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This is Volume II of National Intelligence Estimate 11-14-79, Warsaw Pact Forces Opposite NATO, issued by the Director of Central Intelligence and dated January 1979. The National Foreign Intelligence Board concurred with it. It was the first comprehensive estimate of Pact forces facing NATO since 1971. It covers Pact doctrine, the ground, air, naval, nuclear and chemical forces, command and control, and campaign plans for war in Europe. It judges that Central Europe would be the decisive arena, and it lists Pact weaknesses in pilot training and antisubmarine warfare. The document contains no UFO material.
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Top et Characteristics of G-and H-Class Submarines and Their Missiles Figure lb31 Submarines G-II-Class Length 98 meters Displacement 2,300/2,800 tons Propulsion Diesel Maximum submerged speed 14 knots Normal transit speed 5 knots Launch tubes 3 Missile SS-N-5 H-Il-Class Length 116 meters Displacement 4,900/5,900 tons Propulsion Nuclear Maximum submerged speed 26 knots Normal transit speed 12-14 knots Launch tubes 3 Missile SS-N-5 Missiles SS-N-4* Launch Surface Range 550 km RVs 1 CEP 1,900-3,700 m (1-2 nm) Platform G-1 *Only three units of the G-1-class submarines carry the SS-N-4. SS-N-5 Launch Submerged J- Range 1,300-1,600 km RVs 1 CEP 1,900-3,700 m (1-2 nm) Platform G-11 and H-il 577S3 9-78CIA -- 11-58
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 201 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.