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    [ (b)(2) ] INTSUM 752-90/DIA WASH DC/21 DEC 90. Filename:73030566 PATHFINDER RECORD NUMBER: 30566 GENDATE: 950605 NNNN TEXT: ENVELOPE CDSN = LGX471 MCN = 90355/20123 TOR = 903551131 OTTSZYUW RUEKJCS1929 3551133---RUEALGX. ZNY HEADER O 211133Z DEC 90 FM JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC INFO RUEALGX/SAFE O 210559Z DEC 90 FM DIA WASHINGTON DC//JSI-6C// TO AIG 962 AIG 963 AIG 11847 RUWTFPA/13MWS CLEAR AFS AK//DOIN// RUWMFLA/NW AD SECTOR MCCHORD AFB WA [ (b)(2) ] BT SIC UAJ PART 1 OF 2 BODY SUBJ: [ (b)(2) ] INTSUM 752-90/DIA WASH DC/21 DEC 90. )) IRAQ-KUWAIT: SITUATION UPDATE. AS OF 060UZ 21 DEC 90 )) MAJOR POINTS )) 1. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] )) MILITARY DEVELOPMENTS )) 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. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] 9. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] 10. MISSILE/CHEMICAL/INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITY. ON 19 DECEMBER REPORTING INDICATED AN INCREASED LEVEL OF PROBABLE SCUD-RELATED ACTIVITY AT TAJI TACTICAL SSM STORAGE AND SUPPORT FACILITY (33-32N 044-16E), WHICH MAY INDICATE THE FURTHER DISPERSAL OF MISSILES FROM THE FACILITY. FOURTEEN STAKEBED TRAILERS WERE NOTED ATTACHED TO THEIR PRIME MOVERS, AND TEN TRAILERS HAD BEEN REPORTEDLY MODIFIED BY REMOVING THEIR FRONT STAKE PANELS, POSSIBLY TO TRANSPORT SCUD OR SCUD-VARIANT MISSILES. NEARBY, TWO OF FIVE MOBILE ERECTOR LAUNCHERS (MEL'S) WERE ALSO ATTACHED TO PRIME MOVERS. ADDITIONALLY, TWO POSSIBLE DDA-66 DECONTAMINATION/SHOWER VEHICLES AND A POSSIBLE OXIDIZER TRANSPORTER WERE REPORTED IN ANOTHER PART OF THE FACILITY. IN A THIRD AREA OF THE FACILITY, POSSIBLE WARHEAD CANISTERS WERE NOTED ON THE GROUND. 11. COMMENT: FRONT STAKE PANELS MAY HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE TRAILERS TO ALLOW TRANSPORT OF THREE MISSILES WHEN A TRIPLE- CARRY ADD-ON FRAMEWORK IS USED. THE PRESENCE OF THE PROPELLANT VEHICLES AND THE NUMBER OF TRAILERS ATTACHED TO THEIR PRIME MOVERS SUGGESTS THAT A MEL UNIT MAY SOON DEPLOY FROM TAJI. ADMIN BT #1929 INFODATE: 0




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