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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…
  • p. 51 …The depth of airstrikes Sea. Medium bomber targets are not likely to bewould be limited by…
  • 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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Participants 42
Ballistic Missiles and Nuclcar Artillery 42
Strategic Aviation 43
-Front Aviatton 44
Execution 46
Timing 46
Nuclear Alert Forces 46
Strike cquence 4
Problems of the Air Forces 49-
Other Air Force Roles in Direct Support ofStrategic Operations 49
Subsequent Air Operations 50
Participants 50
Execution 50
-- - Potential Problems }1
Major Airborne Landing Operations 51
Participants 51
i Execution 53
Potential Problems 53
Amphibious Landing Operations 53
Participants 55
Execution 56
Potential Problems 56
Strategic Air Reconnaissance 56
Participants5
Execution 5
-Potential Problems 58.
Observations 5
Appendixes--
A. The Joint Forces Command Structure and the Roles of Air Forces 61
iFront and Army Operations
B. ~Use of the Smolensk Strategic Ai rmy in the Western Thcater of 65
Military Operations
CForce Ratio Analysis 69
DGlossary of Terms 81
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