RAS AL QULAYAH NAVAL BASE

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SUBJECT: RAS AL QULAYAH NAVAL BASE



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ITEMTYP/INDICATIONS AND WARNING ITEMS

ITEM/002/RAS AL QULAYAH NAVAL BASE          CTY:KU/Y

LOC/GEO:285229N0481710E







STATACT/OPR

RMK/KUWAIT--CHEMICAL DEFENSE EQUIPMENT--







CHEMICAL DECONTAMINATION EQUIPMENT          AT RAS AL

QULAYAH NAVAL BASE IN KUWAIT. TWO ARS-14 DECONTAMINATION VEHICLES

AND ONE DDA-53 (AUTOCLAVE FOR STERILIZATION) WERE IN THE WESTERN

PORTION OF THE NAVAL BASE              THIS EQUIPMENT ARRIVED          

             SEPTEMBER AND MAY BE HERE TO SUPPORT CSSC-3 COASTAL DEFENSE

CRUISE MISSILE FUELING. THERE IS ONE OPERATIONAL CSSC-3 SITE SOUTH

OF THE NAVAL BASE AND A SECOND, UNOCCUPIED, CSSC-3 SITE TO THE 

NORTH. THE FUEL FOR THESE MISSILES IS HIGHLY TOXIC, AND THESE 

VEHICLES COULD PROVIDE ON-SITE DECONTAMINATION IN CASE OF

ACCIDENT. ALTERNATIVELY, THE IRAQI'S MAY HAVE DEPLOYED

DECONTAMINATION EQUIPMENT WITH THEIR MANEUVER UNITS IN KUWAIT          



ELEMENTS OF AT LEAST ONE MECHANIZED INFANTRY COMPANY HAS DEPLOYED

IN DEFENSIVE POSITIONS AROUND THE NAVAL BASE.







NOB AT THE NAVAL BASE INCLUDED ONE KUWAITI TNC-45 PTG AND ONE

33-METER LCU DEPARTED AND ONE FPB-57 ARRIVED            . NOB

INCLUDED ONE CAPTURED KUWAITI FRB-57 PTG, THREE IRAQI OSA PTG, ONE

IRAQI BOGOMOL PCF, TWO IRAQI PB-90 PB, THREE PB-PC, ONE VOSPER

23.8 METER PSB, AND ONE CHEVERTON LOADMASTER LCU (ON THE

REPAIRWAYS).







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