SHIELD-82 ACTIVITY (SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 8, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: September 19, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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FOUR PART GRAPHIC
"SHIELD-82" ACTIVITY
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: NAVAL, AIR, AND GROUND PREPARATIONS FOR
THE UPCOMING JOINT WARSAW PACT EXERCISE "SHIELD-82" CONTINUE.
SOVIET NAVAL UNITS AND A POLISH AIRBORNE UNIT WITH SUPPORTING
TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT HAVE ARRIVED IN BULGARIA. IN ADDITION,
GROUND FORCE UNITS CONTINUE TO DEPART GARRISONS IN
CZECHOSLOVAKIA PROBABLY FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE EXERCISE
(GRAPHIC 1).
2. (SWN) REMARKS:
(SON) "SHIELD-82" ACTIVITY IS OBSERVED AT VARNA NAVAL BASE
(
% GRAPHIC 2). ONE 25X1
BULGARIAN R ATTACK SUBMARINE (SS , THREE PROB B E SOVIET W/R
SS, AND ONE SOVIET MIKHAIL KALININ-CLASS TRANSPORT HAVE
ARRIVED. TWO RIGA FRIGATE, TWO POTI PATROL ESCORT (PG), ONE
VYDRA UTILITY LANDING CRAFT, AND ONE MESAR REPLENISHMENT OILER
HAVE DEPARTED. NAVAL UNITS REMAINING AT THE NAVAL BASE INCLUDE
ONE R SS, ONE POTI PG, TWO SO-1 SUBMARINE CHASE, ONE T-43 FLEET
MINESWEEPER, FOUR VANYA COASTAL MINESWEEPERS, AND ONE MONO
HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY SHIP (MOORED OFFSHORE).
(SWN) A POLISH TRANSPORT REGIMENT AND AT LEAST TWO SQUADRON OF
FLOGGER B/E FIGHTER AIRCRAFT ARE AT TOLBUKHIN AIRFIELD
(GRAPHIC 3). THE TRANSPORT REGIMENT OF 25X1
12 POLISH COKE CURL, ONE CUB, ONE CODLING AND THREE CRATE IS
PROBABLY FROM BALICE AIRFIELD, POLAND WHICH 25X1
SUPPORTS THE SIXTH AIRBORNE DIVISION. TEN MEDIUM TENTS,
84 SQUAD SIZE TENTS, 21 SMALL CARGO TRUCKS, AND NINE MEDIUM
CARGO TRUCKS ARE BIVOUACKED NEAR THE TRANSPORTS. TWENTY-NINE
FLOGGER, INCLUDING 13 ON THE MAIN PARKING AREA WITH GROUND
SERVICING VEHICLES (GSV) NEARBY AND 16 ON HARDSTANDS WITH GSV
NEAR AT LEAST SIX OF THE AIRCRAFT, HAVE REPLACED THE FISHBED
UNIT NORMALLY BASED HERE. THIS DEPLOYMENT OF FLOGGER MAY BE
RELATED TO THE "SHIELD-82" EXERCISE, OR THE FLOGGER MAY BE
REPLACING THE FISIIBED. THREE PROBABLE APHID AIR-TO-AIR
MISSILES ARE NEAR THREE OF THE FLOGGER. IN ADDITION, A RSBN-4N
SHORT RANGE NAVIGATIONAL AID IS NEWLY INSTALLED WEST OF THE
RUNWAY.
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(SWN) A SOVIET ANTISUBMARINE WARFARE (ASW) UNIT AND AT LEAST
TWO SQUADRONS OF A FLOGGER REGIMENT ARE AT.BALCHIK AIRFIELD
(GRAPHIC 4). NINE SOVIET MAIL ASW AIRCRAFT AND 25X1
14 HAZE A ASW HELICOPTERS, DEPLOYED HERE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
"SHIELD-82" EXERCISE, ARE ON THE INFIELD, PARKING APRONS, AND
HARDSTANDS AT THE NORTH-NORTHUEST END OF THE AIRFIELD.
THIRTY-ONE OF THE 32 FLOGGER WERE HERE THE 25X1
FLOGGER HAVE PROBABLY DEPLOYED HERE EITHER TO PARTICIPATE IN
THE EXERCISE, OR THEY MAY BE REPLACING THE SQUADRON OF FISHBED
FIGHTERS NORMALLY BASED HERE. IN RELATED ACTIVITY, A PROBABLE
RSBN-4N SHORT RANGE NAVIGATIONAL UNIT (IN TRAVEL MODE) IS IN
THE FIELD.
(SWN) MAJOR ELEMENTS OF A MOTORIZED RIFLE BATTALION, CONSISTING
OF AT LEAST 27 ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS AND 15 SUPPORT
VEHICLES, ARE IN THE RAILYARD IMMEDIATELY SOUTHEAST OF MILOVICE
ARMY BARRACKS HQ NW 201 ALSO, A SIGNAL
DEPLOYMENT, CONSISTING OF FOUR RADIO VAN TRUCKS (ONE WITH AN
ERECTED ANTENNA), A24D THREE TRAILERS IS NEAR THE WEST END OF
THE RUN''JAY AT MILOVICE AIRFIELD
25X1
(SWN) MAJOR ELEMENTS OF THE MOTORIZED RIFLE REGIMENT, INCLUDING
ELEMENTS OF TWO MOTORIZED RIFLE BATTALIONS 'WHICH WERE BEING
LOADED OR UNLOADED ONTO RAILCARS I, THE RATINARD IMMEDIATELY
EAST OF CHEB ARMY BARRACKS 002/5/6 ON 25X1
HAVE DEPARTED THE AREA. IN ADDITION, THE 25X1
TWO SMALL CONVOYS OF ARTILLERY AND SUPPORT VEHICLES ASSEMBLED
AT THE GARRISON AREA HAVE ALSO DEPARTED. 25X1
ELEMENTS OF ONE MOTORIZED BATTALION APPEAR TO REMAIN IN
GARRISON. MAJOR ELEMENTS OF THE MOTORIZED RIFLE REGIMENT
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(SWN) ONE PROBABLE ARTILLERY BATTALION OF THE ARTILLERY
REGIMENT HAS DEPARTED GARRISON SINCE AT 25X1
SOKOLOV ARMY BARRACKS VITKOV 1 OTHER SUPPORT 25X1
ELEMENTS OF THE ARTILLERY REGIMENT AND PROBABLE MULTIPLE ROCKET
LAUNCHER BATTALION REMAIN IN GARRISON (NO CZECHOSLOVAKIA
ACTIVITY ON GRAPHIC).
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(SWN) MAJOR ELEMENTS OF THE SIGNAL REGIMENT, IN FRONT OF
VEHICLE SHEDS ON AT BUDAPEST ARMY BARRACKS 25X1
PROBABLY HAVE DEPARTED GARRISON. THIS ACTIVITY MAY BE RELATED
TO THE UPCOMING WARSAW PACT EXERCISE, "SHIELD-82" WHICH IS
BEING HELD IN BULGARIA (NOT ON GRAPHIC).
3. BE N/A, COORDINATES N/A
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FOUR PART GRAPHIC
(SWN) MAJOR ELEMENTS OF THE SIGNAL REGIMENT, IN FRONT OF
VEHICLE SHEDS ON, AT BUDAPEST ARMY BARRACKS 25X1
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PROBABLY HAVE DEPARTED GARRISON. THIS ACTIVITY MAY BE RELATED
TO THE UPCOMING WARSAW PACT EXERCISE, "SHIELD-82" WHICH IS
BEING HELD IN BULGARIA (NOT ON GRAPHIC).
3. BE N/A, COORDINATES N/A
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