DEFENSIVE MEASURES AND TRAINING FACITIES AT CAHAMA MILITARY CAMP, ANGOLA

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 4, 2010
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• Content Type: REPORT

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NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC
INTERPRETATION CENTER
PHOTOGRAPHIC
INTERPRETATION
REPORT
DEFENSIVE MEASURES.AND TRAINING
FACILITIES AT CAHAMA MILITARY
CAMP, ANGOLA(TSR)
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DEFENSIVE MEASURES AND TRAINING FACILITIES
AT CAHAMA MILITARY CAMP, ANGOLA (TSR)
1. (TSR) The entire town of Cahama in southern Angola appears to have been converted
into a joint Angolan-Cuban military garrison. This report describes the defensive measures and
training facilities observed at Cahama Military Camp Cahama is a small
town along the surfaced, dual-lane highway that connects Lubango (formerly Sa Da Bandeira)
with the Namibian border.
2. (TSR) The main compound in the town is fence secured and includes a headquarters
building with a white star (a probable Cuban insignia) on the ground and seven revetted storage
areas for vehicles and equipment (six of which contain sheds; Figures 1 and 2). Seven addi-
tional revetted storage sheds are on the south side of town. Defenses within this installation
include personnel trenches with weapons-firing positions. Approximately 200 men were observed
on the road adjacent to the compound.
3. (TSR) A separately fence-secured physical training area is adjacent to the compound.
Two Soviet-type obstacle courses (a motorized rifle type and a tank/engineer type), a gymnastics
area, and a baseball diamond are all within the boundaries of this area. Two automatic weap-
ons-firing ranges (one for armor) are on the northern edge of town. Two driver-training courses
are associated with this facility. An armored-vehicle, driver-training course encircles one of the
automatic weapons-firing ranges (Figure 1). A wheeled-vehicle, driver-training course (not shown
on graphics) is on the western edge of the facility.
4. (TSR) Air defense facilities were seen both within the town and along a trail that
extends southward into the bush. Four SA-7 firing positions and five occupied, six-position, light
antiaircraft artillery (AAA) sites are in the town (Figures 1 and 2). At least four occupied, net-/
canvas-covered, six-position, light AAA sites (one shown in Figure 3) and at least 20 vehicles in
revetments were seen in the scrub brush south of the camp.
IMAGERY
(TSR) KEYHOLE imagery o was used in the preparation of this report.
MAPS OR CHARTS
JOG (Radar). Sheet SE 33-2. scale 1:250,000 (CONFIDENTIAL)
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DEFENSIVE MEASURES AND TRAINING FACILITIES
AT CAHAMA MILITARY CAMP, ANGOLA (TSR)
1. (TSR) The entire town of Cahama in southern Angola appears to have been converted
into a joint Angolan-Cuban military garrison. This report describes the defensive measures and
training facilities observed at Cahama Military Camp Cahama is a small
town along the surfaced, dual-lane highway that connects Lubango (formerly Sa Da Bandeira)
with the Namibian border.
2. (TSR) The main compound in the town is fence secured and includes a headquarters
building with a white star (a probable Cuban insignia) on the ground and seven revetted storage
areas for vehicles and equipment (six of which contain sheds; Figures 1 and 2). Seven addi-
tional revetted storage sheds are on the south side of town. Defenses within this installation
include personnel trenches with weapons-firing positions. Approximately 200 men were observed
on the road adjacent to the compound.
3. (TSR) A separately fence-secured physical training area is adjacent to the compound.
Two Soviet-type obstacle courses (a motorized rifle type and a tank/engineer type), a gymnastics
area, and a baseball diamond are all within the boundaries of this area. Two automatic weap-
ons-firing ranges (one for armor) are on the northern edge of town. Two driver-training courses
are associated with this facility. An armored-vehicle, driver-training course encircles one of the
automatic weapons-firing ranges (Figure 1). A wheeled-vehicle, driver-training course (not shown
on graphics) is on the western edge of the facility.
4. (TSR) Air defense facilities were seen both within the town and along a trail that
extends southward into the bush. Four SA-7 firing positions and five occupied, six-position, light
antiaircraft artillery (AAA) sites are in the town (Figures 1 and 2). At least four occupied, net-/
canvas-covered, six-position, light AAA sites (one shown in Figure 3) and at least 20 vehicles in
revetments were seen in the scrub brush south of the camp.
IMAGERY
(TSR) KEYHOLE imagery of
MAPS OR CHARTS
was used in the preparation of this report.
JOG (Radar). Sheet SE 33-2. scale 1:250,000 (CONFIDENTIAL)
REQUIREMENT
Project 130017NG
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