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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.
“Mission Control”29 pages
Top ere 194. CBR protective equipment supplied to the individual soldier is judged to be adequate to protect him in a toxic environment for a matter of hours or even days, depending on the nature and concentration of the contaminant. The Soviets have developed field protective shelters equipped with ventilation systems providing air from which both toxic particulate matter and toxic vapors have been removed. Air purification systems (filter and positive pressure) are being in- stalled on armored personnel carriers, tanks, and some trucks. The Soviets have several types of decontamina- tion trucks that can be used for decontamination of men, terrain, and equipment, including clothing and weapons. Agent detector kits and automatic alarms are available in adequate quantities and are capable of rapidly detecting all standard lethal Western and Soviet CW agents. As with othei nations, a critical weakness for the USSR is the problem of timely detection of the presence of nerve agents. 195. The Pact has formed CBR defense stations at most of its air regiments to help these forces operate in a contaminated environment. Individual protective equipment and several types of decontamination sta- tions and vehicles for personnel, equipment, and aircraft have also been deployed at most major air- bases. Routine training is conducted in CBR defense- training which includes alerts and exercises. 196. Some classes of Soviet naval ships have been equipped with positive-pressure citadels and filtered ventilation systems to permit them to operate in a CBR environment. Soviet naval ships have wash-down systems to enable them to remove CBR contamination. Some classes of merchant vessels and landing ships have also been constructed with CBR protective systems. F. Forces for Electronic Warfare Forces 197. In the Soviet concept, electronic warfare is a 200. Over the past decade the Soviets have initiated fundamental part of overall planning and must be a broad series of programs to modernize and expand integrated into all phases of combat operations. In the their already significant offensive and defensive capa- early 1970s, a radioelectronic combat (REC) depart- bilities for REC in the European theater. Some of ment was created within the Staff of the Combined these programs are still at an early stage of develop- Armed Forces of the Pact to promote electronic ment, however, and will not be completed before the warfare and to ensure standardization of equipment mid-to-late 1980s. In addition, the Pact is seeking to and procedures among the Pact armies. improve its organization, procedures, and perform- ance of REC units, and the abilities of Pact ground, air, and naval forces to operate under jamming conditions. 11-61 Tod'See--
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