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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.
“The Advance”9 pages
Additional E-ciass units are deployed on a continuing basis to p'atrol stations along carrier transit routes in midocean and Soviet naval TU-95 Bear D aircraft perform frequent recon- naissance missions against transiting attack carriers in midocean. As the carrier task groups or sur- face combatants near Soviet home waters, reconnais- sance missions are performed by. naval Badger jet bombers. These sorties are followed by simulated strike missions by ASM-carrying naval bomber aircraft and by simulated cruise-missile attacks from E-class submarines. The final strike phase against sur- face task forces would be undertaken by J-class diesel-powered cruise-missile submarines and by missile-equipped cruisers of the Kynda and Kresta classes. The E- and J-class submarines as well as the Kynda- and Kresta-class cruisers are all equipped with the SS-N-3 cruise missile, which has an effective range of about 250 nm. Submarines and fast patrol craft could also be employed to fire torpedoes and missiles as the surface force approached closer to Soviet home bases. The last line of defense would be the coastal defense missile installations. (1) Air Forces The reconnaissance capabilities of the SNAF have improved considerably during the past few years. The most important change has been the deployment of two regiments of TU-95 Bears, while medium bomber reconnaissance elements also have been strengthened. The TU-95's of the Northern and Pacific fleets provide a good capability for long- range reconnaissance in both the Atlantic and Pacific. Formerly, missions beyond the range of the SNAF's medium bombers required the support of LRA's heavy bombers. - 91 - TOPSECRET
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