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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
TOP' ECRET (2) Antisubmarine Forces A new ASW aircraft which has been under development for several years entered service during 1968. This aircraft, designated the "May," is a variant of the IL-l.8 Coot turboprop medium transport. Keyhole photography in August 1968 revealed five Mays at a base of the Northern Fleet Air Force, and it is believed that the first deliveries were made .earlier in the summer. The BE-12 Mail turboprop amphib- ian is being produced at a rate of about two aircraft per month to replace the obsolescent BE-6 Madge piston-engine flying boat. At least 30 and perhaps 40 BE-12's now are in service, while BE-6 strength has declined to 50. aircraft or less. The SNAF also continues to operate about 15 TU-16 medium bombers in the ASW role, and some IL-28 light bombers have been involved in ASW operations in the Baltic. Three BE-12 amphibians were flown to the UAR in August of this year. This move probably reflects the establishment of a.SNAF ASW unit similar to the TU-16 reconnaissance squadron that has been operating from the UAR since April 1968. The principal aircraft in the helicopter ASW forces is the MI-4 Hound. About 135 of these piston-engine helicopters still are in ser- vice, operating from shore bases. During the past year the SNAF began deployment of a new light heli- copter, the twin-turbine KA-25 Hormone, for service aboard the Moskva-class helicopter carriers. Some KA-25's also have been delivered to a shore-based MI-4 ASW unit. It is believed that the KA-25 will. be used primarily in the ASW role, although other missions cannot be excluded. About 30 KA-25's proba- bly are already in service. Most of these are be- lieved to be destined.for service on the helicopter carrier Moskva, which is now undergoing trials in the Black Sea. - 89 - TOP-Si CRETZ
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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.