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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.
“Indian Air Force”2 pages
Soie t co ± ,1alantiship defense -is provided in all fleet areas by guided-missile patrol boats of the Osa and Komar classes. These two classes carry the effective Styx surface-to-surface missile which has a range of about 15 nautical miles.. Traditional Soviet naval interest in mine warfare is being continued with the production of Yurka and Vanya classes of minesweepers. Production of naval auxiliary ships is centered.. on those kinds of units which are complementary to the Soviet sub- marine force--Ugra-class tenders and Lama-class .missile support ships. Other auxiliaries of a submarine sup- port nature are being constructed to expand and im- prove the Soviet mobile.base concept. Construction of amphibious ships and craft is continuing. Production of the Polnocnyy class in Poland for the USSR has slowed to about six units per year; there are now about 30 units in the Soviet navy. Construction of the Alligator class is continuing at about two units per year. The Alligator class is the largest Soviet ship in the amphibious category. It may be more suitable as a military transport ship than a landing ship because of its deep draft. There are now four Alligator-class ships in the Soviet fleet. The first unit of a new landing craft designated Vydra, was completed in 1967. About seven units are now in service. c. Naval Air Forces (1) Bomber Forces The SNAF'bomber forces consist of about 40 TU-95 Bear heavy reconnaissance aircraft, more than 500 TU-16 Badger and TU-22 Blinder medium bombers and air-to-surface missile (ASM) carriers, and approximately 60 IL-28 Beagle light bombers. There has been relatively little change in these forces during the past year. (See Table 6, opposite page.) Production of reconnaissance variants of the TU-95 has continued at a rate of about one aircraft per month. The 40 Bears in ser- vice by mid-1968, represent an increase of 10 aircraft since mid-1967. Most or all of the TU-95's are be- lieved to be the Bear D model. - 86 - TOP 5 FT
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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.