REDEPLOYMENT OF MOBILE SURFACE-TO-AIR SYSTEMS

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• Publication Date: May 27, 1983
• Content Type: MISC

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REDEPLOYMENT OF MOBILE SURFACE-TO-AIR SYSTEMS
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MAY 1983
SIGNIFICANCE: SA-8 AND SA-9 MOBILE SURFACE-TO-AIR (SAA4)
MS HAVE BEEN REDEPLOYED CLOSER TO THE
ANGOLA-NAMIBIA BORDER. (SWN)
REMARKS: THE AIR DEFENSE CAPABILITY HAS BEEN IMPROVED AT
fiR~AR~LAN/CUBAN DEPLOYMENT AREAS SOUTH OF THE NAMIBE
(FORMERLY, MOCAMEDES) - MENONGUE RAIL LINE WITH THE
INTRODUCTION OF SA-8 AND SA-9 MOBILE SAM MISSILE SYSTEMS
INTO THE CAHAMA AND CUVELAI AREAS SINCE MID-MAY (MAP
GRAPHIC 1). (SWN)
AT THE CAHAMA MILITARY CAMP, APPROXIMATELY 65 NM NORTH OF
THE ANGOLA-NAMIBIA BORDER, FIVE SA-8 TRANSPORTER-LAUNCHER
AND RADAR (TEAR), ONE PROBABLE SA-8 TRANSLOADER, TWO
POSSIBLE TRANSLOADERS, AND ONE BATTERY OF FOUR SA-9
TRANSPORTER-ERECTOR-LAUNCHERS (TEL) tiVERE NEWLY IDENTIFIED
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SHOWN ON GRAPHIC 2). THIS EQUIPMENT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF
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AT CUVELAI COMPLEX, APPROXIMATELY 100 NM NORTH OF THE
ANGOLA-NAMIBIA BORDER, ONE BATTERY OF FOUR SA-9 TEL WAS
SEEN ON GRAPHIC 3). THIS EQUIPMENT HAD NEWLY
ARRIVED SINCE (SWN)
PRIOR TO THESE RECENT SAM DEPLOYMENTS AT CAHAMA AND
CUVELAI, THE ONLY AIR DEFENSE MEASURES IN THESE AREAS WERE
LIGHT ANTIAIRCRAFT ARTILLERY. PREVIOUSLY THE SOUTHERNMOST
DEPLOYMENT OF A SAM SYSTEM WAS AT CHIBEMBA, APPROXIMATELY
105 NM NORTH OF THE ANGOLA-NAA4IBIA BORDER, WHERE AN SA-9
BATTERY WAS TEMPORARILY DEPLOYED IN 1981. (SWN)
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THE SA-8 AND SA-9 CURRENTLY DEPLOYED IN THESE SOUTHERN
AREAS ARE PROBABLY UNITS THAT DEPARTED FROM THE LUBANGO
AREA. AT LUBANGO AIRFIELD THE MAIN
ANGOLAN TACTICAL FIGHTER BASE IN SOUTHERN ANGOLA, A
DECREASE IN MOBILE SAM EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN EVIDENT SINCE
EARLY MARCH. THE TWO SA-8 MOBILE SAM BATTERIES, PRESEN AT
THE AIRFIELD SINCE LATE FEBRUI~RY, WERE NOT OBSERVED ON
,0 THESE UNITS WERE LAST SEEN ON PARTIALLY CLOUD COVERED
IMAGERY OFO IN ADDITION, A DECREASE IN SA-9
EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN EVIDENT SINCE EARLY MARCH, tiVHEN ONE
BATTERY OF SA-9 WAS MISSING FROM THE LUBANGO AREA. PRIOR
TO MARCH, ONE SA-9 BATTERY AND TWO PROBABLE SA-9 BATTERIES
WERE PRESENT. A FURTHER DECREASE IN SA-9 TEL WAS OBSERVED
ON 0 WHEN TWO ADDITIONAL SA-9 TEL WERE MISSING FROM
THE AIRFIELD. (SWN)
ANALYST'S COMMENTS -- THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE MOBILE SA-8 AND
S -9 S S STEMS AT THESE TWO TOWNS ALONG TH E
.SOUTHERNMOST PORTION 0 F THE ANGOLAN/CUBAN D EFENSIVE LINE,
SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASES THE AIR DEFENSE CAPABILITY AGAINST
THE SOUTH AFRICAN AIR THREAT FROM NEIGHBORING NAMIBIA. THE
DEPLOYMENT OF THESE SAM SYSTEMS IS PROBABLY A DIRECT RESULT
OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN ANTIGUERRILLA OPERATIONS UNDERWAY IN
SOUTHERN ANGOLA, WHICH BEGAN IN EARLY FEBRUARY. (SWN)
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COORDINATES 16-16-53S 014-18-32E
COORDINATES 15-39-OOS 015-48-OOE
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