INCREASED AIR DEFENSE MEASURES CHIBEMBA, ANGOLA (SANITIZED)

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 25, 2011
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: August 18, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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18 AUGUST 1982
INCREASED AIR DEFENSE MEASURES
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: ADDITIONAL AIR DEFENSE DEPLOYMENTS
HAVE BEEN RECENTL DENTIFIED IN THE CHIBEMBA AREA OF
SOUTHERN ANGOLA. THESE INCLUDE NEWLY DEPLOYED AIR WARNING
RADARS, NEWLY CONSTRUCTED AND-OCCUPIED ANTIAIRCRAFT SITES,
AND NEW SURFACE TO AIR. MISSILE SITES.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: AN ODD PAIR HEIGHT FINDING RADAR, WITH
ASSOCIATED ELECTRONICS VANS, WAS NEWLY IDENTIFIED 1 NM
NORTHWEST OF CHIBEMBA (GRAPHIC 1). THE ODD PAIR RADAR AND
ONE PROBABLE ELECTRONICS VAN WERE PROBABLY AT THIS RADAR
SITE HOWEVER, OBLIQUITY AND SMALL SCALE
PRECLUDED A POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION AT THAT TIME.
(SWN) OTHER ELECTRONICS ORDER OF-BATTLE DEPLOYED WITH THE
ODD PAIR RADAR SYSTEM INCLUDED ONE PROBABLE FLAT FACE
ACQUISITION RADAR AND ONE POSSIBLE R-404 MOBILE
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM. THE FLAT FACE AND -
HAVE BEEN IN THE NORTHERN CHIBEMBA AREA
TWO AREAS WITH HARDENED UNDERGROUND PERSONNEL
SHELTERS, USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH CUBAN AIR DEFENSE AND
GROUND FORCE UNITS IN ANGOLA, WERE NEWLY IDENTIFIED UNDER
CONSTRUCTION IN THE AREA. (GRAPHIC 2 - THE R.-404 MOBILE
COMMUNICATION SYSTEM NOT SHOWN).
(SWN) TN ADDITION TO THE NEW RADAR DEPLOYMENTS, OTHER AIR
DEFENSE CONSTRUCTION HAS RECENTLY OCCURRED IN THE CHIBEMBA
AREA. CHIBEMBA SA-3 SITE WAS
NEWLY IDENTIFIED IN THE EARLY STAGES OF CONSTRUCTTU
(GRAPHIC 3). FOUR LIGHT AND ONE MEDIUM ANTIAIRCRAFT
BATTERIES AND TWO SA-7 SITES HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED AT
CHIBEMBA (GRAPHIC 3). MOST ARE LOCATED NEAR
THE ODD PAIR RADAR. SITE. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE
ANTIAIRCRAFT BATTERY AND THE TWO SA-7 SITES PREVIOUSLY
DEPLOYED AT CHIBEMBA. NUMEROUS PERSONNEL TRENCHES AND
VEHICLE REVETMENTS (MANY OCCUPIED), HAVE ALSO BEEN
CONSTRUCTED NEAR THE ODD PAIR RADAR SITE (NOT ON GRAPHICS).
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(U) CHIBEMBA IS APPROXIMATELY 85 NM NORTH OF THE
ANGOLA-NAMIBIA BORDER.
3. (S) BE NONE, COORDINATES 15-43-42S 014-05-13E
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