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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.
“The Advance”13 pages
To Secret Figure 11 Execution of the First Massed Air Raid of a Typical Initial Air Operation in the Western Theater of Military Operations Echelon: Support Strike Third Roles and objectives Penetration corridors Alrfelds Fighter coverAir defense command Nuclear surface-bo-surfare posts missiles Fighter sweeps Aircraft carriers Blockade airlields Nuclear storage Mine key runways Fighter cover Timing ofattacts)1+3 to 11+35 minutes 11+10 to 11+50 minutes 11+25 to 11+90 minutes(iIl- start) Force distributions 50 percent of Oghter- 100 percent of bombers 40 percent of fightersbombers 50 percent of fighter- 40 percent of fighters bombers Some jammers 20 percent of fighters Front missile and artillery Jammer and reconnaissance forces aircraft Typical force compositionb 270 Fighter-bombers 290 Medium bombers 350 Fighters350 Fighters 280 Light bombers 15 Jammers 270 Fighters.bombers 175 Fighters 430 Jammers and reconnaissance aircraft Note: Italicsindicateprirmib targets f theoperation. This force of over 2,400aircraft concentratesa first massedair raid in theThe forcedistribtinn among echelonsis basedon mid-1970s Soviet sectorof theTMtOthat includesNATO's SecondAllied Tactical Air Forceemploymentcnncepts-the mostrecentavailable, andAllied ForcesBaltic Approaches.TheseFiguresare basedan the moderateforceair orderof battlein table3. as modifed by theforce compostion counting rulesin Agure19. An undetermin-d number of front artillery and SSSI units alsowouldparticipatein defense suppressionduring theoperation. Tops$ecret T es et 38
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