PROBABLE MISSILE-READY BUNKERS AL JUFRAH AIRFIELD, LIBYA (SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 27, 2012
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• Publication Date: December 23, 1983
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1. SIGNIFICANCE: SIX PROBABLE MISSILE-READY BUNKERS, CAPABLE OF
.HANDLING AIR-TO-SURFACE MISSILES (ASM), HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED
AT AL JUFRAH AIRFIELD IN LIBYA. .(SWN)
IMAGERY REVEALED THAT SIX PROBABLE MISSILE-READY BUNKERS (ONE
NOT ON GRAPHIC), HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED IN THE MEDIUM BOMBER
DISPERSAL AREA. THE BUNKERS ARE BEHIND, OR IN THE IMMEDIATIu
VICINITY OF 12 REVETTED HARDSTANDS (ONE NOT ON GRAPHIC'), WHICH
ARE CAPABLE OF HOUSING ADVANCED, MEDIUM, ASM-CAPABLE BOMBERS.
A VEHICLE TURN-AROUND AREA IS IN FRONT OF EACH BUNKER, AND AN
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ACCESS ROAD CONNECTS EACH BUNKER WITH THE REAR ENTRANCET
REVETTED HARDSTANDS. OTHER FACILITIES IN THIS AREA INCLUDED
SIX PERSONNEL BUNKERS AND SIX PROBABLE THREE-BAY REVETMENTS
(ONE NOT ANNOTATED ON GRAPHIC) THAT WILL PROBABLY BE USED FOR.
GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT. THE DISPERSAL AREA HAS BEEN
CONSTRUCTED SO THAT ONE PROBABLE MISSILE-READY BUNKER, ONE
PERSONNEL BUNKER AND ONE THREE-BAY REVETMENT CAN PROVIDE
IMMEDIATE SUPPORT FOR AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS IN EACH PAIR OF
BOMBER REVETMENTS. A MISSILE STORAGE/SUPPORT FACILITY (NOT ON
GRAPHIC) IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION APPROXIMATELY 1 NM EAST OF THE
WEST-NORTHWEST END OF THE RUNWAY. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: CONTINUING ANALYSIS OF
ANALYST COMMENTS: CURRENTLY., LIBYA DOES NOT HAVE A BOMBER
ASSOCIATED ASM CAPABILITY AND AMONG THE WARSAW PACT COUNTRIES,
ONLY THE SOVIET UNION POSSESSES THIS CAPABILITY. IT APPEARS
THAT THE BOMBER DISPERSAL AREA HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED TO SUPPORT
RAPID -RESPONSE AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS, A CAPABILITY THAT HAS NOT
BEEN IDENTIFIED AT MEDIUM BOMBER AIRFIELDS IN THE SOVIET
UNION. THE SOVIETS ARE REPORTEDLY INVOLVED IN THE
CONSTRUCTION OF AL JUFRAH AIRFIELD, 260 NM SOUTHEAST OF
TARABULUS (TRIPOLI) AND 120 NM SOUTH OF THE GULF OF SIDRA.
Attachment to Z -14 4 5 2- 8 3
NP IC/IEGNI 0 ~'-83
23 DECEMBER ..98
PROBABLE MISSILE-READY BUNKERS
AL JUFRAH AIRFIELD, LIBYA SWN
COORDINATES 29-1.3-OON 016-00-OOE. (S)
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