Documents / FOIA release
This is an October 1968 contribution by the Central Intelligence Agency's Office of Strategic Research to National Intelligence Estimate 11-14-68 on Soviet and East European general purpose forces. It covers Warsaw Pact war plans for Central Europe, the effects of the Czechoslovak crisis, and the doubling of Soviet forces on the Chinese border since 1965. It also assesses ground, tactical air, naval and coastal defense forces. The text does not mention UFOs or unidentified aerial phenomena.
“Indian Air Force”2 pages
TOP S- RET|| 4. Naval Support Capabilities a. Afloat. Support The submarine forces generally have been adequately equipped with afloat support equip- ment to meet operational requirements, and no out- standing deficiencies have been noted. Extensive facilities ashore have been established mainly to support the long-range submarine force with afloat support as a mobile backup to these facilities. Restrictions in submarine operations appear to result mainly from the limits of crew endurance and from the operating.characteristics of the submarines themselves. On the other hand, surface forces have severe operational limitations because of in- adequate afloat support. Very little repair or resupply capability is available, placing constraints ' not only on the size of a force that can be deployed at a distance from the USSR but also on the length of time such a force could maintain a combat capability. The most impressive single develop- ment in.afloat support techniques has been the de- ployment of a group of surface support ships to the Cape Verde and equatorial Atlantic Ocean areas for a period of about six months during 1967. The Atlantic.submarine support.group consisted of sub- marine tenders, a missile support ship, an intelli- gence collector,: a hydrographic vessel, a tanker, - 102 - TO-~ SEARFT
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 115 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.