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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.
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TOP CRET in the Far Eastern military districts were resubordinated to the air defense forces (IAPVO). In general, the reorganization reduced the strength of the TAA's in the Far Eastern and interior military districts but possibly increased the strength of the TAA's located in the eastern peripheral military districts and in eastern Europe. Since the reorganization, however, there have been no significant changes in the organizational structure of the Tactical Air Force or in the relationships among the force levels of the TAA's. Together with these sweeping organizational changes, there was a drastic reduction in the number of aircraft subordinated to the Tactical Air Force. Within a 3-month period, April-June 1960, tactical air elements were decreased by almost 45 percent -- reducing the force from about 7,400 aircraft to approximately 4,200 aircraft. Particu- larly sharp reductions were made in the number of Fagot (MIG-15) jet fighters and Beagle (:1-28) light jet bombers. Between mid-1960 and mid-1961, tactical air elements were again reduced, although far less drastically than had been the case irn the second quarter of 1960. In the period between mid-1961 and mid-1962 a very slight decrease of approximately 100 aircraft was noted in total tactical aviation. Since 1961, many of the older aircraft (Fagot, Fresco, Farmer, Flashlight, and Beagle) have been replaced by current types (Fishbed D, Fitter, Flashlight D, and Brewer), and since 1962 this - 28 - TOP CRET
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