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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.
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TOP SEcRET Kresta-class cruisers. More helicopters of this kind also would be needed if new helicopter carriers are built, but there is no evidence that additonal car- riers are currently under construction. With the deployment of new fixed- wing ASW aircraft and carrier-based helicopters, some of the shore-based-MI-4 units might be deactivated. A major reduction in these forces seems unlikely, how- ever, and some KA-25's already have been delivered to one of these units. In addition to the KA-25's, the shore-based ASW units might also receive some large helicopters as the MI-4 is phased out during the 1970's. An amphibious version of the MI-8 Hip medium helicopter is known to be under development, and the deployment of an ASW variant of this aircraft would improve the capabilities of the SNAF ASW forces. D. Coastal Defense Force For more than -a decade the USSR has had coastal defense missiles defending its major coastal installations. Deployment of the 35-nm-range SS-C=2b Samlet system commenced in the mid-1950's, and by the early 1960's about 35 battalions, with approximately 70 launchers, were deployed in all major fleet areas. Replacement by the 270-nm-range SS-C-lb Shaddock is believed to have begun in 1964 or 1965. Phase-out of the Samlet system may be complete by 1974. It is estimated that peak deployment of 11 to 15 Shaddock battalions--44 to 60 launchers--will be achieved by about 1970. The effectiveness of the Soviet coastal defense missiles is high. The Samlet, if fitted with a high-explosive warhead and impact fuses, is expected to have a hit/near miss success rate of about 65 percent. In the unlikely event that a nuclear warhead and proximity fuses are fitted, the missile's success rate might exceed 85 percent. The success rate for the Shaddock presumably would be about the same as for the similar SS-N-3 missile fired by E-II-class submarines. These rates are. thought to be in excess of 55 percent if a nuclear warhead and proximity fuses areused, or about 45 per- cent if a high-explosive warhead and impact fuses are used. - 112 -. TOP3EGRET
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