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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 GRET Most of Rumania's and Bul- garia's interceptors are old Frescos and Farmers. Untilthse are_ repLaced .ith_.new igh- perormance - fighters, including a substantial number of all- weather types, these air forces can only be effec- tive in daylight and conditions of good visibility. Although Hungary's air force is small, it has a high percentage of modern fighters. There are over 100 Fishbeds in the oper- ational force, representing 70 percent of the total. See Table 3, opposite page, for the present number and types of aircraft in each Eastern European country. (b) Ground Support While all Warsaw Pact pilots receive some training in ground attack, the only coun- try with a modern ground attack capability is Czech- oslovakia which has about 115 SU-7 Fitters plus about 150 Frescos, which are also used in a ground support role. - Poland has about 200 air- craft assigned to ground support, but only 20 of them are SU-7's--the rest are obsolescent MIG-15 Fagots and MIG-17 Frescos. Presumably these would move with the Front in support of the ground forces. The only other country with a ground attack capability is Bulgaria, with about 80 Faqot Frescos assicme-d to_aaround-attackro-le. (c) Light Bombers The only Warsaw Pact air force with an operational light bomber force is Poland. This force consists of about 65 obsolescent IL-28 77 - TOISG ~
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