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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.
“Mission Control”1 page
TOP>SCRET B. Satellite Air Forces The primary mission of the Satellite air forces is air defense, but because they also have a tactical support capability, they must be considered in assessing over-all Soviet capabilities for theater opera- tions. These forces are subject to the unified military command estab- lished by the Warsaw Pact and in wartime would be under the ultimate control of the Soviet High Command. A reexamination of all the evidence available concerning the number of aircraft in the Satellite air forces confirms the validity of the over-all force levels for mid-1964 estimated in NIE 11-14-63. It is believed that these over-all force levels will decline only slightly by mid-1970. indicates that the number of new-generation aircraft added to the operational inventory during the past year is considerably smaller than anticipated. Although the Fitter has been received recently by the national air forces of Poland and Czechoslovakia, it is believed that as of midyear this aircraft probably was still in training units and had not entered operational service. The Mangrove and the Fishbed D have been deployed only in very limited numbers. The Fishbed C/E is the only -new-generation air- craft that has entered the operational inventories of the Satellite air forces in any appreciable numbers. These observations suggest that the replacement rate will continue to be slow, given the priorities enjoyed by the Soviet air force. It is now estimated that by mid-1970 approximately - 31 - TOP CRET
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