POSSIBLE PRODUCTION OF NEW AIR DEFENSE WEAPON SYSTEM KUSONG TANK PLANT PUG, NORTH KOREA

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December 14, 1983
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/15: CIA-RDP91T00712R000200510005-1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/15: CIA-RDP91T00712R000200510005-1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/15: CIA-RDP91T00712R000200510005-1 ROUTING TO: NAME AND ADDRESS DATE INITIALS i 2 3 4 ACTION DIRECT REPLY PREPAR E REPLY APPROVAL DISPATCH RECOM MENDATION COMMENT FILE RETURN CONCURRENCE INFORMATION SIGNATURE REMARKS: FROM: NAME, ADDRESS, AND PHONE NO. DATE SECRET (Security Classification) (See inside cover) Z-15950/83 CONTROL NO. NPIC/PEG (12/83) Warning Notice Intelligence Sources or Methods Involved NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions SECRET (Security Classification) 62 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/15: CIA-RDP91T00712R000200510005-1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/15: CIA-RDP91T00712R000200510005-1 Warning Notice Intelligence Sources or Methods Involved (WNINTEL) or (D) NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions NOFORN- Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals NOCONTRACT- Not Releasable to Contractors or Contractor/Consultants PROPIN- Caution-Proprietary Information Involved ORCON- Dissemination and Extraction of Information Controlled by Originator REL ... This Information has been Authorized for Release to ... Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/15: CIA-RDP91T00712R000200510005-1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/15: CIA-RDP91T00712R000200510005-1 SECRFT (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER 1 1 Z-15950/83 Page of Attachment to Copy POSSIBLE PRODUCTION OF NEW AIR DEFENSE WEAPON SYSTEM KUSONG TANK PLANT PUG, NORTH KOREA 1. SIGNIFICANCE: SELF-PROPELLED ANTIAIRCRAFT HEAVY MACHINE GUN IS POSSIBLY IN PRODUCTION AT THIS PLANT. (SWN) 2. REMARKS: ONE NET-COVERED, SELF-PROPELLED ANTIAIRCRAFT HEAVY MACHINE GUN (SPAAHMG) AND SPAAHMG CHASSIS ARE IN THE MAJOR OVERHAUL DEPOT. THE PRESENCE OF THIS NEW WEAPON SYSTEM INDICATES THAT THE SPAAHMG IS POSSIBLY IF PRODUCTION AT KUSONG. THE HEAVY MACHINE GUN IS MOUNTED ON A T-62 CHASSIS, WHICH IS ALSO PRODUCED AT THIS PLANT. (SWN) THIS INDIGENOUSLY PRODUCED SPAAHMG, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO THE SOVIET ZSU-23/4 SPAAHMG, WAS FIRST OBSERVED AT NAM PO RADAR ASSEMBLY PLANT WHERE THE SYSTEM WAS PROBABLY UNDERGOING COMPATIBILITY TESTS WITH THE DRUD1 TILT RADAR. (SWN) KUSONG TANK PLANT IS 1 NM NORTHEAST OF YEJ OL-LI, 5 NM NORTH-NORTHWEST OF KUSONG, AND 26 NM SOUTHEAST OF THE NORTH KOREA-CHINA BORDER. (SWN) These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana- lytical work. Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue. WARNING NOTICE Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved 25X1 25X1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/15: CIA-RDP91T00712R000200510005-1