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This is National Intelligence Estimate 11-5-61, Soviet Technical Capabilities in Guided Missiles and Space Vehicles. It was submitted by the Director of Central Intelligence and concurred in by the United States Intelligence Board on 25 April 1961. The estimate assesses Soviet surface-to-air, antimissile, air-to-air, air-to-surface, ballistic, ICBM, naval and space programs. It concludes that the first Soviet ICBM unit was probably operational around 1 January 1960. It also says there is no evidence the Soviets are developing offensive space weapons. It contains no UFO material.
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Summary Table II PROBABLE SOVIET DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR AIR-TO-AIR MISSILE SYSTEMS • Arbitrary Reference Designation Initial Opera- tional Capability Date b Guidance Opera- tional Accu- racy (CEP in ft.) Maxi- mum Wm-- head • (lb. and type) Approx- imate Grossweight (163') AtacaArr It I .: NI ARKS •Compatible Aircraft Attack Capabil- ity Range II-1/1. d AA-1 ' AA-2 AA-3 1955-1959 1955-1956 .. 1958 R a d a r b e a in rider. Infrared homing... Semiactive radar homing.• 20 10 15 30 HE 25 HE 26 HE 130 175 200 FARMER E FRESCO D and E FITTER B FISHPOT. FLASHLIGHT FAGOT • FRESCO FARMER FITTER FISHBED FLASHLIGHT FISHPOT FRESCO D and E.... FARMER E FITTER B FLASHLIGHT FISHPOT Rear quarter.... ... do do do '360' Tail pursuit do do do do do do Rear quarter do do Rear and beam do 2 .k,' (tail) 5 (head-on). 1:n.m. to 4 n.m. 3 (tail) 6 (beam). A II - w e a t h c r . Soviet designa- lion "ShNI 122. Limited to clear air mass' condi- tions. Range varies with alti- tilde and with the target deter- mination capa- bility of fighter. All-weather. OTHER: Soviet development of improved air-to-air missiles over the next few years is contingent upon trends in Soviet fighter and Western bomber forces and in Soviet surface-to-air missile defenses (see paragraph 68, page 17). • We evaluate this program as "probable" with varying degrees of confidence concerning detailed characteristics. Eac:i missile listed will probably go through various stages of development which are not necessarily reflected in this table. b The date when the first operational unit is trained and equipped with a few missiles and launchers. • Warhead includes the explosive device and its associated fusing and firing mechanism. Range is here defined as the distance between launching aircraft and target at the instant of missile launch. • Speed for these missiles has not been indicated on the chart. Mach 2 plus the speed of the launching aircraft is consid( red reasonable speed for all the missiles estimated. r Clear air mass is here defined as absence of clouds and precipitation between missile and target. The term is equally applicable to day or night operation!. In addition, an infrared system is also degraded by bright background such as white clouds and attack angles close to the sun.
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 101 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.