82D AIRBORNE DIVISION INTREP 036

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Subject = 82D AIRBORNE DIVISION INTREP 036                                

Parent Organization = ARCENT      

Unit = XVIII CORPS 

Folder Title = 82D ABN DIV REAR DETACHMENT INTREPS 1-24                                                        

Document Number =         17

Box ID = BX000088






                             UNCLASSIFIED                5 USC 552 (b)(1)




             SUBJECT: 82D AIRBORNE  DIVISION INTREP 016

            --l-. PERIOD COVERED: !4b4O6Z AUG - 15040OZ AUG bO'-



             2.  ENEMY ACTIVITY:


                 A. INTREP NUMBER 14 WAS INCORRECTLY MARXED AS INTREP
             NUMBER 12. PLEASE MAKE NOTE OF TWO DIFFERENT INTREPSI


                 B. IRAQ CONTINUES TO CONSOLIDATE ITS POSITIONS IN
             KUWAIT WITH APPROXIMATELY 150,000 TO 180,000 MEN. THE UNITS
             IN COUNTRY ARE CONTINUING TO DIG IN DEFENSIVE REVETMENTS
             ORIENTED TOWARDS THE PERSIAN GULF ALONG THE EASTERN COAST
             OF KUWAIT.

























                 C. RECENT DESCRIPTIONS OF EQUIPMENT IN KUWAIT HAVE LED
             INTEL SOURCES TO BELIEVE THAT SOME OF THE IRAQI T-72 AND/OR
             T-55 TANKS HAVE BEEN FITTED WITH LASER DEVICES DESIGNED TO
             'BLIND' OPTICALLY GUIDED ANTI-TANK MISSILES OR FOR THAT
             MATTER, PERSONNEL. UNFORTUNATELY, NOT ALL THE TECHNOLOGY
             BEHIND THESE DEVICES IS KNOWN.



                                                  LASER WEAPON WAS ALSO
             LINKED TO SEVERE BURN CASUALTIES DURING THE IRAN/IRAQ WAR
             AS WELL AS AFGHAN REBELS DURING THE AFGHAN INVASION BY THE
             SOVIET UNION. IN SOME ACCOUNTS, THE LASER USED BY IRAQ
             DURING THE IRAN/IRAQ WAR WERE DESCRIBED BY IRANIAN VICTIMS
                                                              5 USC 552 (b)(1)
                                                     UNCLASSIFIED