Contribution to NIE 11-14-64 Capabilities of Soviet General-Purpose Forces 1964-70, CIA/DI/ORR, 6 October 1964

weapons and tactical missiles now constitute the "main firepower" of
the ground forces.
A. Offensive System
Tactical missile systems currently deployed in the Soviet
operational inventory include several models of the short-range, solid-
propellant FROG; two models of the Scud ballistic missile ( 8 0 and 150
nautical miles -- nm); and the 300-nm-range cruise missile Shaddock.
=-Information acquired since the publication of NIE 11-14-63 indicates
that a new model of the FROG has begun to appear with Soviet forces in
East Germany and that a new 150-nm ballistic missile may be under de-
velopment. A possible decline in the deployment of the Scud system
indicated by the lower rate of training firings over the past year may
be related to this development. The Scud missiles are expected to re-
main in the inventory through mid-1970, however, because a follow-on
system could not be ready for operational deployment before 1966 at
the earliest. (For the estimated deployment of Soviet tactical mis-
siles, 1957-6, see Table 4;)
1 Current Models
Initial deployment of the first Scud missile to carry a
nuclear warhead (SS-lb, 80 nm) is believed to have taken place in 1958.
The ultimate level of deployment of this 80-nm missile probably was
reached by the end of 1960, when 55 to 65 launchers, organized into 9
to 11 missile brigades, could have been in the field. Although a
phaseout of this system was expected in 1963, the level of training
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