SOVIET NAVAL ANTISHIP MISSILE FORCE: DEVELOPMENTS AND CAPABILITIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80M01048A000800150014-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 27, 2012
• Sequence Number: 14
• Content Type: REPORT

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Soviet Nava! :ar7t:;;t;p i'wiissilr~ For,Q:
Davalopmer:ts and Capai~iliiies
The cruise missile force has provid?d the Sovii:~t !Navy with a formidable anti-
ship capability, but during the Sixties several facto~:~ arose avhich created nevv pro'~-
temsand challenges for it.
The Soviet Navy was assigned broadt~ned missions, including distant "7
deployments where cruise missiles ari{d their platforms-designed for
operations in waters near the l1SSR--~,vere less effective.
Soviet planners began to give incrc~+sed thought to the possibility
that a war avith the West mig'nt be tiimited-at least temporarily-to
conventional weapons rather than escalating directly into a strategi+,
nuclear exchange.
LVestern nova! powers placed added emphasis on the development of ~ L'~ ~
cruise missiles and cruise missile defenses.
The Soviets have responded to these problems by developing new missile sys-
tems in an attempt to maintain the tactical proficiency of the farce: 1`~fost of theso
missiles offer only marginal improvements o~der older missiles, but others display
new and unique capabilities. Although these new rissiles provide the Soviet Navy
with better antiship capabilities, se~.era! inherent wz~,knesses in the employment of
the force remain. Among these are the lim!ted o~:ean surveillance and targeting
capabilities of the Soviet Navy and poor logistic supp~7rt. ,
.Soviet research and development-efforts on news antiship missiles continue at a
strong pace. As'with earlier efforts some of these i:7ngoing development programs
appear to be only extensions of existing cruise missile technology. Nlany, howevar,
are innovative attempts to deal with same of the waaknesses still facing the Sovier_
Navy. These programs include a tactical sea-launcred ballistic missile apparently
designed for an antiship role and at !east two missile systems that probably are fog
use against submarines.
Despite expected Soviet advances in antiship ri~issiles, aver. time the develop-
ment of better cruise missile defenses as well as th? introduction of competitive
cruise missile systems by the West probably will reduce the relative effectiveness ai
the Soviet cruise missile force. The-MSoviet force, nev~~rthelass, 9s expected to remain
a significant threatto Western naval forces into the E~.;hti=s__.
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