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87/2-1B
/NOFORN
DIA
(DT-S)
26 Oct 1987
SUBJECT:
Free-flight Activity for period of 23 Oct - 31 Oct 1987
Viewer 011
.....
US-flagged vessel
hit by (apparent
See sketch) Silkworm
missile with US retaliatory action taken against Iranian missile
launching sites.
Viewer 079
.....
Viewer indicates no perception of hostile activities and
describes the period of 23 Oct '87 to 31 Oct '87 as a peaceful
time.
Viewer 018
--
iewer describes
an
attack against a "sloping (iranian)
1/0.0
framework" by a missile from an aircraft bearing a red star.
As
a secondary perception, 018 perceives US vessels (ships) as
firing cannon fire (no further details) .
Viewer 003 -
1
2
"003 perceives no activity during the reporting period.
However, 003 beheld the smoke-blackened superstructure of a
US
(appearing) frigate
as the result of hostile activity occurring
5
on 3 November 1987.
In mid-November
attack aircraft of
undetermined nationality Alla
Viewer 099 -
300
00
---. 099 perceives the presence of a mine dropped from
small
1
Iranian vessel
at night.
The mine causes an explosion to a
medium-sized US warship acting as a lead vessel, (to other
wessels) ===
Indications of (US)
show of
force through precipitated
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air activity in the area of the Persian Gulf.
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