NAVAL SPETSNAZ EXERCISE OSTROV RUSSKIY PROBABLE NAVAL SPETSNAZ FACILITY, USSR(SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: December 9, 1983
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9 DECEMBER 1983
NAVAL SPETSNAZ EXERCISE
OSTROV RUSSKIY PROBABLE NAVAL SPETSNAZ FACILITY, USSR (SWN)
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1. SIGNIFICANCE: FIRST IDENTIFICATION FROM SATELLITE IMAGERY OF
A SUBMARINE INVOLVED IN TRAINING WITH A SPETSNAZ (SOVIET
SPECIAL FORCES) UNIT. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: A FOXTROT/ZULU SOVIET ATTACK SUBMARINE (SS) WAS
MOORED SOUTH OF OSTROV RUSSKIY PROBABLE NAVAL SPETSNAZ
FACILITY ON TWO PROBABLE SAFETY BOATS WERE TIED 25X1
TO THE SUBMARINE. (SWN)
ANALYST'S COMMENTS -- IT IS BELIEVED THE SOVIETS HAVE ONE
NAVAL SPETSNAZ BRIGADE SUBORDINATED TO EACH OF ITS FOUR
FLEETS. NAVAL.SPETSNAZ UNITS.HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED ON IMAGERY
AT ALL BUT THE NORTHERN FLEET. ONE METHOD OF INSERTING THESE
TROOPS IN AN OPERATION WOULD BE TO DISCHARGE THEM.FROM A
SUBMERGED SUBMARINE SOME.DISTANCE OFF SHORE. THE PRESENCE OF
THE SUBMARINE WITH SAFETY BOATS IS .EVIDENCE THAT.. THIS TYPE OF
TRAINING OCCURS.. THIS SPETSNAZ UNIT IS SUBORDINATE TO THE
SOVIET PACIFIC FLEET. THE BALTIC FLEET UNIT IS AT PRIMORSK
PROBABLE NAVAL SPETSNAZ FACILITY , AND THE 25X1
BLACK SEA FLEET UNIT IS AT OSTROV MAYS.KIY, AN ARTIFICIAL
ISLAND 2.5 NM SOUTH OF OCHAKOV. (SWN) I
..COORDINATES 42-58.-OON 131-52-10E (S)
.4. COLLATERAL REFERENCE: NIC, COMBAT SWIMMER..SYSTEMS AND
CAPABILITIES-SELECTED COMMUNIST COUNTRIES (U),
NIC-1250S-001-80, MARCH.1980 (SWN/NOFORN/ORCON/NO.CONTRACT,
THE EXTRACTED MATERIAL IS CLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL).
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