PROBABLE DRONE SUPPORT FACILITY ABU KAMMASH PROBABLE DRONE SUPPORT FACILITY, LIBYA(SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: December 8, 1983
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PROBABLE DRONE SUPPORT FACILITY
ABU KAMMASH R B B DRO E SUP OR F L LIBYA (SWN)
1. SIGNIFICANCE: THE FIRST IDENTIFICATION OF A PROBABLE DRONE
SUPPORT FACILITY IN LIBYA. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: A PROBABLE D N PP RT FACILITY WA IDEN'['IFIED FOR
THE FIRST TIME IN LIBY ABU KAMMASH 25X1
PROBABLE DRONE SUPPORT FACILITY IS BOTH WALL AND DOUBLE-FENCE
SECURED, AND CONTAINS TWO LARGE HANGAR-TYPE BUILDINGS, ONE
HELICOPTER LANDING PAD, AND ONE POSSIBLE GROUND LAUNCH
POSITION. ALSO PRESENT WAS ONE PROBABLE AGUSTA A-109
[HELICOPTER WHICH PROBABLY SERVES AS THE LAUNCH/RECOVERY
ANALYST'S COMMENTS--COLLATERAL INFORMATION INDICATED THE
SYSTEM HAD .BEEN IN COUNTRY SINCE 1979, B ED
TO ABU KAMMASH FROM UMM AITIQAH AIRFIELD
WITHIN THE LAST FIVE MONTI~S. THE ITALIAN-BUILT ANDROMEDA
REMOTELY PILOTED VEHICLE SYSTEM CONSISTS OF A VAN-MOUNTED
CONTROL STATION, EQUIPMENT FOR LAUNCH/RECOVERY (TWO AGUSTA
A-109 HELICOPTERS), AND THE MIRACH 70 AND MIRACH 100 DRONES.
THE MIRACH 70 IS GROUND-LAUNCHED WHILE THE h9IRACH 100 CAN BE
EITHER GROUND OR AIR LAUNCHED. BOTH MODELS CAN FUNCTION AS
EITHER TARGET DRONES OR RECONNAISSANCE VEHICLES. ABU KAMMASH
IS ON THE NORTHWEST COAST OF LIBYA ii NM FAST f1F THE
LIBYA/TUNISIA BORDER. (SWN/NF)
COORDINATES 33-04-28N Olt-44-16E (S)
a. COLLATERAL REFERENCES: USDAO, ROME, Oa1844Z NOV 83,
IR 850 0473 83 LY OB UPDATE (S/NF)
,1ANE'S ALL THE WORLD'S WEAPON SYSTEMS, 1978. (U
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