SOVIET AIRCRAFT EXPORT PREPARATIONS

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 2, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: April 21, 1984
• Content Type: MISC

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CONTROL NO. Z-10726/84
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SOVIET AIRCRAFT EXPORT PREPARATIONS
LENINGRAD PORT COMPLEX, USSR
NPIC/PEG (4/84)
1. SIGNIFICANCE: TWO AN-26 CURL FUSELAGE SECTIONS THAT ARE
PROBABLY ENROUTE TO A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY, POSSIBLY CUEA OR
NICARAGUA, HAVE BEEN DELIVERED HERE. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: THE TWO AN-26 CURL FUSELAGE SECTIONS HAVE BEEN
DELIVERED SINCE THE LAST OBSERVED DELIVERY OF AN-26
CURL TO NICARAGUA WAS CN WHEN A SOVIET
MAGNITOGORSK-CLASS ROLL-ON/ROLL-OFF (RO/RO) MERCHANT SHIP
DELIVERED TWO AN-26 CURL FROM LENINGRAD TO SANTIAGO DE CUBA
PORT CUBA FOR ASSEMBLY AND LATER TRANSFER TO
NICARAGUA. TWO AN-26 CURL WERE ALSO SHIPPED ABOARD A
MAGNITOGORSK-CLASS RO/RO FROM LENINGRAD IN JULY 1983. WHILE NO
MAGNITOGOFSK-CLASS RO/RC ARE OBSERVED AT LENINGRAD TODAY, A
STAKHANOVETS KOTOV-CLASS ROLL-ON/POLL-OFF/FLOAT-ON/FLOAT-OFF
(RO/FLO) MERCHANT `HIP WITH UNUSUAL CRADLES/BLOCKS IN THE
WELLDECK IS NEARBY AND MAY BE THE INTENDED CARRIER. A LARGE
FLOATING CRANE IS NEAR THE RO/FLO WITH THREE LARGE
TANKS/RAILCARS ON DECK. (SWN)
IN RELATED ACTIVITY, FIVE HIP HELICOPTER FUSELAGE CONTAINERS,
WHICH AFRIVED AT ANOTHER MOLE BETWEEN
ARE ALEC AWAITING TRANSSHIPMENT TO A PROBABLE THILD WORLD
CLIENT STATE. THE HELICOPTER CONTAINERS ARE NEAR A SKULPTOR
KONENKOV-CLASS RO/RO WHICH IS PARTIALLY LOADED WITH CARGO
CONTAINERS. LENINGRAD HAS ALSO BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH
TRANSSHIPMENT OF HELICOPTERS TO CUBA AND NICARAGUA BUT
HELICOPTERS PREVIOUSLY HAVE BEEN TRANSSHIPPED ABOARD OTHER
CLASSES OF SHIPS. (SWN)
THE CURL IS USED PRIMARILY FOR PARADROP, SHORT-FIELD RESUPPLY,
AND TROOP TRANSPORT MISSIONS. THE HIP IS A TRANSPORT/REEC_UE
NF.LICOPTER WHICH CAN BE FITTED FOR COMBAT OPERATIONS. (SWN)
3. COORDINATES 59-54-04N 030-14-27E
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