PROBABLE SA-6 EQUIPMENT AIN EL BEN, WESTERN SAHARA (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: February 4, 1982
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PROBABLE SA-6 EQUIPMENT
AIN EL BEN, WESTERN SAHARA
1. (S) SIGNIFICANCE: PROBABLE SA-6 EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED
AT A NEW L O CAMP IN WESTERN SAHARA.
2. (S/D) REMARKS: PROBABLE SA-6 EQUIPMENT WAS OBSERVED AT THE
NEWLY IDENTIFIED AIN EL BEN POLISARIO CAMP 3 IN WESTERN
SAHARA, ON SENIOR LOOK IMAGERY ONE PROBABLE 25X1
SA-6 TRANSPORTER-ERECTOR-LAUNCHER (TEL), AND ONE PROBABLE
MISSILE CHECK-OUT TENT (GRAPHIC 1) WERE DISPERSED WITHIN THE
CAMP. THE TEL AND MISSILE CHECK-OUT TENT WERE 2 NM APART.
THREE SA-6 ASSOCIATED HEAVY-LIFT TRANSPORTERS (GRAPHIC 2)
WERE PARKED 6 NM SOUTH, AT 26-47-15N 010-44-33W. OTHER
EQUIPMENT (NOT ON GRAPHIC) AT THE NEW CAMP, WHICH IS DISPERSED
ALONG A 6-NM SECTION OF DRY RIVER BED, INCLUDES A LARGE POL
TRUCK, SEVEN LARGE TENTS, SIX TRUCKS, AND 10 VEHICLES/PIECES
OF EQUIPMENT. THE EQUIPMENT, TENTS AND DEPLOYMENT PATTERN
IS SIMILAR TO THAT OBSERVED AT AIN EL BEN POLISARIO CAMP 2
14 NM SOUTHEAST OF THIS NEW CAMP WHERE 25X1
SA-6 EQUIPMENT WAS OBSERVED EL BEN 25X1
POLISARIO CAMP 2 HAS BEEN V N 25X1
EL BEN IS 65 NM EAST OF SEMARA. 25X1
3. (S)
COORDINATES 26-51-30N 010-41-35W
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