SOKOLOVSKIY ON ARMED FORCES DEVELOPMENT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP69B00369R000200080038-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 6, 2004
• Sequence Number: 38
• Publication Date: February 22, 1967
• Content Type: REPORT

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Reference Date: 22 February 1967
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o,r::iored.:ttoop` carrIe.rsy: he latest aruillery, a~~s means
and engineering. These have all increased the maneuverability and striking
force of the Armed Forces.
The strength of our Army lies in the fact that mighty weapons are
in the 'hands of men completely loyal to our socialist country and to
CoY. munism.
We threaten no one and have no intention of attacking anyone, but
we must be prepared to repel aggression in view of the threat to peace
by the forces of imperialism.
The Soviet Armed Forces ...vigilafltly safeguard the peaceful labor
of Soviet people. The other members of the Warsaw Pact stand by in
defense of peace and security. Our comradeship in arms has been forged by
blood shed in the joint fight against fascism in World War II....
Sorkolovskiy On Armed Forces Developm?nt
...The Soviet Army and Navy have I'land-amentally changed their amuament
.in the last few years. Our economic, scientific, and technical acii.eve-
.ex:s have made first-class weapons possble. Nuclear missiles of variaas
.y, es and purposes are now the basis of our strength. Duri-ng the lases yew
years we have introduced a complex of strategic means and absolutely} ne ww
types of missiles, including mobile strategic rocket launchis. Our Heavy
has now atomic submarines equipped with underwater ballistic missiles.
The Air Force and Airborne Troops have also been strer. thened. Our air
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Bagramyan on Armed Forces Development
.. .The most important feature of the present stage of devel.op:ent
of our Armed Forces is the fact that among them a quite new type of, troops,
the Strategic Rocket Troops, has been formed and consol.dated. T ey are-
the mighty shield against which any, even the most extravagant, pl.a s
of the imperialist aggressor will b:i eak. At the last October -parade
in Red Square, the demonstration of Soviet intercontinental rockets.
including those of self-propelled. carriers, was quite Llp:ressive0 The
rocket-carrying submarine fleet is also capable of carrying out strategic
tasks. Our new nuclear-propelled vessels, which are equipped with
ballistic rockets which can be launched from underwater, can i nfli ct
blows without sW^facing? at a range of several thousand kilometers. M e
armament and technical equipment, as well as the combat capabilities of
the surface forces of the Navy, have also changed fundamentally.
The Soviet Ground Forces have been completely renovated. The','-
armament includes the most varied equipment,, including rockets wit ,.:l
nuclear charges of various power. The mobility of the motorized rifle.
and tank units has greatly increased. Their striking power has sharply
increased. Our tanks are rightly considered the best in the world
Our airborne troops, the Soviet winged infantry, have everything necessary,
including axynored personnel carriers and medium tanks. Our Air Force has
becorie.het propelled, supersonic, and rocketcarrying. Speeds exceeding
the speed of sound by several times have been achieved by the rocketcarrying
aircraft.. Low altitude and- intercontinental flight ranges to .iul?Lct
nuclear blows, on the enemy ? s most important targets are also psss'ibb e for
them. Important changes have been undergone by the country?s antiaircraft
defense; its means insure the reliable repulsing of any aircraft. in recent
years, a realistic, possibility has emerged for effectively carrying
out antirocket defense.
The Armed Forces have available wel1-trained corm mand, rout c,al, eng-
ineering, and technical personnel who are devoted to the cause of C;o:nmun-
ism and are capable of carrying out the tasks of training and educating
troops at levels required by modern conditions and of keeping; them in
a state of constant battle readiness. Every fourth officer has higher
military or specialized education. Educated and trained yo un.g people are
joi.n,lng 'anits and ships. Over 70 Percent of those drafted into the Army
and 'the Navy have a technical specialty. The personnel of the Armed
Forces consistently :improve their military and political h.owledge and
successfully master complex military weapons and equi merit. Soviet
servicemen. are genuine masters of their service specialties. They
are distinguished by a broad cultural outlook and a pr of nand understanding
of their tasks. - Thus, in the Army and. Navy, throughout the whole country,
creative initiative is breaking out like tempestuous- spring...
Armed Forces Day Talk
By Mar Ivan Tyr, istof orovich DAGRA1`Th AN,
USSR Deputy Minister of Defense;
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