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BOMB DAMAGE ASSESSMENT CABLE - 04-05 FEB 91' SECOND
Filename:72826563
PATHFINDER RECORD NUMBER: 26563
GENDATE:         950605
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TEXT:            
ENVELOPE CDSN = LGX911 MCN = 91036/12875 TOR = 910361034
OTTSZYUW RUEKJCS3556 0361032-    --RUEALGX.
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HEADER O 051032Z FEB 91
FM JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC
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INFO RUEKCCG/USDP-CCC WASHINGTON DC
O 040115Z FEB 91
FM DIA WASHINGTON DC//DX-6//
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INFO RHSDBBE/CDRVIICORPSMAIN FWD //J2-OPS//
RUFLEPA/JTF PROVEN FORCE//J2//
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CONTROLS                                      SECTION 01 OF 02
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BODY SUBJ: BOMB DAMAGE ASSESSMENT CABLE - 04-05 FEB 91' SECOND
PHASE (U)
60,178/DX-6
1.        [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
2.        [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
3.        [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
4.        [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
5'        [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
6.        [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
7.         AL TAQA0DUM AFLD  IZ' COORD: 332024N/0433558E, 0746Z, 
04 FEB 91. THE S-SHAPED POSS CW STORAGE BUNKER WITHIN THE 
SENSITIVE STORAGE AREA HAS SUSTAINED MODERATE DAMAGE. THE BUNKER 
IS LOCATE0 [    b.2.    ] APPROXIMATELY 50 PERCENT OF THE BUNKERS 
ROOF HAS COLLAPSED' PROBABLY DENYING ACCESS TO MUCH OF THE BUNKER. 
NO DEBRIS WAS OBSERVED OUTSIDE EITHER OF THE ENTRANCES/EXITS. 
8.                       HABBANIYAH POSS CW PROD FACILITY II, IZ,
COORD: 332841N/0434014E' 0746Z, 04 FEB 91. THE SAMARRA-TYPE
PRO0UCTION BUILDING [    b.2.    ] HAS SUFFERED AD0ITIONAL DAMAGE
SINCE [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ] 31 JAN. THE EASTERN HVAC
(HEATING/VENTING/AIR CONDITIONING) SECTION HAS BEEN TOTALLY
DESTROYED. THIS PRODUCTION BUILDING IS OUT OF THE OPERATION AND
WILL REQUIRE EXTENSIVE RECONSTRUCTION' THE WESTERN CHEM
PRECURESOR PROD LINE IS STILL INTACT' HOWEVER' AND ONLY LIGHT
DAMAGE HAS BEEN INFLICTED ON THE EASTERN CHEM PRECURSOR PROD LINE.
NO ADDITIONAL DAMAGE WAS NOTED AND NO CLEANUP EFFORTS WERE
UNDERWAY. 
9.                       SALMAN PAK CBW RSCH PROD A STOR FAC' IZ,
COORD: 330415N/0443530, [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] 04 FEB 
91. ANALYSIS [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ] PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING 
SUMMARY OF CONFIRMED DAMAGE SINCE 27 JAN [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) 
  ] 
(A) NONREFRIGERATED BNKR AT [    b.2.    ] SEVERELY DAMAGED (ROOF
PARTIALLY COLLAPSED). THIS BUNKER APPEARED TO BE DAMAGED ON 27
JAN [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ] 
(B) THE BW LAB (P3/P4 BLDG) [    b.2.    ] HAS BEEN SEVERELY 
DAMAGED.
(C) H-SHAPED LAB BUILDING [    b.2.    ] MODERATELY DAMAGED.
(D) EASTERNMOST LAB BULDG (BERMED) IN RESEARCH/ENG AREA [    b.2. 
   ] SEVERELY DAMAGED.
(E) PROC/PROD BUILDING (UNDER CONSTR) IN NEW AREA OF CONSTR AT
[    b.2.    ]HAS SUSTAINED MODERATE DAMAGE WITH PART OF ROOF 
BLOWN
AWAY. A CRATER IS ALSO NOTED WEST OF THE WESTERNMOST LAB BUILDING
IN THE RESEARCH/ENG AREA [    b.2.    ] TWO EXCAVATIONS ARE NOTED 
AT
THE NEWLY DAMAGED BUNKER IN THE NW CORNER OF THE STORAGE AREA.
EARTH HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDE OF THIS
BUNKER, PROBABLY IN AN ATTEMPT TO GAIN ACCESS TO ITS CONTENTS.
10.                       H 3 AFLD, IZ, COORD: 325551N/0394449E,
[      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ], 04 FEB 91. THE S-SHAPED POSS CW 
STORAGE BUNKER LOCATED AT
THIS AIRFIELD [    b.2.    ] IS NOT DAMAGED. A CRATER, WHICH WAS 
NOT
PRESENT 1 FEB' IS NOTED A FEW METERS SOUTH OF THE BUNKER. 
11.        [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
12.        [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
13.        [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
14.               [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ]
15.                       H 3 MUNITIONS STORAGE FACILITY, IZ, 
COORD: 325805N/03P4452E,  04 FEB 91. ONE OF THE FOUR S-SHAPED POSS 
CW STORAGE BUNKERS IN AREA A1 HAS SUSTAINED MODERATE DAMAGE SINCE 
[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ] 1 FEB. THIS BUNKER IS IN THE 
SOUTHEAST CORNER OF AREA A1 [    b.2.    ] THE REMAINING THREE 
BUNKERS IN THIS AREA ARE NOT DAMAGED. NO DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED IN [ 
  (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ] AREA A2.                               
16.                       HABBANIYAH POSS CW PRO0 FACILITY II, IZ,
COOD 332841N034014E, , [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ], 04 FEB 
91. THE SAMARRA-TYPE
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PRODUCTION BUILDING[    b.2.    ] HAS SUFFERED ADDITIONAL DAMAGE
SINCE [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ] 31 JAN' THE EASTERN HVAC 
(HEATING/VENTING/AIR CON0ITIONING) SECTION HAS BEEN TOTALLY 
DESTROYED. THIS PRO0UCTION BUIL0ING IS OUT OF OPERATION AND WILL 
REQUIRE EXTENSIVE RECONSTRUCTION. THE WESTERN CHEM PRECURSOR PRO 
LINE IS STILL INTACT' HOWEVER, AND ONLY LIGHT DAMAGE HAS BEEN 
INFLICTED ON THE EASTERN CHEM PRECURSOR PROD LINE. NO ADDITIONAL 
DAMAGE WAS NOTE AND THE CLEAN-UP EFFORTS WERE UNDERWAY. [ (b)(2) ]
17.                       H 3 MUNITIONS STORAGE FACILITY, IZ, 
COORD: 325805N/-0394452E, 04 FEB 91. ONE OF THE FOUR S-SHAPED POSS 
CW STORAGE BUNKRS IN AREA A1 HAS SUSTAINED MODERATE DAMAGE SINCE 
[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ] 1 FE8. THIS BUNKER IS IN THE 
SOUTHEAST CORNER OF AREA A1 [    b.2.    ] THE REMAINING THREE 
BUNKERS IN THE AREA ARE NOT DAMAGED' NO DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED IN [  
 (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ] AREA A2.
18.                       TALL AL LAHM AMMO STOR AREA, IZ, COORD:
304700N/0462615,[      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ], 04 FEB 91. [   
(b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ] THIS FACILITY SHOWED 40 NEW CRATERS IN 6 
ROWS RUNNING FROM SE TO NW. THREE IMPACTS CAUSED LIGHT DAMAGE TO 
NEARBY STRUCTURES. THEY
WERE: 2 STORAGE BUNKERS [    b.2.    ] 1 REVETTED
TRAILER [    b.2.    ] [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]               
19'        [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
20.        [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
21.                       SHAIKH MAZHAR AMMO STOR DEPOT, IZ' 
COORD:
324856N/0444853E, [    b.2.    ] 04 FEB 91. [   (b)(1) sec 
1.3(a)(4)   ] 
SINCE 26 JAN 91 APPROXIMATELY 9 NEW BOMB CRATERS IN THE AREA OF 
THE FACILITY [    b.2.    ] AND FOUR NEW BOMB CRATERS IN THE AREA 
OF [    b.2.    ] NO NEW DAMAGE TO ANY OF THE STORAGE BUNKERS WERE 
OBSERVE0.               
22'        [   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
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