Ammunition stockpile reduction and security -...
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REPUBLIC OF CROATIA
MINISTRY OF DEFENSE
GENERAL STAFF OF THE ARMED FORCES
Ammunition stockpile reduction and
security
Mr Sanko Bakija, MoD - M3
Ltc Miroslav Bogović, MoD - M1
Maj Igor Lončarić, GS - J4
May 5 – 7, 2009, Zagreb, Croatia
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Historical background:
Origins of ammunition in the Croatian Armed Forces:
- captured ammo during war (1991-1995)
- domestic production
- imported ammunition and explosives
Ammunition producers:
- ex YU ammunition
- domestic production during war, based on “eastern”
standards,
- ex USSR ammunition,
- “western” type ammo – imported
CAF ammunition stockpile
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Types of ammunition storages
- above ground, underground, earth covered (ECM) -
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1995.
68ammo storages
25ammo storages
2009.
Ammunition Storages
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Ammunition maintenance in CAF
MoD M3 / GS J-4 3
Ammunition
maintenanceBasic
maintenance
- storage
- transporation
- handling
- stocking
- venting
- visual inspection
Ammunition testing
Ballistic
firing
Electrical
testing
Testing EM
components &
pyro devices
Laboratory
testing
Data collecting & analysis
DECISION
DISPOSAL
REPARATION
STORE
QUICK
SPENDING
Ammunition surveillance
division (SC)
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Ammunition storage and inspection
Ammunition stored and managing – according national &
international norms (STANAG - AASTP 1- 3),
MoD – M3 and GS Support Command - responsible for
ammunition acceptance in the ammunition storages,
GS Support Command (Ammunition Surveillance Division-
ASD) - responsible for ammo storage, management and
inspection during service life,
ASD has sections for:
- explosive materials managing,
- system ammunition section for managing and testing,
- laboratory testing and coordination civil test capacity.
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Future ammunition stockpile in the CAF
• Modern and small armed forces - downsized andrestructured.
• According Long Term Development Plan 2008 - 2015,CAF will have approx. 17.000 tons of all typesammunition,
• Ammunition surplus: approx. 21.000 tons brutto
(non perspective, unserviceable, unstable).
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Surplus ammunition groups
• Infantry ammunition (14.5 mm and below): 15 %,
• Mortar bombs (60 – 120 mm): 5 %,
• Cannon, tank and cluster ammunition (20 – 203 mm): 42 %,
• Missiles – MLRS and anti-tank: 15 %,
• Anti-tank mines: 10 %,
• Torpedoes: 1 %,
• Aircraft bombs: 2 %,
• Bulk explosives and propellants, fuzes, warheads: 10 %.
Quantity: 21.000 tons (brutto).
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The way of surplus ammunition disposal
1. Open Burning Open Detonation technique
2. Sales through government agency
3. Donations
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Current destruction technique
Destruction of obsolete and surplus
ammunition and explosives with
EOD personnel (pyrotechnicians) at
the designated location (OBOD).
• destruction capacity / day is around 4,5 t,
• disassembling capacity / year is around 1.000 t,
• destruction capacity / year is around 1.000 t.
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Ammunition disassembly
- separation cartridge and warhead, defuzing, depriming etc.
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OBOD – Landmines & Warheads
- landmines surplus already destroyed -
(Otawa Convention)
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OBOD – gun powder and propellant
- chemically unstable propellant -
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OBOD – destruction site
- three locations for OBOD -
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MANPADS / SA-7B destruction
USA initiative for destroying surplus of MANPADS with financial and technical support by Government of USA - US Department of State (PM/WRA),
Implementing Arrangement (1 mil US $): MANPADS destruction and improvement of storages physical security – during 2009.,
Destruction surplus of SA-7B MANPADS - 9M32M (929 pcs) – by OBOD technique in Croatia,
Security improvement of army MANPADS storage facility in accordance with NATO standard – with assistance of US DefenseThreat Reduction Agency (DTRA),
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The Way Ahead 2009. – 2015.
Ammunition Surveillance – Adoption and implementation of
STANAGs, APs, AASTP1-3, to upgrade safe maintenance of
stockpile,
Transition to NATO and UN classification system of
ammunitions and explosives,
Resolve problem of future ammo stockpile storage – build
new storages at the perspective locations,
Continue to ammunition surplus disposal – sale, donation,
destruction (OBOD, industrial demil) by CAF and commercial
sector capacity with international assistance,
Replacement the old and obsolete ammunition with new
types of ammunition for new combat systems,
Permanent personnel education for ammunition life cycle
management.