TWIN PLATE DEPLOYMENT TARABULUS AIR DEFENSE BARRACKS, LIBYA (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: January 19, 1984
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TWIN PLATE DEPLOYMENT
TARABULUS AIR DEFENSE BARRACKS, LIBYA (SWN)
1.1 SIGNIFICANCE: THIS IS THE FIRST DEPLOYMENT OF THE TWIN PLATE
MOBILE TROPOSCATTER COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM IN LIBYA. (SWN)
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REMARKS: FOUR R-410 (TWIN PLATE) TROPOSCATTER RELAY SETS WERE
OBSERVED DEPLOYED FOR THE FIRST T TARABULUS AIR
DEFENSE BARRACKS ON IMAGERY THE TWIN 25X1
PLATE SETS (THREE IN TRAVEL MODE AND ONE PARTIALLY ERECTED)
WERE PARKED IN A SEPARATELY SECURED AREA OF THE FACILITY THAT
ALSO CONTAINS A COMMAND POST BUNKER. ALSO OBSERVED IN THIS
AREA WERE SEVEN R-40S (NOT ALL ANNOTATED), ONE R-409, AND 47
UNIDENTIFIED RADIO VAN TRUCKS (NOT ANNOTATED), INDICATING THAT
AN OPERATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS UNIT IS PRESENT AT TI-IIS
FACT1 TTY- THE TWIN PLATE SYSTEM WAS F_IR LIBYA
AT TARABULUS SAM DEPOT , BUT 25X11
HAS NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY SEEN DEPLOYED. (SWN)
ANALYST'S COMMENTS: THE CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THIS
COMMUNICATIONS UNIT TO AN AIR DEFENSE-RELATED FACILITY
INDICATES THAT THIS FACILITY PROBABLY FUNCTIONS AS AN AIR
DEFENSE-RELATED COMMAND POST AND COMMUNICATIONS CENTER.
(SWN)
3.I (COORDINATES 32-52-0.5N 013-21-44E (S)
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