NEWLY DELIVERED FIELD ARTILLERY RAMA PORT FACILITIES, NICARAGUA (SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 16, 2012
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• Publication Date: December 13, 1983
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NEWLY DELIVERED FIELD ARTILLERY %
RAMA PORT FACILITIES. NICARAGUA (SWN/NOFORN)
NPIC/IEG j 1 78 3
13 DECEMBER 198
1. SIGNIFICANCE: NICARAGUA HAS RECEIVED AN ARMS
TRANSSHIPMENT AT RAMA PORT FACILITIES CONSISTING OF AT
LEAST 11 FIELD ARTILLERY PIECES. (S/NOFORN)
2. REMARKS: REVEALED
AT LEAST 11 NEWLY DELIVERED FIELD ARTILLERY (FA) PIECES
AT RAMA PORT FACILITIES. DUE TO IMAGE QUALITY THE FIELD
ARTILLERY PIECES COULD NOT BE IDENTIFIED BY TYPE,
HOWEVER, THEY APPEAR TO BE EITHER THE SOVIET 85t-IM D-44
FIELD GUN OR THE 152MM D-20 GUN HOWITZER. THE FA WERE,f
PROBABLY DELIVERED TO RAMA BY TIIE NICARAGUAN
ROLL-ON/ROLL-OFF (RO/RO) MERSHIP ARACELY WHICH WAS AT THE
TRANSSHIPMENT RAMP WITH ITS CARGO DOOR OPEN. TEN FA
PIECES WERE IN TOW BEHIND CARGO TRUCKS AT THE EQUIPMENT
HOLDING AREA OF THE PORT. THE CARGO TRUCKS MAY ALSO HAVE
BEEN NEWLY DELIVERED. THE FA AND TRUCKS WERE NOT PRESENT
ON SATELLITE COVERAGE OF THE PREVIOUS DAY. (SWN/N`OFORN)
THE NEWLY DELIVERED ARMS AND EQUIPMENT AT RAMA I',JEPE
PROBABLY TRANSFERRED ONTO THE ARACELY FROM A BULGARIAN
GEROI PANFILOVTSY-CLASS MERCHANT SHIP ANCHORED NEAR EL
BLUFF PORT FACILITY FROM 3 TO AT LEAST E
THE ARACELY WAS MOORED ALONGSIDE THE BULGARIAN
TO THE MANAGUA AREA APPROXIMATELY 120 NM WEST.
MERSHIP NEAR EL BLUFF ON AND HAD ARRIVED AT
RAMA BY SHALLOW DRAFT COASTAL FREIGHTERS,
SUCH AS THE ARACELY, ARE USED TO TRANSFER CARGO 50 NM
INLAND TO RAMA PORT VIA THE RIO ESCONDIDO, SINCE FL BLUFF
LACKS IMPROVED ROAD OR RAIL SERVICE. FROM RAMA, THE
CARGO IS TRANSPORTED ON AN ALL-WEATHER HIGHWAY
(ROUTE 7). PREVIOUS ARMS TRANSFERS TO NICARAGUA USING EL
BLUFF PORT HAVE FOLLOWED THIS SAME TRANSSHIPMENT PATTERN
(SWN/NOFORN)
COORDINATES 12-08-40N 084-15-32W (S)
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