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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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Table 9 Estimated Air Order of Battle Df the Soviet Naval Air Force Mid-1964 to Mid-1970 Units Mid-1964 Mid-1965 Mid-1966 Mid-1967 Mid-1968 Mid-1969 Mid-1970 Anticarrier force 400 to 460 380 to 460 350 to 440 340 to 410 330 to 400 290 to 390 300 to 370 Attack aircraft 260 to 290 240 to 290 220 to 290 220 to 270 220 to 270 190 to 270 210 to 260 H Badger B (AS-1) 6 0 to 70 20 to 40 0 to 20 0 0 0 0 Badger C (AS-2) 200 to 220 220 to 240 220 to 240 200 to 220 190 to 210 150 to 200 170 to 190 Blinder B (ASM) 0 0 to 10 0 to 30 20 to 50 30 to 60 4 0 to 70 40 to 70 Reconnaissance aircraft 140 to 170 140 to 170 130 to 150 120 to 140 110 to 130 100 to 120 90 to 110 Badger A (recon/tkr) 100 to 120 100 to 120 90 to 100 80 to 90 70 to 80 60 to 70 50 to 60 H Blinder A 4 0 to 50 40 to 50 4 0 to 50 4 0 to 50 40 to 50 4 0 to 50 40 to 50 ' Antisubmarine force 65 to 90 75 to 130 105 to 175 125 to 210 135 to 215 125 to 205 110 to 190 Madge 65 to 75 6 o to 70 55 to 65 50 to 60 4o to 50 30 to 40- 20 to 30 New ASW aircraft 0 to 15 15 to 60 50 to 110 75 to 150 95 to 165 95 to 165 90 to 160 General-purpose force 100_to 120 90 to 140 90 to 140 90 to 130 90 to 130 90 to 130 90 to 130 Beagle 100 to 120 90 to 110 60 to 80 30 to 40 30 to 40 30 to 40 30 to 40 Brewer 0 0 to 30 30 to 60 6 o to 90 6 o to 90 6 0 to 90 6 0 to 90 . Total force in AOB (Rounded) 56o to 670 540 to 730 540 to 760 560 to 750 560 to 740 500 to 720 500 to 690 a. The figures in this table agree for the most part with those found in the IAP paper. The major differ- ences are caused by our determination that some Beagle aircraft can usefully be held in the general-purpose force and that a number of Brewer aircraft can usefully be added to that force as noted in the text: we do not believe now that the Mallow will be placed in operational service and have amalgamated the Mail and land- based ASW aircraft figure under the heading "New ASW aircraft. - 40 -
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 53 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.