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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.
TDP_'LECRE_ (6 launchers each) and 12 modified diesel-powered W-class -- of which 6 have 4 launchers each, 5 have 2 launchers each, and 1 prototype has 1 launcher. The improved version of the SS-N-3B cruises at supersonic speed at an altitude of about 40,000 feet and descends to an estimated 1,000 to 3,000 feet for the approach to the target. A possible low- altitude, reduced-speed missile similar to the SS-N-3A also may be available. The SS-N-3B is carried by 11 to 13 of the newer submarines, which include 5 to 7 nuclear-powered E class Mod II (8 launchers each) and about 6 diesel-powered J class (4 launchers each). Target acquisi- tion beyond the radar horizon, a current limitation on all cruise- missile submarines, depends on other submarines or aircraft acting as forward observers. All cruise-missile submarines are equipped to fire torpedos, and nuclear warheads probably are available for use against surface forces. In addition to the cruise-missile submarine force, there are about 280 long-range torpedo-attack submarines of which the majority are older diesel-powered W-class units. Although these units are re- stricted to barrier-type defensive operations in the northeast Atlantic and northwest Pacific, 13 nuclear-powered (N-class) and 54 diesel- powered (F-class and Z-class) submarines are capable of operations ranging to the mid-Atlantic and mid-Pacific. -T42O- TOP CRET
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. 53 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.