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This is a CIA Office of Research and Reports contribution to National Intelligence Estimate 11-14-64, dated 6 October 1964, on the capabilities of Soviet general-purpose forces from 1964 to 1970. It updates evidence on Soviet doctrine for theater warfare, the effect of low wartime birth rates on military conscription and the labor supply, tactical missile systems, the Soviet and Satellite tactical air forces, and Soviet naval submarine, surface and air forces. The report does not mention unidentified flying objects.
TO-SECRE B.. Defensive Systems 1. SA-2 The SA-2 system continues to be the only surface-to-air missile (SAM) system known to be deployed with the Soviet Ground Forces. Approximately 30 SA-2 SAM sites are located near important Soviet mili- tary installations in Eastern Europe. In the event of war, however, the units (battalions) occupying these sites probably would remain with rear-area, semifixed installations, as they lack the mobility to keep up with a moving army. Because of this system deficiency, the deploy- ment of many additional SA-2 units with the tactical forces is not anticipated. 2. GANEF A probable surface-to-air missile (GANEF) mounted on a tracked gun chassis was photographed at the Moscow May Day Parade in 1964. Analysis of this photography indicates that ihe missile has a medium-to-high altitude capability and a range of 25 to 30 nm. 'he system's low-altitude capability, however, has not been established. If the missile ca.pabilities are in fact those suggested, and the radar components of the system have ,been made equally compact, the GANEF could provide a. mobile SAM system with capabilities comparable to the SA-2 system. 7here is, -owever, no evidence which suggests that this system is now deployed, and no basis is available for estimating the extent to which it may be deployed. - 19 TOP CRET
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