = mar96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-10
Box ID = BX000023
Unit = XVIII CORPS
Parent Organization = ARCENT
Folder Title = DUTY LOG G5 9 FEB 91
Folder Seq # = 54
Subject = DAILY STAFF JOURNAL OR DUTY OFFICERS LOG 9 FEB 9
Document Seq # = 2003
Document Date =
Scan Date =
Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 06-DEC-1996