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prevent fl ank action, challenge control over Mount Kapela, Mount Velebit and T. Grad. 28 ,
and forestall deeper penetrations along the foregoing lines by spreading enemy forces
and infl icting substantial manpower and materiel losses.
Use uncommitted forces to counterattack and destroy the ustashi wedge.
Part of the forces must remain ready for anti-sabotage action and defence along the line
of contact with the 5 th Corps.
Support provided by the 75 th composite anti-armour artillery brigade, the ORKAN rocket
system, and the SVK air force and anti-aircraft defence.
CP in Korenica.
6) 7 th Corps: in limited aggression and in the fi rst stage of the operation prevent the
breakthrough of ustashi forces along the axes Zadar - Bankovac - Knin, Šibenik - Drniš
- Knin, Sinj - Vrlika - Knin and on Mount Velebit; commit part of the forces to off ensive
action and recover territory lost earlier.
In the second stage, sustain defence, regroup forces and recover by off ensive action the
territory lost earlier along the Šibenik - Biograd-na-Moru - Zadar line, advance to the
sea and fortify the attained line. Sustain readiness for off ensive action.
Support provided by the 105 th air brigade, and the VRS air force and anti-aircraft
defence.
CP Knin.
7) Mission of the SVK air force and anti-aircraft defence
In an HV aggression against the RSK, commit all SVK air force and anti-aircraft defence
units, in cooperation with the VRS and VJ air force and anti-aircraft defence, to antiaircraft
defence of major targets in the territory and SVK groups, and provide air support
to SVK forces in the defence of major lines and areas of action in the RSK.
(1) 45 th aerial reconnaissance, reporting and guidance battalion:
Observe from its basic radar positions the air space and deliver enemy information to
the users via operational main staff and corps centre lines, conventional channels and
EDP systems.
Be ready for relocation to reserve radar positions.
(2) 44 th rocket brigade:
1 st rocket battalion: anti-aircraft fi re action in the area of deployment of the 39th Corps
CP; aft er HV aggression against the RSK and securing specifi c conditions, eff ect strikes
on major enemy ground facilities and troops.
Fire action by fi eld batteries against enemy combat aircraft along the most probable air raid
and attack lines against the Udbina air base and the surface-to-surface artillery&rocket
unit.
CP: Petrova Gora
28 Teslingrad, as the rebel Serbs renamed Lički Osik in 1991.
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