PERSIAN GULF: SITUATION UPDATE

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1. PERSIAN GULF CRISIS

PERSIAN GULF: SITUATION UPDATE     







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1. PERSIAN GULF CRISIS

PERSIAN GULF: SITUATION UPDATE     

     AN SA-9 BATTERY WAS IDENTIFIED

TODAY ADJACENT TO A PROBABLE IRAQI COMMAND POST IN NORTHERN

KUWAIT. A DECONTAMINATION SITE WAS      IN SOUTHERN IRAQ,

ABOUT 20 KM NORTH OF THE KUWAITI BORDER.     

KUWAIT

GROUND ACTIVITY-

AN SA-9 BATTERY, CONSISTING OF THREE SA-9

TRANSPORTER-ERECTOR-LAUNCHERS (TEL),     IN THE 

VICINITY OF 30-03-00N 047-46-40E. THE BATTERY, WHICH HAS BEEN

IN THE AREA SINCE AT LEAST EARLY DECEMBER, IS ADJACENT TO A 

PROBABLE IRAQI COMMAND POST (CP) IN EXTREME NORTHERN KUWAIT.

THE THREE SA-9 TEL WERE DEPLOYED IN A TRIANGULAR PATTERN WITH

EACH TEL IN AN EARTHEN REVETMENT. OTHER NEARBY AIR DEFENSE

ASSETS INCLUDED TOWED ANTIAIRCRAFT ARTILLERY AND PROBABLE

ZSU-23/4-EQUIPPED UNITS.     

IRAQ

GROUND ACTIVITY-

A CHEMICAL DECONTAMINATION SITE HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED IN 

SOUTHERN IRAQ ADJACENT TO A LARGE LOGISTICS/SUPPORT AREA IN

THE VICINITY OF 30-17N 047-28E. THE SITE CONTAINS FIVE

DECONTAMINATION STATIONS; FOUR COMPLETE AND ONE UNDER

CONSTRUCTION.     

MISSILE ACTIVITY-

NO SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITY WAS OBSERVED ON     OF THE 

FOLLOWING FACILITIES -

ZWAR HAWRAN SRBM LAUNCH COMPLEX

WADI AL JABARIYAH PROBABLE SRBM REVETMENTS

SHUAYB AL AWAJ SRBM LAUNCH COMPLEX.     







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