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Warsaw Pact Air Forces: Support of Strategic Operations in Central Europe, CIA/DI/SOVA Intelligence Assessment, January 1985.

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This Central Intelligence Agency Directorate of Intelligence assessment, dated January 1985, examines how Warsaw Pact air forces would support large strategic operations in Central Europe. It concludes that the Soviets see NATO air power as the greatest threat to a Pact ground offensive. They revised their air supremacy plans in 1980 and 1981 to use sector-concentrated raids and a defensive air operation. The assessment also finds that heavy aircraft losses and limited deep attack capability would remain serious problems. The document has no UFO content.

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  • p. 32 …303}5 12-54 Smolensk strategic air army and the Baltic Sea Fleet egional opera- air…
  • p. 42 …between the twostrategic zone and the North Sea. Most primary sectors a series of operational phases…
  • p. 44 …would be carriers operating in the North Sea. This mission aircraft in the open, but the…
  • p. 50 …Sea Fleet-also a Western TMO asset-is responsible for targets in the North Sea, We…
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  • p. 52 …Sea Fleet 0 35b 5the FEBA (including Denmark and the polish-DR Front 75 25Baltic Sea…
  • p. 54 …missile strike air division of the Baltic Sea Fleet AF have nuclearof the Smolenk SAA. e…
  • p. 57 …a Targets within the strike demarcation line except those covered by the Baltic Sea Fleet. b…
  • p. 62 …doing, they would seal off the Baltic Sea, securing the establishment of a penetration corridor through…
  • p. 63 …Sea a rrq sit fodee tn na a foce th r andr securingF}the sea ar…
  • p. 64 …as joint operations between the Combined Baltic Sea Fleet and the - coastal (normally Polish-GDR) front…
  • p. 65 …and missile force of the Combined Baltic Sea Fleet in supporting capabilities and are heavily dependent…
  • p. 66 …and could be\ajrcraft fromn the Baltic Sea Fleet The Blinder recon---objects of final reconnaissance…
  • p. 79 …and possibly aircraft carriers in the North Sea front air force-usually the fifth front in…
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Table 2
Estimated Numbers of Warsaw Pact Combat
Aircraft Available To Participate in the Initial Air
Defense Operation in the Western TM-O, Mid-1983 a
Assigned Combat-Ready Aircraft Nuclear Alert Available forCombat ________________First
M-assed
Aircraft Rate s Aircraft Rate Aircraft Sortie
(percent) (percens)
Moderateforce_.___..__.
Legnica strategic air
army (SAA)
Fgt s r-5 95 130 -
Attack 0 90 and95 165 10 18 45
Support - - 40 95 -0 -0Vinnitsa SA A- - -- - -
Fightttr 125 90._.... _.._...._____.. ISA tc90 -1 - -1Attac- -------.-.. _._.._...._.._.-0 90 170 10 8
Support 40 90 35 35
Blaltic Flect Air Force (AtF) -- ---- - -. _
Attack 75 d 85 and 90 65 - 10 -
Polish-CDR FrontAi - -- ~ --- --- °-- - _-
Force (FAF)
Fighter 850 ---------- _-..--- -- 700--- - --
Fig te 50-- 8 5 174 0 _ _ _ _46
Attack 200 85 - 170 t0 - - 8 31
Support i70 85 60 - ---
GSFG-GDR FAF--
Fighter 80 5 nd 95 260 -2 --
--9585 and 95 760 0 35
Attack 30 0 12 120
---------------------------------. _... 0------ -------- ---- 35 335---
Support 65 85 and 95 55 -- - -
Second-echelon national air-___..--
defense (NA D)
Fighter 335 85 285
lorussian FA8 n
Fighter 35 90 120 -- t -
Attack 45 90 40 - --
- -- .-- -°- -- - ---- -- - ----- -- -- -- - - -- -
Carpathian FAF---
Fighter 159 1010Attack 605 90 55 ---- 55
Fighter 135 -- -
Attack i,300 ----- 1 0
Support 315 85 285 9,0
--- -,6 2850
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