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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.
TOP SECRET 2. Surface Forces Naval surface forces are and will remain to a large extent heavily dependent on land-based logistic and air support during the period of this estimate. Nonmissile equipped major surface units now include 14 light cruisers, 83 destroyers, and 58 destroyer escorts. The USSR now has 16 operational destroyers armed with cruise-type surface-to-surface missiles. In addition, it is estimated that there are five SAM destroyers and two to three SAM escorts in an operational status. It is estimated that the numbers of these latter two classes of ships will increase threefold during the period of this estimate. Such a growth will contribute to an improvement in the effective range at which Soviet naval forces can operate from their home bases. In the surface ship construction programs, greater capa- bilities for antisubmarine warfare (ASW) and anti-air defenses are being emphasized. The Kynda class appears to have been replaced by the Kashin class, with double the SAM firepower. Expanded production of the Kashin class to an estimated rate of two to four units per year should improve gradually the Soviet capabilities to conduct. ASW opera- tions beyond the range of shore-based air cover. In addition to the Kashin-class program, it is estimated that a new SAM-equipped ocean escort is being built. The evidence concerning this latter class is inconclusive, but it could correspond to "Project No. 35" at the Nikolayev Shipyard 445. - 37 - TOP SECRET
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