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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.
“Mission Control”9 pages
TovixSecret Table 2 Estimated Numbers of Warsaw Pact Combat Aircraft Available To Participate in the Initial Air Defense Operation in the Western TMO, Mid-1983 a Assigned Combat-Ready Aircraft Nuclear Alert Available for Combat _First MassedAircraft Rateb Aircraft Rate< Aircraft Sortie (percent) (percent) Maximum force Legnica SAA -- Fighter 135 95 130 130 -Attack tg0 90and S 165 165 Support 40 95 40 40 Vinnitsa SAA - -- - -- - - -- - Fighter 125 90 1 5 115 Attack 190 90 10 -- Support 40 90 35 35 Smolensk SAA - -- - ---- - - Attach 265 90 240-. 240 Support 200 90 180 180Moscow SAA Attack 40 90 35 35 Baltic Fleet AF - Attack l70 85and90 I50 150 Support 40 90 35 35 Polish-GDR FAF Fighter 200 85 170 170Attack 200 85 170 170 Support 70 85 60 60 GSFG-GDR FAF Fighter 505 85and 95 460 460 Attack 395 85 and 95 370 370 Support 100 85 atnd95i 95 - 95 Belorussian FAF r Fighter 135 90 120 120 Attack 135 90 120 120 Support 30 90 25 25 Carpathian FAFr Fighter 125 90 110 110 Attack 180 90 160 160 Support 30 90 25 25 Czechoslovak-CGF FAF Fighter 310 85 and 95 270 270 Attack 155 85 130 130 Support 65 85 and 95 55 - 55 Second-echelon NAD Fighter 405s 85 and 90 350 350 Tin -pj18
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