Warsaw Pact Forces opposite NATO, NIE 11-14-79, Volume II, the Estimate, CIA/NFAC, 31 January 1979

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• p. 8 …I1-41 Capabilities for Exercising Sea Denial in NATO's Sea Lines of Communication 11-41…
• p. 9 …IV-25 Initial Naval Operations in the Black Sea IV-27 Initial Air and Naval Operations…
• p. 16 …European NATO and the Warsaw Pact Figure 1 ,'- - "''i 'Fr,~'""' NNA TO countries Benes Sea Warsaw…
• p. 20 …An area in the Norwegian Sea north of the Greenland-Iceland-United Kingdom 10
• 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…
• p. 54 …7 Barents Sea Soviet NSWP NorweqianA'Motr iisio rifle Norwegian divisionCategory I Sea Category II Category…
• p. 60 Peacetime Location of Warsaw Pact Air Forces Opposite NATO Figure 1-8 Barents Sea Soviet NSWP…
• p. 71 …For operations in the Mediterranean Sea, January 1979 the Black Sea Fleet furnishes most of the…
• p. 72 …PO A ; re -t { - Black Sea Fleet ROMANI A -UGM (Dsevastopo - BUGRAFleet Caspian headquarters Black Sea…
• 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…
• p. 77 lop et Selected Soviet Sea-Launched Cruise Missiles Figure II-21a Maximum system Payload (kg) Speed…
• p. 78 Nominal Flight Profiles of Selected Soviet Sea-Launched Cruise Missiles Figure II-21b Altitude (m) 18…
• 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. IL-38 May TU-142 Bear F bottom…
• 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 Maritime / T VD 49 shr rri s / Norwegian ICELAND '1 I ' Sea T''f…
• p. 122 …The Combined Black Sea Fleet would be formed from the Soviet Black Sea Fleet and the…
• p. 127 …t ,,D ES MA ! R K y 7 ~ ~ §.~.Baltic 50ea North Sea -? - ASNDT1 4... . NETHERLANDS 1…
• p. 131 …units and with additional naval units at sea-would choose to attack with the two-front…
• p. 139 …4 NATO airbases Balte sea- HAWK missile belt - Penetration corridor - - North Sea i/ POLAND - West Berlin…
• 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 IV-26
• 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…
• p. 155 -T _P.3_re4' 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…
• p. 160 …1 Sea control N eMurmansk _ G+UK "r' Gap ''-1 (5Sea denial, ?" Holy locit tRosyth Moscow…
• p. 161 …Once hostilities cover the approaches to the Norwegian Sea. Our began, however, these forces probably would…