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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.
_L _S ELP T about 40 of these aircraft were produced before 1963, but there is still no firm evidence that any are currently operational. Further- more, because a jet-powered flying boat has many inherently undesir- J able characteristics (such as a short combat radius) that are tech- nically very difficult to overcome, it is doubtful that any of these aircraft will become operational. Nevertheless, up to 25 Mallow air- craft could be placed in service, probably in the Black Sea area where the operating environment might be compatible with their limited range and need for water bases. The use of helicopters in Soviet ASW operations has been restricted to operations from land bases. Under construction at the Nikolayev Shipyard, however, is a large ship about 645 feet long by 100 feet across the beam. It is believed to be a naval ship and may possibly be a helicopter carrier. If this evaluation Should prove to be correct, it would be the first ship in the Soviet Navy from which helicopters could operate effectively at long distances from the Soviet coastline. -P46C TOP CRET
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