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Capabilities for Exercising Sea Denial in NATO's Sea Lines of
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- p. 9 …IV-25
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- p. 16 …European NATO and the Warsaw Pact Figure 1
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- p. 20 …An area in the
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- p. 21 …The forces of the Baltic and Black
Sea Combined Fleets initially would be under the control…
- p. 22 …To assist in the achievement of air and sea superiority and to protect the
amphibious force…
- p. 23 …The Soviets would
attempt to neutralize Western SSBNs near their bases and in the
Norwegian Sea…
- p. 28 …Extent, Emphasis, and Timing of the Soviet Interdiction
Campaign Against NATO Sea Lines of Communications (SLOC…
- p. 30 …Likely Effectiveness of Pact Operations To Achieve Air
Superiority and Sea Control in the Baltic Sea…
- p. 31 …Likelihood of Soviet Use of Nuclear Weapons at Sea Before
Their Use on Land. Navy judges…
- p. 42 …At sea the establishment and maintenance of
36. The Soviets recognize the formidable strength Soviet naval…
- p. 50 …not include airborne divisions or the Polish Sea Landing
division-level air defense weapons. The SA…
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- p. 60 Peacetime Location of Warsaw Pact Air Forces Opposite NATO Figure 1-8
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- p. 71 …For operations in the Mediterranean Sea,
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- p. 73 …If the Soviets were not concerned with covert
deployment of their ships to sea, they could…
- p. 74 …number of ships able to put to sea on short have some 30 principal surface combatants…
- p. 75 …The wartime missions of the Warsaw Pact's
general purpose naval forces are to exercise sea…
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Payload (kg) Speed…
- p. 78 Nominal Flight Profiles of Selected Soviet Sea-Launched Cruise Missiles Figure II-21b
Altitude (m)
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- p. 79 …but can into the Baltic and Black Sea Fleet air forces to date
remain submerged for…
- p. 80 …In the antiship role, wartime operational con- against ships at sea. The Fitters, however, all of…
- p. 83 …Pact fleets in the Baltic and Black Seas.
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- p. 84 …Capabilities for Exercising Sea Denial in NATO Sea
Lines of Communication
142. In wartime, the Soviets…
- p. 85 …of a conflict when NATO
Baltic Sea, the Black Sea, and much of the Norwegian would…
- p. 86 Table II-9 Northern Fleet submarine bases and the North
Atlantic sea lanes. They point out…
- p. 87 …In the Black Sea area, the combined Nuclear weapons allocations that we have noted
strength of…
- p. 95 …with either land- or sea-based missile forces. The LRA
H-II SSBN . 4/12 intermediate…
- p. 96 …This latest Soviet bomber has a combat particularly naval task forces at sea During exercises,
radius…
- p. 100 …Sea-Level Thrust-kN (lb r) 120 (27,000) 105 (23,500)
Installed Maximum Afterburner Sea…
- p. 102 …bulk-fill artillery and mor-
ships at sea, points of embarkation, forward storage tar shells; multiple…
- p. 112 …A shortage of technicians would oilers from their home fleets could operate at sea for
probably…
- p. 113 …The Soviets
to sustain operations at sea. rarely have been observed practicing this, however,
and instead…
- p. 114 …For naval and civilian, probably would seek to minimize
example, emergency action drills at sea are…
- p. 115 …developed to permit the Baltic and Black Sea Fleets to
foreseeable future, of marginal value be…
- p. 118 …Pact operations in the western
and sea areas, including islands (archipelagos), Baltic Sea also would be…
- p. 121 …Barents Sea
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- p. 122 …The Combined Black Sea Fleet would
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choose to attack with the two-front…
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- p. 144 …This
buffer for Pact territory, and defend Pact sea lines of would require effective coordination of…
- p. 145 …b The soviet Baltic Sea Fleet. Not included are minor surface combatants or 10 reserve ships…
- p. 146 …The Pact clearly is aware that the success of its
infantry regiment, the Polish sea landing…
- p. 147 …Pact planners also of ships assigned to protect Baltic sea lines would be
recognize that the…
- p. 148 …these air naval forces from the Black Sea. It also would
operations, and the speed with…
- p. 149 …southwestern
Brigrades .........-- 9e - - littoral of the Black Sea. Soviet surface naval forces
Soviet divisions in Hungary…
- p. 150 …and secure the and to advance to the Aegean Sea and from there into
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- p. 151 …Pact air and sea superiority in the Black Sea
would be particularly critical to the Pact…
- p. 152 …the initialattacks by Soviet ships and submarines of
bThe Black Sea Fleet and the Mediterranean Squadron…
- p. 153 …The Soviets no doubt realize, however, that the Sea Fleet, although reinforcement from the Northern
advantages…
- p. 154 …be reinforced cally available in the Black Sea Fleet, seven to
before the outbreak of hostilities…
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few, if any, large combatants from the Black Sea the Straits as…
- p. 156 …See paragraphs 102 and forces in the Norwegian Sea. Initially, we could expect
103 and table…
- p. 157 …Sealifted ground forces could gian Sea. If the Soviets chose to avoid Norwegian-
reinforce airborne and…
- p. 158 …The Soviets have about 130 operational cruise
Barents Seas and their approaches apparently consist missile and…
- p. 159 …submarines normally deployed to the Mediterranean Sea. 169. Another view "1holds that, in a typical initial…
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- p. 161 …Once hostilities cover the approaches to the Norwegian Sea. Our
began, however, these forces probably would…
KEY JUDGMENTS
Warsaw Pact Policy and Doctrine for Theater Warfare
1. It is Soviet policy to acquire and maintain forces capable of
successfully fighting either a conventional or nuclear war in Europe and
to keep a clear numerical advantage over NATO in important military
assets. Soviet leaders stress the need for large, combat-ready forces to be
in place at the outset of hostilities. They intend any future European
conflict to take place on Western, not Eastern, territory. (1, 1-2)
2. The Soviet Union views control of its East European allies as vital
to its national interests. The East European members of the Pact
provide sizable forces and a territorial buffer between NATO and the
Soviet Union. (See figure 1.) The presence or proximity of large,
well-equipped Soviet forces gives the Soviets considerable leverage in
exerting control over these countries, thus safeguarding the integrity of
the Warsaw Pact. The Soviets also value their military strength as a
means of influencing European domestic and foreign policy decisions
and deterring political or military developments which might alter the
balance of power to their disadvantage. They do not, however, measure
the military balance in Europe in isolation from the larger, global
balance and, accordingly, are inclined to be very cautious in the use of
military force in Europe. (1, 2-3)
3. Our analysis of Soviet nuclear policy and doctrine has led us to
the following judgments:
-- The Soviets believe that the initial stages of a conflict probably
would be conventional, and they would prefer that a NATO-
Pact conflict remain nonnuclear, but they expect that it would
eventually involve the use of nuclear weapons. (1, 1.0)
-There is evidence that the Soviets now have a more flexible
policy for the use of tactical nuclear weapons, but they
apparently have not sought to match NATO's capacity for
accurate and selective use of very low yield nuclear weapons,
and they remain profoundly skeptical of the possiblity of
controlling escalation. (I, 12)
- We cannot predict how the Soviets would respond to a limited
and selective NATO use of nuclear weapons or the conditions
under which the Soviets might initiate nuclear operations in a
NA'TO-Pact war. (1, 13-14)
References are to chapters (Roman numbers) and paragraphs (Arabic numbers) in this volume of the
Estimate.
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