STUDY SAYS SOVIET GAINS IN MISSILES

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000300410001-9
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• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 22, 1999
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: October 1, 1967
• Content Type: NSPR

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STUDY SAYS SOVIET, e repor . a so u ronses - 'th e
oviet emphasis upon tom-~
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GAINS IN MISSIES; nd cybeest in lasers the then
ian interest in lasers and other
odern technological develop.
ents with major military im? .
It Will Surpass. U.S. by 197Qi lications.
Adm. Burke Group Warns Soviet Determination Cited
It concluded that Soviet lead-
-- -- - rs "are determined to match;
con
HT cluded that if present trend
continue, the Soviet Union wil
surpass this nation in number
,of intercontinental ballistic mis-
siles by 1970 and "will have fa
exceeded the United States in
deliverable megatonnage before
that date."
The report also warns of .the
possibility of technological sur-
prises, or "break throughs in
weaponry that could negate the
strongest defense posture."
The report, entitled "The So.
viet Military Technological
t Challenge, " was prepared by
the Center for Strategic Studies
of Georgetown University, a
private group that makes stud-
Lies of strategic military con-
icepts and military posture.
'Adm. Arleigh A. Burke, retired
chief of naval operations, is the
head of the center, "
Two Earlier Warnings
Advance copies of the report ,
were released last week. It is
the third report in recent
months assessing the respective I
strategic capabilities of the
United States and the Soviet
Union. All have .warned that
the Soviet Union was overtak-
ing the formerly commanding
i United States lead in nuclear
delivery capabilities.
According to the latest re=
port, the Soviet Union is ex-
!panding?its stockpile of fission-
able material "at the very time
the United States is decreasing
production."
Since 1965, the report says,'
the Soviet Union has been "de-1
ploying missiles at a faster rate,
than the United States."
The panel estimated that the
'Soviet Union had more than
400 ICBM's-250 to. 300 of;
them possibly in hardened or"
protected sites-in addition to,
more than 700 medium and
intermediate range ballistic mis
silts, 40 ballistic missile sub-
marines, and 40 more with
cruise-type missiles.
The Soviet long-range air
armies now include about 210
heavy bombers and about 800
mediurp bombers, the report
says: it adds that the Soviet is
deploying a ballistic missile de-'
fence system and that the Rus,
sians's new surface-to-air mis-
siles for use against piloted air
craft have an effective .range
of?.more; than,.50.miles.
gical gains have_ influenced"
he world .balance of power,
nd that a "crtical element"-in
Inited States military posture
u i-11 remain the degree of tech-' Strategy Conflict," by William
ological advantage that the R. Kintnerhetired Army colo-
nited States maintains over nel, who is deputy director of
Me Soviet Union." the Foreign Policy Research`
Institute at the' Unievrslty of
The panel that made the
udy was headed by Admiral Pennsylvania,
urke and included Harold M.
gnew of the Los Alamos
icntific Laboratory; Thomas,
olfe of the Rand Corporation;
ernardA. Schriever, retired Air,
rce general; Arthur G. Tru
au, retired Army lieutenant
neral; Robert D. Crane of the-
udson institute; John Ford of
merican University, and mem-
rs of the Center for Strategic`
udies.
The other recent reports',
arning of Soviet gains were
" he Changing Strategic Mill-
try Balance - U.S.A. vs.
.S.S.R," prepared for the
Ouse Armed Services Commit-
t e by the National Strategy
mmittee of the American
curity Council, and,' a book
st publsl~ed,, "'Pgace.; and, the
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