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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 The capabilities of the Submarine Force are augmented by the Soviet Naval Air Forces (SNAF). Currently available for operations against surface forces are approximately 110 Badger A reconnaissance/ tanker aircraft, 65 Badger B ASM-carriers, 210 Badger C ASM-carriers, and 40 to 50 Blinder aircraft. Judging from the exercises they have conducted, these forces generally are well trained and well equipped, although their effectiveness is limited by problems of target acquisi- tion and aircraft range. Target acquisition for SNAF aircraft usually is achieved through radio direction finding supplemented by occasional reports from such sources as merchant or fishing vessels. When US surface units have moved under conditions of maximum' communications security, the Soviet defenses have had great difficulty in locating them at sea. (TSD) The limited range of naval aircraft restricts their recon- naissance and strike capability. To overcome this handicap, Long Range Aviation (LRA) bomber units have been assigned a secondary mission of assisting the SNAF in carrying out strikes against surface units at considerable distances from the USSR. 2. Against Submarines Soviet naval authorities have demonstrated a marked aware- ness in their writings and statements of the threat arising from US Polaris-missile submarines, and the evolving force structure has been heavily oriented toward ASW operations. Two major problems lie at the root of effective Soviet ASW operations -- the detection of attacking TO43 - TOP CRET __ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _
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