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DIRECTORATE OF
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Intelligence Report
Soviet Statements on Strategic Defensive Missile Systems
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INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
SOVIET PUBLIC STATEMENTS ON STRATEGIC
DEFENSIVE MISSILE SYSTEMS
Prepared by the Office of Current Intelligence
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Directorate of Intelligence
8 February 196'7,.
SOVIET STATEMENTS ON
STRATEGIC DEFENSIVE MISSILE SYSTEMS
1. Since 1960 Soviet civilian and military
leaders have written and said much about the
strategic defensive missile systems of the USSR.
Their observations have appeared in press articles,
radiobroadcasts, (in
1960-62)
In both public
and private, the Soviets have consistently conveyed
the impression that their government is committed
to the deployment of an antiballistic missile (ABM)
system.
2. Since public Soviet disclosures of the capa-
bilities of the USSR armed forces are often tailored
for their propaganda effect, their credibility is,
of course, open to question. They are likely to be
somewhat exaggerated or at least worded so as to imply
greater capabilities than are explicitly claimed. It
is also difficult to relate broad, vaguely worded
statements on missile capabilities to specific weap-
ons systems. In private conversations with US mili-
tary attaches, Soviet officers have often provided
credible, useful information on various aspects of
the USSR's armed forces. On a few occasions, how-
ever, they have apparently given misleading informa-
tion but this information has not dealt with major military
questions. In these instances, it appears that the
Soviets have always exaggerated, never understated,
their capabilities.
3. The two appendices to this report present
a chronological listing of
statements by Soviet officia s on the question o
a strategic missile defense system since January
1960. The report contains no evaulation or
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judgment of the statements as a whole. Rather, it is
intended to serve as a working aid. A summary of
the most important statements for each year follows.
a. 1960: In describing their country's..'air
defenses, Soviet leaders spoke only of antiaircraft
missiles and fighter-interceptors, and made no claims
of an ABM capability. Khrushchev, Defense Minister
Malinovsky, and others stated that no means of com-
bating ballistic missiles existed.
b. 1961: The first Soviet claim of success
in the development of an antimissile missile was
made by Khrushchev in September 1961. He told C.H.
Sulzberger of the New York Times that at the same
time Soviet scientists began working on ICBMs, another
group began to work out ways of defending against
them. He said, "We remain very satisfied with the
work of those who produced the means of combating
such missiles." One month later Defense Minister
Malinovsky told the 22d party congress that the
"problem of destroying missiles in flight has been
solved," a statement which was to be repeated by
many Soviet leaders during the next two years.
c. 1962: In February 1962 Marshal Grechko
wrote that the Soviet Union had missiles which could
destroy any type of missile in flight, and in July
of that year Khrushchev boasted that the USSR's anti-
missile missiles could "hit a fly in outer space."
Marshal V. D. Sokolovsky- was somewhat more conserva-
tive in evaluating Soviet ABM capabilities. He said
that while in principle the technical solution to
the problem of defense against ballistic missiles
had been found, ballistic missiles used in large numbers
were still "practically invulnerable to existing means
of air defense." In the latter part of 1962 refer-
ences to antimissile "systems" or "complexes" and
to "troops of antiaircraft and antimissile defense"
began to appear in the Soviet press. In an article
published that December, Marshal Biryuzov, then com-
mander in chief of Soviet air defense forces, wrote
that Soviet scientists had "worked out complexes of
numerous means for the defense of the country against
a missile-nuclear attack."
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d. 1963: The highlight of the 7 November
1963 parade in Moscow was a missile (the GRIFFON)
which Soviet radio announcers described as a "long-
range pilotless interceptor capable of destroying
all modern means of air and space attack." Marshal
Biryuzov stated that the USSR Earned, forces had
weapons which could intercept any enemy missile
and that "individual missilesbelonging to this
family" were shown in the parade. Earlier that
year, an assistant Soviet air attache in Ottawa
had told the US Army attache that the USSR had a
limited capability to intercept and destroy US
missiles coming into the USSR and that the Soviet
ABM was superior to the Nike-Zeus in that it could
distinguish between decoys-and missiles with atomic
warheads.
e. 1964: GRIFFON missiles were shown
again in the 1964 May Day parade in Moscow, and
TASS reported that test firings had proven their
"exceptional reliability and high combat capabili-
ties for destroying any modern means of attack
from air or outer space." At about the same time
a Soviet scientist said that an ABM had been tested
in the latter part of 1962 and that approximately
70 percent hits had been achieved. In June 1964
Soviet delegates to-the US-USSR Joint Disarmament
Study Group said their government was firmly com-
mitted to the ABM and held the position that "the
defense can catch up with the offense." In the
October anniversary parade in Moscow the Soviets
displayed a new missile (the GALOSH) which they
described as an antimissile missile capable of
destroying any ballistic missile "at great dis-
tances" from the defended area.
f. 1965: Public statements by Soviet
leaders on the USSR's ABM defense capabilities in
1965 did not differ significantly from those made
during the previous years They repeated claims
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that their air defense forces possessed the means
to defend against any type of air or space attack.
Soviet generals called for a thorough study of the
problems connected with the establishment of an ef-
fective defense against an attack from,space.
g. 1966: In his speech to the 23rd party
congress in April 1966, Defense Minister Malinovsky
stated that Soviet air defense means ensure the
reliable destruction of any aircraft and "many" mis-
siles. This statement, an apparent moderation of
earlier claims that Soviet ABMs could destroy "any"
missiles, subsequently appeared in numerous articles
in the Soviet press. In the same speech Malinovsky
announced the completion of a "Blue Belt of Defense."
An officer of the USSR Ministry of Defense later told
the US Army attache in Moscow that the "Blue Belt"
is a complex of four elements--air defense missiles,
aircraft, submarines, and an antimissile system.
The antimissile system was described as "in the
process of being deployed." In May of 1966 Colonel
S.N. Grechko, first deputy commander of the Moscow
Air Defense District, wrote that antimissile systems
"reliably protect the Soviet capital and the entire
country from air and space attacks." On two oc-
casions in November and December the US Army at-
tach6 in Moscow broached the subject of ABM deploy-
ment in conversations with Marshal M. V. Zakharov,
First Deputy Minister of Defense and chief of the
General Staff, and Fleet Admiral V. A. Kasatonov,
first deputy commander in chief of the Soviet Navy.
Both said that ABMs are presently being deployed in
the Soviet Union, but gave no indication of the ex-
tent of deployment.
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h. 1967: In January 1967 the US Army at-
tache again raised the subject of ABMs in conversa-
tions with Army General P. I. Batov, a member of the
Main Inspectorate and a former deputy minister of
defense, and with Major General of Aviation Cherny-
shev, Marshal'Zakharov's executive officer. Batov
said that the Soviet high command is unanimous in
the belief that an ABM system is essential to So-
viet security and that one is now being deployed in
the USSR. He said the high command had made the
go-ahead recommendation to Defense Minister Malinov-
sky three or four years ago and that he in turn-made
the recommendation to the party and government. He
expressed the view that while no ABM system provides
complete protection, it does make the enemy's task
more difficult and guarantees that, some portion of
the Soviet retaliatory system will survive. General
Chernyshev said that deployment of an ABM system
has been in progress for two to three years and
that it is now "well advanced." He implied that
ABMs are being deployed around both Moscow and Lenixgrad,
but he became'uncomfortable and changed the subject
when asked whether the Soviets have ABMs in other
parts of the country.
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SOVIET PUBLIC STATEMENTS
ON STRATEGIC DEFENSIVE MISSILE SYSTEMS
1. Marshal R. Ya. Malinovsky in Sovetskaya Aviatsiya,
15 January 1960:
So far it is impossible to destroy a ballistic
missile in flight--it will inevitably reach its
target.
2. N. S. Khrushchev at a public meeting in Kabul,
Afghanistan, as reported in Krasnaya Zvezda
5 March 1960:
With the present level of science and tech-
nology...when intercontinental missiles have
been produced...and when it is impossible to
halt or prevent their flight-importance is
acquired by. . .diplomacy.
3. Major General G. Pokrovsky in Sovetskiy Flot,
9 March 1960:
At present... there exist no effective means of
combating ICBMs.
4. N. S. Khrushchev, remarks at Chamber of Commerce in
Paris, 24 March 1960:
Our scientists, who have achieved brilliant
successes in the creation of Sputniks, Luniks,
and ballistic missiles, will gladden us with
something still more significant.
5. N. S. Khrushchev, speech at Rumanian party congress
in Bucharest, 21 June 1960:
Now the Soviet Union has created powerful war
facilities about which the imperialists have no
full idea despite all their espionage flights.
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6. G. P. Zhukov in International Affairs, October 1960:
The Soviet Union is capable of guarding its
security from any encroachment from the cosmic
sphere no less successfully than this is done
in connection with air space.
7. General (fnu) Nazarov in interview, 7 November 1960:
There is practically no defense against them
(missiles).
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8. V. Uzenyev in Kommunist Vooruzhennykh Sil, No. 6,
March 1961:
During the next few years, there obviously will
be practically unstoppable weapons against
which there is yet no defense.
9. Moscow Radio, 1 May 1961:
Practically nothing can stop such ballistic
missiles from reaching their target.
10. N. S. Khrushchev in interview with C. H. Sulzberger
of New York Times, 5 September 1961:
At the same time we told our scientists and
engineers to develop intercontinental rockets,
we told another group to work out means to
combat such rockets.... We remain very satisfied
with the work of those who produced the means
for combating such missiles.
11. Marshal Malinovsky in speech to 22nd CPSU Congress,
23 October 1961:
I must emphasize that strategic rocket forces have
been created in the circumstance of a reduction
in the number of the armed forces as a whole. In
reducing--and this was expedient--the numbers of
the forces, and particularly in reducing the
administrative apparatus and auxiliary organs,
we at the same time considerably strengthened such
types of armed forces as antiaircraft and anti-
missile defense forces and continue to develop
them in every way. I must report in particular
that the problem.' of destroying missiles in flight
has also been successfully solved.
The central committee of the party has displayed
and is displaying particular concern for the
antiaircraft and antimissile defense of the
country.
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Lieutenant Colonel L. Lilov in Narodna Armiya
(Sofia), 12 November 1961:'
Certain difficulties have arisen in intercepting
and destroying intercontinental ballistic mis-
siles in the air....None of the air defense
means developed so far can be used for this
purpose.
13. Army General K. P. Kazakov at an Artillery Day
Meeting, 18 November 1961:
Missiles make it possible to inflict practically
invulnerable strikes under any- meteokologi6al
conditions and with'.great precision.
14. Colonel General of the Artillery, P. N. Kuleshov
in Red Star, 18 November 1961:
We have also solved successfully the problem of
destroying various missiles in flight.... The
superiority of the Soviet Union is indubitable,
not only in the field of building intercon-
tinental missiles but also in creating means of
combating enemy missiles.
15. Colonel I. Zheltikov and Lieutenant Colonel V.
Larionov in Krasnaya Zvezda, 28 December 1961:
The announcement of the solution by the USSR of
the problem of antimissile defense threw the
military circles of the capitalist countries
into confusion.
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16. M. N. Goncharenko in Missiles and. the Problems
of Antimissiles (Rakety i Problema Antiraket ,
1962:
Pilotless aircraft-missiles and intercontinental
missiles...so far constitute an unstoppable
weapon.... Facilities for intercepting a missile
flying at a tremendous altitude and at a colos-
sal speed have not been created to date.
17. Marshal V. D. Sokolovsky in Military Strategy
(Voyennaya Strategiya), 1st'ed, 1962:
In our country the problem of eliminating mis-
siles in flight has been successfully solved by
Soviet science and technology.... It is interest-
ing to note that the problem of antimissile de-
fenses is far from being solved in the West....
In principle, the technical solution of this
problem (of antiballistic missile defense) has
now been found. In the future this defense must
be made more effective.... Ballistic missiles
used in large quantity are still practically
invulnerable to existing means of air defense.
18. Colonel N. Maksimov in Nedelya, No. 3, 14-20
January 1962:
No so long ago, about 3 or 4 years back,
ballistic missiles were often referred to as
"absolute weapons" abroad. Now, this term is
patently outdated.
19. Marshal A, I. Yeremenko in speech broadcast by
Radio Volga, 10 January 1962:
The problem of destroying missiles in flight has
also been solved successfully.
20. Radio Volga, 19 January 1962:
The role of antiaircraft and antimissile defense
of the country has... considerably increased.....
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21. Marshal R. Malinovsky, TASS report, 23 January
1962:
We need not increase particularly our missile
forces and weapons stocks. Further on it will
be a process not of accumulation, but of natural
renovation and improvement of weapons. It is a
fact that any weapon, however perfect, can be
improved still more with the development of
economy, with the development of science and
military technology.
Marshal A. A. Grechko in Obrana Lidu, Prague,
18 February 1962:
Soviet surface-to-air missiles are capable of
destroying any type of missile in flight.
Marshal K. S. Moskalenko, TASS report,
22 February 1962:
There has also been successfully solved the
difficult and most important problem of destroy-
ing enemy missiles in flight.
Marshal V. I. Chuykov, Moscow Radio, 22 February
1962:
The object of particular attention by the CPSU
central committee is the country's antiaircraft
and antimissile defenses.
25. Marshal I. Kh. Bagramyan, Magadan Domestic Service,
22 February 1962:
Air defense troops are also armed with first-
class missile equipment. The country has a reli-
able cover against any kind of enemy air attack.
26. Marshal R. Malinovsky in Pravda, 23 February 1962:
The country's air defense (PVO) troops possess
equipment and weapons capable of destroying enemy
air and space attacks at great distances and
heights.
27. N. S. Khrushchev speech delivered 16 March 1962 as
reported in Krasnaya Zvezda, 17 March 1962:
Our scientists and engineers have created a new
intercontinental missile which they call "global."
This missile is invulnerable to antimissile weapons.
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28. Colonel General A. T. Stuchenko in Zarya Vostoka,
9 May 1962:
We also have highly effective means of anti-
missile defense.
Army General I. I. Fedyuninsky in Pravda Vostoka;-
9 May 1962:
The creation of the global rocket and also the
successful resolution of the problem of destroying
enemy missiles in flight are immeasurably raising
the defense capability of the Soviet Union and the
combat might of the USSR armed forces.
Marshal V. I. Chuykov in Selskaya Zhizn, 9 May 1962:
Now they (the Soviet Army and Navy) have available
such means of armed warfare as global missiles
which are able to deliver, from any direction, a
very powerful nuclear warhead against any point of
the earth. There is no means of defense against
such missiles at the present time.
Marshal R. Malinovsky in Kommunist, No. 7, June 1962:
The armament and combat training of the antiair-
craft and antimissile defense force guarantee a
successful repulse of an attack of an adversary
from the air.
N. S. Khrushchev, TASS, 10 July 1962:
The Soviet Union has been forced to develop in the
last few years... intercontinental missiles, the
global missile which is practically impervious to
defense, and an antimissile missile.... We have
the most perfect of weapons, weapons no other power
possesses.
33. N. S. Khrushchev in interview with US journalists,
13 July 1962:
We possess a global missile which is indestructible.
I can tell you this with authority because we our-
selves possess antimissile missiles which are capa-
ble of hitting a fly in space.
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Marshal V. D. Sokolovsky in Krasnaya Zvezda,
19 July 1962:
The Soviet Union has...a global missile which
cannot be destroyed by any antimissile means.
35. Marshal S. S. Biryuzov in Krasnaya Zvezda 4 August 1962:
We have ...global (missiles) which are practically
noninterceptable by the defense.
36. Marshal R. Malinovsky in Krasnaya Zvezda, 25 October
1962:
The problem of destroying enemy missiles in flight
has been successfully solved. Complexes of many
means for the country's defense against missile-
nuclear attack by the enemy have been designed and
built.
37. Colonel General of Artillery G. S. Kariofilli,
TASS, 16 November 1962:
We have solved the problem of destroying enemy
missiles in flight.
38. Marshal S. S. Varenttov in Izvestia, 2 December 1962:
At the same time, missile-nuclear war weapons were
introduced on a wide scale...in the troops of anti-
aircraft and antimissile defense.
39. Marshal S. S. Biryuzov in Krasnaya Zvezda, 4 December
1962:
We have already successfully solved the problem of
destroying hostile missiles in flight and have
worked out complexes of numerous means for the
defense of the country against a missile-nuclear
attack of the enemy.
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40. Major General G. Shatunov in Sovetsky Patriot,
27 January 1963:
The problem of destroying enemy missiles in flight
has been successfully solved in our country. Soviet
scientists have worked out, and engineers, tech-
nicians, and workers have designed and produced,
multiple-weapon complexes to defend the country
from enemy missile-nuclear attack,
41. Lieutenant General of Aviation, N. Sbytov in
Krasnaya Zvezda, 15 February 1963:
One of the most important results of the revolution
in military science is the emergence of a qualita-
tively new branch of the armed forces--the Anti-
aircraft and Antimissile Defense Troops of the
Country. (Voyska protivovozdushnoy i protivoraketnoy
oborony strany--PVO'i PRO Strany)
42. Marshal S. K. Timoshenko, Moscow Radio, 19 February
1963:
There are now at the disposal of the armed forces
the most varied and perfect means for armed combat,
including... means for antimissile defense.
43. Colonel General Tolubko in Krasnaya Zvezda, 20
February 1963:
All the authors who so zealously try to prove the
irrefutable US superiority in missiles would do well
to bear in mind that any action gives rise to
counteraction. The emergence of offensive missiles
undoubtedly had to lead to the development of
counter-weapons. And whereas the United States,
although stepping up work in this field, has not
yet developed antimissile defense weapons, the USSR
already has such weapons.
44. Marshal S. S. Biryuzov, Moscow Radio, 21 February 19.63:
It must also be said that the problem of the de-
struction of enemy missiles in flight has been suc-
cessfully solved in our country. Soviet scientists,
engineers, technicians, and workers have designed
and produced numerous complex devices for the pro-
tection of the country against rocket and missile
attacks by the enemy.
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Marshal R. Malinovsky in Armed Forces Day speech,
22 February 1963:
Of late, strategic rocket troops have been increas-
ingly supplied with global missiles which can
successfully overcome an antimissile defense. The
armament and organization of the troops of the anti-
aircraft defense of our country (PVO Strany) have
radically changed. They have become in our country
not only antiaircraft defense troops, but also anti-
missile defense troops. An extremely important role
belongs to this branch of the armed forces in coun-
tering the aggressor's modern means of nuclear at-
tack and his attempts to peep at our country from the
air and space. The foundation of the PVO Troops is
our surface-to-air missile troops.... Now our armed
forces--particularly the Strategic Rocket Troops and
the Antiaircraft and Antimissile Defense Troops
(VOYSKA PVO' i PRO Strany)--could...be quickly brought
to.. .combat readiness.
Marshal S. S. Biryuzov in Sovetskaya Rossiya, 22
February 1963:
The problem of destroying enemy missiles in flight
has been successfully solved in the Soviet Union;
and means for defending the country from an enemy
missile-nuclear attack have been developed and de-
signed.
Colonel General P. Koshevoy in Pravda_-Ukrairiy,,
22 February 1963:
The problem of destroying enemy missiles in flight
has been successfully solved, and multiple-weapon
complexes to defend our country from enemy nuclear
attacks have been created.
Colonel General of Artillery G. Khetagurov in
Trybuna zud'u,. 22 February 1963:
The Soviet Union has solved the problem of defense
against intercontinental ballistic missiles. The
efforts of the American scientists and engineers
working on it have so far been fruitless.
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49. Marshal S. S. Biryuzov in radio interview reported
in Westdeutsche Allegemeine Zeitung, 23 February 1963:
The USSR has special missiles which can be launched
from satellites when given a command from a ground
control center.... An antimissile missile has been
developed in the USSR.
50. Marshal V. D. Sokolovsky, Military Strategy (Voyennaya
Strategiya), 2nd ed. October 1963:
One of the key problems for the Soviet military
strategy is the reliable defense of the rear from
nuclear blows by means of antimissile and anti-
aircraft defense.
Radio Moscow parade report, 7 November 1963:
Today, for the first time in the parade, are long-
range guided interceptor units. Long-distance
surface-to-air missiles proved themselves bril-
liantly during recent exercises. These missiles
have great military possibilities and can ensure
the destruction of all modern means of aerial and
outer space attack.
Marshal S. S. Biryuzov, Moscow Radio, 7 November 1963:
An important stage in the development of missile
building is the perfection of the missiles (which
are capable of) destroying enemy missiles in the
air. Individual missiles belonging to this family
were shown here today.
Marshal S. S. Biryuzov in Izvestia, 7 November 1963:
Our pride is the intercontinental and global missiles
which are able to deliver a warhead of enormous,
devastating force to the farthest point on earth....
The armed forces of the Soviet Union have the most
modern means, capable of intercepting any enemy
missile in the air. This circumstance permits our
country to be defended from an enemy missile attack.
Several missiles of this family were today viewed
by the people of Moscow.
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54. TASS report on Moscow parade, 7 November 1963:
Participating in the parade for the first time
is a unit of long-range, pilotless interceptors.
These long-range, surface-to-air missiles proved
themselves in recent exercises. They have great
combat capabilities and can ensure the destruction
of all modern means of aerial and space attack.
55. Moscow Radio Report of parade, 7 November 1963:
Here is the "hit" of the parade--new missiles--
interceptors of aerial and space targets. They are
on Red Square for the first time. However, PVO
servicemen have already mastered these new weapons.
On one of the rocket'sites we have the opportunity
to witness their accurate stop-watch-controlled
operations.
Caption of photographs of Griffon missile in
Kazakhtanskaya Pravda, 10 November 1963:
A photograph of three Griffons appeared in
Kazakhstanskaya Pravda with a caption indicating
that these missiles were "formidable antimissile
weapons."
57. Leont'yev (fnu), Moscow Radio, 12 November 1963:
Long-range, guided, interceptor missiles took part
in the parade for the first time. These surface-to-
air long-range missiles acquitted themselves bril-
liantly during recent exercises.... No one in the
world has missiles like these.... Many Western per-
sonalities have long admitted that the Soviet Union
has more powerful and improved missile and nuclear
weapons than the US.
58. Major General of Artillery, I. Baryshev in Krasnaya
Zvezda, 13 November 1963:
Western military circles attentively follow the
successes of the USSR in missile building and in the
creation of antimissile defense. Our long-range
pilotless interceptors, which were shown for the
first time at the military parade on 7 November 1963,
have made a tremendous impression abroad. These
long-range surface-to-air missiles can destroy any
means of aerial and space attack.
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59. Marshal Kazakov in Ogonek, 16 November 1963:
We possess the most modern means, capable not only
of delivering devastating nuclear blows, but also
of destroying any missiles in the air. We have
tested these means against missiles flying at a
higher speed and at a higher altitude than any which
the adversary may have. The results have always
been the same--the missiles were destroyed. Our
country is now reliably protected against a missile
attack.
60. Major General of Artillery, P. Radchenko in Krasnaya
Zvezda, 16 November 1963:
A unit of "long-range pilotless interceptors" took
part in a holiday parade in Moscow for the first
time on 7 November 1963. They have great combat
capabilities and can bring about the destruction of
all contemporary means of air and space attack.
61. Marshal N. I. Krylov, Moscow TASS International Service,
16 November 1963:
No matter how 'strong the (enemy) antiaircraft and
antimissile defense system is, "our strategic
rockets will inevitably reach their targets."
62. Marshal N. I. Krylov in Izvestia, 17 November 1963:
Existing systems of antiaircraft and antimissile
defense cannot ward off nuclear-armed missile attacks.
However strong this defense, our strategic rockets
will inevitably reach their planned targets. T_-13 is
because of the tremendous speed of the missiles and
the difficulty of detecting a nuclear armed missile
from a dummy.
63. Lieutenant General of Artillery, M. Uvarov in Krasnaya
Zvezda, 30 November 1963:
The long-range air defense interceptors which were
first exhibited on Red Square on 7 November 1963 can,
without missing, strike missiles and other means of
space attack.
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.64. Marshal V. A. Sudets in Izvestia, 5 January 1964:
The US air defense is helpless against ballis-
tic missiles.... Soviet scientists have created
reliable means of combating enemy missiles. To-
day our PVO troops, in coordination with (other
organizations) ... are capable of...(protecting
the USSR)... against nuclear strikes and against
any means of air and space attack....; Our coun-
try's PVO troops consist of air defense missile
troops, rocket-carrying aviation, and radio-
technical and special troops.... The Soviet air
defense missile troops include units which are
armed with combat systems for various purposes,
including long-range pilotless interceptors.
The combat capabilities of the weapons of these
troops make it possible to destroy virtually
all modern means of air and space attack....
The range of our surface-to-air missile both
at low and high altitudes, is expanding. Rock-
ets.with. nuclear charges of various strengths
have considerably increased the combat capabil-
ities of the surface-to-air missile troops.
At present the Soviet surface-to-air missile
weapons systems surpass the corresponding sys-
tems of the United States air defense with re-
gard to their combat capability and particu-
larly with regard to their range at high and
low altitudes and the accuracy with which they
destroy the targets.
65. V. Yuryev in Pravda Vostoka, 21 February 1964:
The Chief problem of modern air defense forces
is to make the air defense system impregnable
to any means of aerospace attack, and to de-
liver a shattering blow to the aggressor while
still far away from the defended targets.
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The provision of the Soviet air defense system
with such new fighting equipment as air defense.
missiles of various ranges, rocket carrying
fighter-interceptors, radio electronic equip-
ment.for long range warning, and automated con-
trol systems has greatly increased the combat
capability of the air defense forces when deal-
ing with an aerospace attack.
66.
The surface-to-air missile forces are now,the
principal means of air defense. They have
weapons of great. accuracy, capable of destroy-
ing enemy aircraft at great distances. The
combat capability of Soviet air defense weap-
ons makes'it possible to destroy practically
all modern means of an aerospace attack, at
extreme distances, at high or low altitudes
and at'supersonic speeds.
Marshal R. Ya. Malinovsky in Krasnaya Zvezda, 23
February 1964:
Our strategic missiles...can successfully
overcome antimissile defenses.
Marshal A. A. Grechko in Krasnaya Zvezda, 23 Feb-
ruary 1964:
The Strategic Rocket Troops are increasingly
being equipped with global missiles which are
capable of successfully overcoming the anti-
missile defense of. the enemy....
Marshal N. I. Krylov in Izvestia, 23 February 1964:
Global missiles can strike enemy targets from
any direction. This nullifies an enemy anti-
missile defense and thus increases the relies
bility of hitting a target.
69. Marshal V. A. Sudets in Izvestia, 27 February 1964:
Soviet air defense (missile) personnel, armed
with antiaircraft and antimissile missiles, are
reliably guarding the sky of our motherland.
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Their wonder-working equipment makes it pos-
sible for the PVO troops to promptly detect
aircraft and missiles of the enemy, at what-
ever their altitude.
70. Colonel General V. Tolubko in Sovetskiy Patriot,
26 February 1964:
Our Strategic Rocket Troops have recently re-
ceived more and more global missiles which are
capable of successfully overcoming an antimis-
sile defense.
71. Marshal of Aviation V. A. Sudets in Krasnaya Zvezda,
28 March 1964:
In view of the danger of a nuclear war being
unleashed by imperialist countries, socialist
countries can not forget about strengthening
their defensive capacity, including the de-
velopment of the air defense so that it can
repel any attack by aggressors. Thanks to the
constant concern of the Communist Party and
the Soviet Government, the problem of creating
not only an antiaircraft defense, but also an
antimissile defense has been successfully solved
in our country. The air defense troops of our
country, in cooperation with air defense units
of other branches of the USSR armed forces and
the countries of the Warsaw Pact are capable
of providing reliable protection of the popu-
lation, territory, and armed forces of social-
ist countries against a sudden airspace at-
tack by imperialist aggressors.
Surface-to-air missile troops, fighter avia-
tion, and radiotechnical troops form the basis
of our air defense. In the armament of surface-
to-air missile troops there are complexes of
surface-to-air guided missiles and long-range
pilotless interceptors which can destroy missiles
and piloted and unpiloted flying apparatus at great
distances from defended objectives, at high
and low altitudes, in any weather, and regard-
less of enemy radio interference.
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TASS report of Moscow parade, 1 May 1964:
Long-distance pilotless interceptor rockets also
appeared during the parade (the May Day parade
in Red Square, Moscow, 1964). Trial firings
have proved their exceptional reliability and
high,combat possibilities regarding the destruc-
tion of any modern means of attack from air or
outer space.
73. F. Chestnov in Sovetsky Patriot, 17 May 1964:
It is very difficult to solve this problem (of
combating ballistic rockets) .... Various means
are being worked out, but the only one known
presently is to accurately aim an. antimissile
missile....The (Soviet) air defense (PVO) sur-
face-to-air guided missiles and long-range pilot-
less interceptors which can strike missiles and
piloted and pilotless flying craft....
74. Marshal V.D. Sokolovsky and Major General M. Chere-
dnichenko in Krasnaya Zvezda, 25 and 28 August 1964:
The level of development of antimissile means
is now such as to enable us to pose and success-
fully solve such complicated tasks as the destruc-
tion of attacking enemy ballistic missiles.
The actions of the country's antimissile and anti-
aircraft troops for defense of. the country and
its armed forces against enemy nuclear strikes
will become one of. the main types of action in
a nuclear-rocket war....
Modern means of detection and warning ensure the
timely striking of a powerful nuclear counter-
blow, the reliable repulsion of an enemy surprise
attack, and the wrecking of his criminal schemes....
It is necessary to reckon with the constantly in-
creasing possibilities of antimissile defense.
McNamara stated at a Senate committee session
that the US intercontinental missile must be
fired in salvos to overcome the enemy's defense
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against air attacks and that a great number of
missiles must be launched simultaneously, but
the Soviet Union is capable of releasing a no-
less-powerful salvo of its own strategic mis-
siles, and more than a single one to return the
salvo of an aggressor's strategic rockets....
The actions of the troops of the antiaircraft
and antimissile defense will be of great sig-
nificance for achieving the war aims ...the ac-
tive antimissile forces and means which inter-
cept and destroy ballistic missiles in various
sectors of their trajectories will come into
operation. Even now the development level of
antimissile means makes it possible to pose and
successfully solve complex problems, such as
the destruction of the enemy's attacking ballistic
missiles.
75. Major General N. Talensky in Mezhdunarodnaya Zhizn,
No. 10, October 1964:
It has frequently happened in history that a new
type of weapon was more effective in its initial
stages of employment than later, because as the
new means of attack were developed and accepted,
new means of combating them were also developed.
Every efficiently designed military weapons sys-
tem tends to be a harmonious combination of the
means of attack and the means of defense or a
combination of offensive and defensive armament.
This law-governed element is also evident in the
age of missile and nuclear weapons, Certainly,
the nature of any possible armed conflict has
changed radically, but the law-governed principles
in the march for reliable defense against a nu-
clear-missile attack continue to be in full ef-
fect, and antimissile systems will play an im-
portant role in this.
It is completely obvious that the creation of
an effective antimissile defense merely serves
to build up the security of the peace-loving,
nonaggressive country; the fact that it has a
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combination of antimissile means and effective
nuclear-missile forces facilitates to a degree
the. task of containing a potential aggressor,
ensuring its own security, and maintaining a
stable world peace. A country not willing to
abandon. its aggressive policy will naturally not
be. too happy about such a state of affairs.
The. creation of an effective antimissile system
has other enormous advantages. After all, when
the security of a state is based solely on mu-
tual'deterrence with the aid of powerful missile
andnuclear means, it is directly dependent on
the good will and designs of the other side,
and'.this is a highly subjective and indefinite.
factor.
76. Colonels D. Pavlevich and I. Poznyak in Kommunist
Voory.zhennykh Sil, No. 20, October 1964:
The PVO troops defend the most important targets
of the country and troops concentrations from
enemy aerial attack. The appearance of nuclear
weapons, ballistic and cruise-type missiles,
and space weapons has required that air defense
now be not only antiaircraft, but primarily
antimissile....
The PVO troops of our country, in coordination
with the air defense means of the Ground Troops,
Navy, and also the armies of the Warsaw Treaty
Forces, can reliably defend the territory of
the countries of the socialist camp from any
means of air and space attack.
The PVO Strany troops consist of air defense mis-
sile troops, rocket-carrying aviation, radio-
technical troops, and special troops. Their com-
bat power is based on air defense missile troops
and rocket carrying fighter-interceptors-which
are qualitatively new service arms.
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77. Moscow Radio.report of parade, 7 November 1964:
Following the long-range pilotless. interceptors,
giant missiles moving across the square, still
more effective weapons of the antimissile de-
fense. They are able to destroy any ballistic
missiles of the aggressor at great distances
from the defended objects.
78. Major General N. Leontyev in Sovetsky Patriot, 18
November 1964:
Our strategic missiles are distinguished by
modern guidance systems. The accuracy and per-
fection of the guidance system and their great
altitude and flight speed make, our strategic mis-
siles resistless. Presently existing ant~air-
craft and antimissile defense systems cannot with-
stand our missiles. No matter how strong the
defense, our strategic missiles will irrevocably
reach their intended targets....
79. Marshal N. I. Krylov in Pravda, 19 November 1964:
In the USSR, the problem of intercepting an
enemy's missile in flight has been successfully
solved, effective means have been found for de-
stroying any means of air or space attack by
an aggressor.
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80. Marshal N. I. Krylov in Pravda Vostoka, 16
January 1965:
I think that there are no existing air
defense or antimissile defense systems
which can resist our missile-nuclear
strikes. No matter how strong the de-
fense, our strategic missiles will ir-
revocably reach their intended targets.
.81. Marshal V. D. Sokolovsky at press conference,
Moscow Radio, 17 February 1965:
The troops of the country's air defense
can surely defeat an aggressor's means
of air attack at great ranges, at a wide
range of altitudes, and airspeeds. We
have also successfully solved the com-
plicated and exceptionally important prob-
lem of intercepting and destroying enemy
missiles in flight.
82. Colonel A. Chelin in Krasnaya Zvezda, 20 Febru-
ary 1965:
It is no secret to anyone that since the
time the U-2 plane was shot down there
have been considerable quantitative and
qualitative changes in the air defense
system of the Soviet Union. The air de-
fense troops have been equipped with a
great quantity of new air defense systems
of guided missiles, long-range pilotless
interceptors, and supersonic all-weather
rocket-carrying interceptors. These
means are capable of destroying any tar-
get in the air.
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83. Marshal M. V. Zakharov, Moscow Radio, 21 Feb-
ruary 1965:
The Soviet Army has antimissile weapons,
supersonic and rocket carrying aircraft,
and a nuclear-powered submarine fleet
fitted with ballistic and target-seeking
missiles.
84. Marshal N. I. Krylov, Moscow Radio, 22.Feb-
ruary 1965:
The features of the country's air de-
fense are now determined by surface-to-
air missile forces, a rocket-carrying air
force, and radio-technical and special
forces which can reliably strike at the
means of an aggressor's outer space and
aerial attack at great distances over
the entire range of the altitudes and
speeds of their flights.
85. Marshal R. Ya. Malinovsky, Moscow Radio, 22
February 1965:
In Red Square we saw new strategic mis-
siles,.surface-to-air missiles which can
destroy air targets at the lowest and at
great heights regardless of the time of
year, day, meteorological conditions and
radio interferences, air defense missiles
capable of destroying any ballistic mis-
siles or an aggressor at an immense dis-
tance from the installations defended,
and also submarine missiles charged with
highly effective fuel and firing fault-
lessly from an-underwater position.
86. Marshal R. Ya. Malinovsky in Pravda, 23 Feb-
ruary 1965:
The air defense forces are being constantly
perfected. Their armament and organization
have been radically changed to comply fully
with modern demands. The air defense forces
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have mastered new methods of destroying
air targets at great distances from the
objects to be protected. In the Soviet
Union the complex and extremely important
problem of'destroying any enemy missile in
flight has-been solved.
87. Army General P.. F. Batitskiy in Krasnaya
Zvezda, 2 March.1965:
The antimissile missile forces have achieved
some successes in combat training and have
completely eliminated failures of equipment
resulting from negligence of specialists
servicing the radio electronic, power equip-
ment, and the systems controlling the missile
launchings.,
88. Colonel General of Aviation G. Zimin in Krasnaya
Zvezda, 3 March 1965:
However,. my purpose here is to discuss the
future of the antiaircraft defense, whose
mission is to destroy enemy aircraft and
cruise missiles which may appear in the air-
space over our country. Could it be retained?
Has the time come for us to concentrate all
of our efforts on the development and perfec-
tion of an antimissile defense system? Analy-
sis of the. development of aerial attack weap-
ons shows strikingly that the era of antiair-
craft defense is far from being over.
The conclusion can be drawn from the speeches
of US officials, including those of Secretary
of Defense McNamara, that in the next few
years the US will not turn away from the use
of bombers as strategic weapons. Not long
ago,. when General Mc Connell was named to
the post of chief of staff of the US Air
Force, he said: "I believe that piloted bomb-
ers are still fulfilling an important role
in our strategic forces." However, there is
much that is new in antiaircraft defense.
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The US military circles are currently speeding
up the development of long-range bombers and
cruise-type. missiles which are capable of more
effectively penetrating an antiaircraft de-
fense than their predecessors. However, the
plans and calculations of the Pentagon are in
vain. The Soviet PVO Troops are sufficiently
equipped with perfected combat equipment which
permits them to destroy both piloted and pilot-
less means of attack successfully.
Marshal V. I. Chuykov in Moskovskaya Pravda, 16
March-1965:
The PVO Strany Troops can reliably destroy .
aerial attack weapons at great ranges and at
any altitude or flight speed. We have suc-
cessfully solved the complex and exceptionally
important problem of intercepting and destroy-
ing enemy rockets in flight.
90 Marshal of Aviation V. A. Sudets in Vestnik
Protivivozdushnoy Oborny, No. 5, May 1965:
Our Air Defense Troops have grown into a
formidable force capable of successfully com-
bating any means of air-space attack.
91. Marshal N. I. Krylov in TASS interview, 6 May 1965:
Soviet nuclear missile weapons possess un-
limited range and maximum destructive force.
Nuclear charges of tremendous power,. invulner-
able to modern means of antimissile defense,
can be delivered by strategic missiles to the
target with pinpoint accuracy.
92. TASS report of Red Square, 9 May 1965:
One could see guided ground-to-air missiles
of different types capable of destroying
planes and missiles at any altitude. No
offensive weapons can overcome this protec-
tive barrage. Tractors hauled the latest giant
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antimissile missiles which can find and de-.
stroy intercontinental ballistic missiles and.
missiles from submarines long before they
reach their targets.
Huge cigar-like orbital rockets carried on
platforms several meters long crowned the
parade. They are similar to those which
had orbited the Vostok and Voskhod spaceships.
Their range of flight is unlimited and the
conceivable might of their nuclear warheads
is fantastic. The rockets of this class find
their targets literally from any direction
which makes them practically invincible to
antimissile defense.
93. Radio report of Leningrad parade, 9 May 1965:
There are armed transports carrying motorized
sharpshooters, exceptionally maneuverable
cross-country vehicles, artillery of various
systems and calibers, mortars, (howitzers), -
"Katyushas," rocket units, among them new
types of surface-to-air missiles, developed
to annihilate any moving target flying at
minimum or at high altitudes, antimissile
defense weapons, long-range interceptors
able to annihilate any contemporary air or
space targets.
94. Moscow Radio in English to the United Kingdom,
10 May 1965:
The documentary film "Missiles Guarding
Peace" was shown on Intervision on Sunday
night. Television viewers saw how strategic
missiles, the main striking, force of the So
viet Army, operate. They were also shown
the launching of intercontinental ballistic
missiles. These giant, cigar-shaped missiles
are unequaled in power. They are the type
that put the Vostok and Voskhod spaceships
into orbit. Soviet strategic missiles are
ready to be fired at any moment and under
any circumstances. Test launchings prove
the extreme accuracy of the weapons.
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The film also featured modern Soviet air de-
fense, based mainly on antimissile missiles..
They can be used to destroy the warheads of
enemy strategic missiles. Soviet air defense
includes a system of radar installations to
detect, identify, and track ballistic missiles.
Such radar centers are furnished with electronic
computers that in a matter of seconds supply
the precise information needed to operate anti-
missile defense equipment, including means
for guiding antimissile missiles. This makes
it possible to destroy enemy missiles at a
great distance from protected:-.targets. Sur-
face-to-air missiles with nuclear charges can
be used to destroy particularly important tar-
gets, such as enemy nuclear weapons carriers.
One film sequence shows how several enemy
planes were annihilated by a nuclear blast'.in
the air produced by one missile.
95. Major General A. M. Cherednichenko in Za Rubezhom,
No. 23, 4-10 June 1965:
At the parade on victory day, we demonstrated
orbital missiles capable of carrying charges
of any size, intercontinental solid-fuel mis-
siles which can be maintained at the launch-
ing pads in constant high readiness, new
naval rocketswith a range of over 1,000 kilo-
meters, and new rockets for antimissile de
fense. They remind the American strategists,
who regard their Minuteman and Polaris mis-
siles as "absolute weapons" and who boast
of the imaginary "superiority" of the Ameri-
can nuclear forces, that in the case of a nu-
clear war unleashed by them nothing can save
the aggressor from a devastating retaliatory
blow. This is inexorable reality.
96. Colonel V. Datsenko, Engineer Colonel M. Mryakin,
and Captain 1st. Rank N. Izmaylov in Ogonek, No.
25, 20 June 1965:
Our country's air defense troops are equipped
with weapons capable of successfully combating
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any of the aggressor',s means of air and space
attack--his aircraft, cruise missiles, and
ballistic missiles. Our air defense missile
troops have missiles with not only conventional,
but.also nuclear warheads in their armament.
The...US...forced the Soviet Union to take
measures to protect the vital centers of the
country from possible nuclear-missile attack.
Antimissile defense. complexes that are able
to destroy all types of the potential aggres-
sor's missiles--ballistic, intercontinental,
and submarine-launched-Tare one of the reliable
means of this defense.
Antimissile defense complexes have special radar
stations for detecting and identifying the
warheads of enemy rockets ...and also various
types of antimissile missiles
The launch of an antimissile missile--a long-
range pilotless interceptor--is shown in
photograph 5. During combat,training firings
these antimissile missiles intercepted the
warheads of ballistic missiles flying at cos-
mic speeds with high precision.
The launch of another, more effective antimis
sile missile is shown in photograph 7. This
antimissile missile destroys warheads of bal-
istances from de-
fended objectives.
97. Text accompanying photographs of radar station and
launch of "antimissile missile," Krasnaya Zvezda,
10 August 1965:
The appearance of nuclear weapons that are un-
precedented in destruction power and ballistic
and cruise missiles of various purposes has
made it imperative that air defense be not
only antiaircraft, but above all antimissile.
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Soviet scientists have created reliable means
of combating enemy missiles. Recently, we suc-
ceeded in making further important steps which
sharply increased our antimissile defense.
An antimissile defense complex consists of power-
ful radar systems for distant early warning,
identification, and tracking of enemy warheads,
for guiding antimissile missiles to them, and
also installations for launching antimissiles.
Automated systems control the complex.
An enemy.missile is approaching a defended ob-
jective at an enormous altitude and at colos-
sal speed. But it is useless for the aggressor
to think that he can catch PVO Strany Troops
by surprise. Clever instruments, controlled
by experienced specialists, uninterruptedly
follow the flight of the missile. The complex
task of intercepting and destroying it is solved
automatically.
Now the encounter point has been calculated,
the target has entered the zone of destruction.
Launch! A Soviet antimissile missile--a long-
range pilotless interceptor--soars up like a
meteor.
Soon an explosion in the bottomless blue sky
testifies to the fact that the interception
has occurred. A missile has been destroyed by
a missile.
98. Marshal. of Aviation V. A. Sudets in Nedelya, No.
33, 8-14 August 1965:
Air defense is not now what was once meant by
this word. Actually, this is a powerful offensive
force. The personnel of our air defense are
prepared to eliminate the enemy at any moment
over our territory or in proximity to it--in
",distant proximity." Our air defense is a com-
plex and diversified organism, combining anti-
missile, antispace, and antiaircraft defenses.
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The latter, for its part, includes various de-
fense troops. Surface-to-air missile units
and formations constitute the basis; the first
missile they fire can eliminate any aerodynamic
flying apparatus. This has been proved practically
and not only on firing ranges.
Missile carrying fighter-interceptors are in ef-
fect airborne missile-launching positions. Now
these missiles can destroy any flying apparatus
at all altitudes.
Radio troops have at their disposal complex and
advanced electronic units. These ensure the
reconnaissance, detection, and tracking of tar-
gets (including small targets) at all altitudes
and over large distances (for thousands of
kilometers). Their important feature is that,
in contrast to any other arm or service, the
air defense units are alerted for high combat
readiness all around the clock.
It has become known that there are planes which
approach the targets at immense speeds at low
altitudes: 300, 100, or even 50 meters. It is
very difficult to detect a plane at such altitudes
in due time. But let me repeat that we have
at our disposal adequate means which can detect
and destroy in due time any missiles of any
size at all altitudes including the lowest.
If a ballistic missile threatens our country
it will be intercepted by an antimissile missile.
Just as all our combat equipment, antimissile missiles.
are being improved all the time. Some new
types of antimissile missiles were demonstrated
during the parade of May 9th.
99. Marshal R. Ya. Malinovsky in Sovetskaya Armiya,
8' September 1965:
Thanks to unceasing concern by the Communist
Party, the Soviet Government, and the people,
powerful missile-nuclear weapons, atomic sub-
marines, supersonic rocket-carrying aircraft,
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the latest means of antiaircraft and antimissile
defense, modern tanks, vessels, and radio elec-
tronic devices now constitute the material and
technical basis of our army and navy.
100. Lieutenant General of Artillery M. A. Uvarov in
Krasnaya Zvezda, 18 November 1965:
During its history air defense technical equip-
ment has changed beyond recognition. On the
basis of the latest achievements of electronics,
radiotechnology, and aerodynamics Soviet designers
have built highly effective missile complexes
which are capable of destroying modern air tar-
gets at any altitude, day or night, and under
any meteorological conditions.
101. Text accompanying photograph of Griffon missile in
Krasnaya Zvezda, 3 December 1965:
What is done if an aggressor should strike at
a defended objective with a ballistic missile,
if, with cosmic speed a nuclear warhead rushed
toward it? To combat them our air defense troops
have long-range pilotless interceptors (which
are a) universal means of combating ballistic
and cruise missiles as well as aircraft. One
of these interceptors is ready for launching
(photo above left).
102. V. T. Surikov in Combat Employment of Missiles
(Boyevoye Primeneniye Raket), Moscow 1965:
The enemy may use cruise missiles of the air-
to-surface and surface-to-surface classes.
However, well-trained teams can successfully
knock down cruise missiles with...antiair-
craft missiles.
And so, antiaircraft missiles of the air de-
fense troops are an adequately effective means
which make it possible to combat successfully
piloted and unpiloted means of air attack.
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A high offensive spirit in missile units, rapid
destruction of his nuclear weapons serve as a
guarantee of preventing the enemy from deliver-
ing nuclear missile strikes, and of success in
many : battles....
The goal of antimissile defense (PRO) consists
of the destruction of enemy missiles in flight.
It is appropriate to note that the mission of
antimissile defense is the interception and de-
struction, first of all, of strategic and oper-
ational ballistic missiles, i.e., missiles hav-
ing a range of from several hundred to many
thousand kilometers.
The destruction of tactical ballistic missiles
is accomplished by other types of armed forces
which will destroy the enemy missile complexes
in the position areas. The antimissile defense
mission does not include the destruction of
cruise missiles. As was mentioned in the preced-
ing section cruise missiles are shot down using
antiaircraft missile complexes.
In addition-they (PRO) warn the government and
the armed forces of a nuclear missile strike
which has been begun....
In order to ensure the safety of the targets which
are being protected, the antimissiles must engage
the ballistic missile in the stratosphere or
ionosphere where the air density is negligible.
Because of the great altitude of engagement...
conventional explosives cannot cause serious
damage to the warheads of the ballistic missiles.
For destroying the warheads of ballistic missiles
it is considered most advantageous to use nuclear
charges which, upon exploding, cause intense
radiation and a powerful thermal'impulse.
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At the end of the 1950s in the Soviet Union there
had been developed a global missile with a practi-
cally unlimited range of flight which could strike
any military target on the earth if laid along
a trajectory not guarded by the enemy's antimis-
sile defense.
103. Major General K. Bocharev, Colonel I. Prusanov,
Colonel A. Babakov, The CPSU Program on the Defense
of the Socialist Fatherland, 19b5:
The basic efforts of the antiaircraft and anti-
missile troops will be directed at the disrup-
tion of an air and space attack-of the enemy,
that is, at the timely detection of his air-
craft and missiles and their destruction before
reaching the most important centers of the coun-
try....
It would be a great mistake not to consider the
possibility that space means of attack may turn
up in the hands of the imperialists. The in-
terests of the security of our country and of
other socialist countries require a thorough
study of all aspects of the problems connected
with the organization of antispace defense,
with the elaboration of effective methods of
combating the space strategy of the aggressor.
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104. Colonel S. Krupnov in Krasnaya Zvezda, 7 January 1966:
It is natural that the missile-nuclear weapons
have also brought to life such completely new
methods of military operations as antimissile
operations. Operations of the air defense troops
are also being organized in a different manner.
There have also been drastic changes in the com-
bat methods of the air forces and the navy. And,
finally, a possible missile - nuclear war is
fraught with the danger of an armed struggle in
the cosmos....
105. Marshal M. V. Zakharov in Sovetskaya Rossiya, 20 Feb-
ruary 1966:
Our party takes particular care of antiaircraft
and antimissile defense troops. Surface-to-air
rockets, fighter-interceptors, and radio techni-
cal means--all this, of course, is first-class
equipment.
106. Marshal R. Ya. Malinovsky in Narodna Armiya, 22 Feb
ruary 1966:
Defense against the enemy's nuclear attack is
vigilantly implemented by the country's air de-
fense troops. Today these troops' basic weap-
ons are surface-to-air missiles, new types of
fighter-interceptors, and modern radio-technical
means of detection and guidance. Having solved
the problem of destroying ballistic missiles in
flight, the country's air defense troops now
possess everything necessary to repel and wreck
enemy blows from the air at distant approaches
to defended objectives.
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107. Marshal M. V. Zakharov in Izvestia, 23 February 1966:
The troops of the country's antiaircraft and anti-
missile defense are always ready to meet the en-
emy. Surface-to-air missiles, fighter-interceptors,
and complicated radiotechnical means have such com-
bat qualifications as allow the fulfillment of any
task under any meteorological conditions, day or
night.
108. Marshal M. V. Zakharov in Tekhnika i Vooruzheniye,
No. 4, April 1966:
The antiaircraft and antimissile defense troops
are a reliable shield for the Motherland. They
are able to destroy any aircraft and many types
of'enemy missiles. Their basic weapons include
new, highly effective surface-to-air missile sys-
tems and interceptor complexes.
109. Marshal Malinovsky in speech to 23d CPSU Congress,
Krasnaya Zvezda, 2 April 1966:
New, highly effective surface-to-air missile sys-
tems and aviation complexes of interceptor air-
craft have been worked out and adopted for arma-
ment. Our air defense means assure the reliable
destruction of any aircraft and many enemy rock-
ets. The long-range air force has been qualita-
tively changed. A considerable section of fleets
of military aircraft--frontline, naval, rocket-
carrying, and particularly military transport--
has been renovated.
Calmly and confidently we are guarding the peace-
ful toil of our people, especially now that the
construction of our blue belt of defense has been
completed. In any event, let there be no doubts
that should the imperialists attempt to unleash
war against the Soviet Union and other socialist
states, our blow will prove to be devastating to
the organizers of war.
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110. Marshal of Aviation V. A. Sudets in Sovetskaya Ros-
siya, 19 April 1966:
All this enhances the responsibility of our air
defense troops. Their task consists of prevent-
ing the breakthrough of enemy means of air and
space attack--in case of an imperialist attempt
at unleashing a war--to the protected areas, ob-
jectives, and troop groupings, and of thus en-
suring the viability of the state and the capa-
bility of other branches of the armed forces to
deal devastating strikes against the enemy.
Owing to the constant concern of the party and the
tremendous achievements of our people in the de-
velopment of the economy, science, and technology,
radically and genuinely revolutionary changes
have taken place in all branches of the armed
forces, including the air defense troops. Complex
military technical problems have been solved by
the efforts of gifted scientists, engineers, tech-
nicians and industrial workers. Models of our
missiles were put on display at the 1964 and 1965
military parades. They are capable of destroying
enemy means of air and space attack at any alti-
tude and at great distances from protected areas
and objectives.
The air defense troops are equipped with the most
modern surface-to-air missile systems, rocket-
carrying fighter-interceptors, and highly per-
fected radioelectronic equipment. The surface-
to-air systems'make it possible to destroy all
means of air attack at all altitudes and flight
speeds regardless of the time of day, meteorologi-
cal conditions or radio jamming, and the employ-
ment of nuclear charges further increases the
combat efficiency of our troops.
111. Marshal R. Ya. Malinovsky in speech to men of Buda-
pest Garrison, Hungary; Budapest MTI, 22 April 1966-
We have regularized for the air defense troops a
new type of antimissile air defense system, as
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well as complexes for intercepting fighter air-
craft. Our means of air defense assure the cer-
tain annihilation of any hostile aircraft and
many rockets.
112. Marshal R. Ya. Malinovsky in Nepszabadsag, Budapest,
23 April 1966:
We have created and introduced new and highly ef-
fective air defense missile systems and systems
of interceptor aircraft. Our air defense capa-
bilities can be relied on to ensure the destruc-
tion of any kind of hostile aircraft and various
missiles.
113. Marshal of Aviation V. A. Sudets in Vestnik Protivo-
vozdushnoy Oborony, No. 5, May 1966:
The Communist Party and the Soviet Government have
shown and continue to show constant concern for
the further strengthening of the defensive capacity
of the country's air defense troops, which are on
the front line of the defense of the Fatherland
against the encroachment of imperialists. New,
highly effective surface-to-air missile systems
and aviation complexes of aircraft-interceptors
have been developed and put into service. At
present, air defense means ensure the reliable
destruction of any aircraft and many missiles of
the enemy.
114. Report of May Day parade in Moscow, Moscow Radio,
1 May 1966:
Guards banners flutter over Red Square. We see
highly mobile air defense weapons of the ground
troops, designed to cover our troops from enemy
attacks from the air when either stationary or
moving. The missile weapons of the air defense
forces of the country pass through the square.
Their high fighting qualities ensure the reliable
defense of our homeland from air or space attack.
Surface-to-air missiles of various types pass by.
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Such missiles can with great accuracy hit all types
of modern flying craft at all altitudes and speeds.
Clever radio-electronic devices accurately guide
the antimissile missiles to their targets, even
if they maneuver or use radio interference as a
cover.
On the square in special containers are mighty anti-
missile missiles. At a signal from an early warning
radar station, these antimissile missiles are able,
at great distance from the objectives being covered,
to destroy the nuclear warheads of the aggressor's
ballistic missiles. Recently, it has been possible
to take further important steps which have sharply
increased the effectiveness of antimissile defense.
115. Colonel General of Aviation S. Grechko, Moscow Radio,
7 May 1966:
Soviet surface-to-air missiles can destroy targets
at any time of day or night and in any weather.
They reliably protect the Soviet capital and the
entire country from air and space attack. If the
enemy resorts to maneuvering or jamming during the
flight, the missiles will nevertheless hit the tar-
get. Our powerful antimissile missiles have been
shown more than once at holiday military parades
in Moscow. They are steadily being improved.
116. Colonel General of Aviation S. N. Grechko in Sovet-
skaya Litva, 9 May 1966:
Simultaneously with the improvement of aviation,
ballistic missiles entered the arsenal of the
armies of a number of countries. They became the
main means of air-space attack. Therefore, in the
event that aggressors unleash a war, the primary
task of the air defense troops will be to prevent
enemy planes and missiles from entering into pro-
tected zones.
It is clear that this can be done by having not
the former antiaircraft artillery, but new, modern
weapons. We have them.
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The revolutionary transformations in military af-
fairs which have occurred in the past years have
affected the air defense troops first of all and
perhaps especially fully. During these transforma-
tions our units received new air defense weapons--
guided surface-to-air missiles, new rocket-carrying
interceptor aircraft systems, and modern radar equip-
ment for battle against enemy jet aircraft and mis-
siles.
Surface-to-air missiles have a powerful combat charge
and great firing accuracy. They are able to destroy
air and space targets at any time of the day or night
and in any weather. Even if the enemy resorts to
maneuvering or jamming during the flight, the mis-
sile will nevertheless hit the target. Our power-
ful antimissile missiles, together with other equip-
ment of the air defense troops have often been seen.
The antimissile missile systems are always on guard
and reliably protect the Soviet capital and the en-
tire country from air and space attacks.
117. Lt. Col. Derevyanko in Krasnaya Zvezda, 2 June 1966:
The maneuvering capability and mobility of the
ground forces has become greater. The extent of
the protective armor for personnel against the de-
structive effects of nuclear weapons has substan-
tially increased. Soviet tanks have become even
mightier and more powerful. Air defense forces have
received new surface-to-air missile and aviation
complexes reliably assuring the destruction of any
hostile aircraft and many of their missiles.
118. Krasnaya Zvezda editorial, 13 July 1966:
Air defense combat power is based on qualitatively
new branches of troops--the air defense missile
troops and the rocket-carrying fighter-interceptors.
The Communist Party and the Soviet Government are
showing great concern for strengthening the combat
power of our armed forces and, in particular, for
improving the antiaircraft and antimissile defense
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of the country. Perfected weapons and equipment are
in the armament of surface-4co-air missile, aviation,
radiotechnical, and rear services units and organs
of combat control. Recently, new highly effective
surface-to-air missile systems and aviation systems
of interceptor-aircraft were developed and acquired
as armament. Our air-defense means ensure the re-
liable detection and destruction of an air enemy at
distant approaches'to protected targets.
119. Colonel I. A. Slukhay in Vestnik Protivovozdushnoy O.bo-
rony, No. 11, November 1966:
Modern means of air-space attack pose new, very dif-
ficult problems for the air defense. The appearance
of nuclear weapons of unprecedented power and bal-
listic and cruise missiles of various types requires
that a modern air defense be not only an antiaircraft
defense, but first of all an antimissile defense.
Thanks to the constant concern of the Communist Party
and the Soviet Government for strengthening the de-
fensive capability of the country, reliable means of
combating enemy missiles have been developed. Now
our air defense troops, in cooperation with the air
defense forces and means of the ground troops, navy,
and the armies of the Warsaw Pact countries, can suc-
cessfully carry out their main mission--the reliable
protection of the territory of socialist countries
against nuclear strikes and against any enemy'means
of-air-space attack.
The basis of the combat might of our country'.s air
defense troops is qualitatively new service arms--
surface-to-air missile troops and missile-carrying
fighter-interceptors. The combat capabilities of
the weapons of these troops make it possible to hit
all present-day means of air-space attack at maximum
distances, at low and high altitudes and at super-
sonic flight speeds. Their effectiveness is not de-
pendent on the time of day or season, weather con-
ditions, and radio interference.
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120. Report of 7 November parade in Moscow, Moscow Radio,
7 November 1966:
The final stage of the parade is at hand. missile
troops have entered Red Square. The first to drive
past are silvery twin arrows, aimed skywards. These
are ground-to-air type missiles of the air defense
troops. The twin missiles are followed by single
air defense missiles of various lengths and with
fins on mobile launching pads. They are of a much
larger caliber than the twin missiles.
The formidable antimissile missiles form a new class
of air defense. They are designed for the destruc-
tion of the aggressor's ballistic missiles at a
great distance from the defended target. Our men
of the missile troops are on a keen lookout in main-
taining the peace of the native skies.
121. Report of 7 November parade in Moscow, Moscow Radio,
7 November 1966:
Tanks, large guns, and surface-to-air missiles
capable of destroying any modern flying apparatus
at any height and in any weather filed past the
mausoleum. The guests saw the tube-encased anti-
missile missiles which can destroy an aggressor's
ballistic missiles notwithstanding weather and radio
interference. Also shown were powerful interconti-
nental ballistic missiles, including some on self-
propelled launching platforms, and three-stage inter-
continental launching facilities. The 40-minute
parade ended with the passage of giant orbital mis-
siles of unlimited range....
122. Marshal of Artillery K. P. Kazakov, Moscow Radio, 18 No-
vember 1966:.
Modern guided rockets, air-to-ground and air-to-air,
equip the air force. Effective missile interceptors
of enemy nuclear carriers are among the equipment
of the country's air defense troops.
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123. Lt. Gen. M. Uvarov in Krasnaya Zvezda, 18 November 1966:
During the postwar years, thanks to the constant con-
cern of the party central committee and the Soviet
Government, the PVO Troops have been developed fur-
ther. The armament of our troop units has changed
beyond recognition during this time. On the basis
of the newest achievements in science and technology,
Soviet scientists, designers, engineers, and workers
have created complexes which are capable of detect-
ing and destroying aerial targets at any altitude,
day or night, in any meteorological conditions.
The PVO Troops stand on the main line of defense of
the Motherland, and are based on the air defense mis-
sile troops. Despite their short period of existence,
they have become a formidable combat force. In the
armament of the air defense missile troops are the
most modern means of combat which permit the suc-
cessful execution of any task in defending our air
boundaries. They are capable of destroying manned
and unmanned means of attack.
During this training year, the servicemen of the
air defense missile troops have successfully mas-
tered methods of firing at targets which fly at all
altitudes, in conditions of various types of inter-
ference. Much experience has also been accumulated
in destroying enemy targets at distant approaches to
defended objectives. This year, the majority of
troop units have conducted combat firing exercises
with ratings of "outstanding" and "good." It is
important to note that a large portion of the firing
exercises were conducted in complex air and radiolog-
ical conditions....
124. Col. Gen. V. F. Tolubko in Sovetskaya Litva, 19 Novem-
ber 1966:
The combat might of the PVO Strany Troops is based
on the air defense missile forces and missile-carry-
ing fighters. Surface-to-air missiles have ground
control guidance which allows the missile to be ac-
curately aimed at the target, consequently, for the
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target's destruction. Long-range missile-carrying
fighter interceptors can destroy any enemy planes
or cruise missiles at any altitude, at any flight
speed.
125. Colonel General N. G. Tsyganov in booklet Air Defense
Troops, DOSAAF Publishing House, 1966:
Air defense troops must ensure the intercept and
destruction not only of piloted aircraft, but also
of ballistic missiles and various space apparatus.
In other words, the present-day air defense must be
not only an antiaircraft defense, but also an anti-
missile and antispace defense.
Surface-to-air missile troops are the basis of our
active means of air defense, having in their arsenal
missile complexes of various types. These weapons
have great effectiveness and can successfully de-
stroy all types of modern aircraft and cruise mis-
siles at high and low altitudes and at supersonic
speeds at any time of the day and in any weather....
Now our surface-to-air missile troops have even more
powerful weapons systems (more powerful than the
system which shot down the U-2 in 1960)--long-range
surface-to-air missiles which can with confidence
destroy aircraft and other means of air attack at
great distances from the objectives (being defended).
126. Marshal Malinovsky in Kommunist, January 1967:
In recent years, through the heroic labor of our
workers, engineers, designers and scientists, a
number of principally new types of missile armament
have been developed, a whole new complex of various
strategic means of warfare has been put into opera-
tion, and many new, mobile launchers have been
built....
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The combat capabilities of the country's air defense
troops have increased. New, highly effective
surface-to-air missile systems and aviation com-
plexes of interceptor aircraft have been developed
and put into service. Air defense troops are capa-
ble of reliably covering the country's territory
against enemy means of air attack.
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Khrushchev "claimed success in development of anti-
missile missile(s), but admitted enough missiles
would get through to cause serious damage.
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16. Marshal M. V,. Zakharov in conversation with US Army
atta h'
US Army attache opened ABM subject by asking
Zakharov if there were any truth to current press
reports about Soviet deployment of the ABM system.
Zakharov asked if we did not listen to the announcers'
statements during the parades to the effect that
certain missiles are ABM types. He then stated that
ABMs had been shown for the last couple of years.
When the US Army attache stated that this did not
necessarily indicate deployment, he said that the
Soviets are in the process of deploying the ABM
system. Then, without turning, he said that an ABM
system is similar to any defense system in that it
can be overcome to some extent. He concluded with
the statement that the current status of offensive
missiles in both the United States and the Soviet
Union means that neither side can fully ensure it-
self against nuclear attack; thus, neither side can
seriously consider attacking the other since each
can destroy the other.
17. Fleet Admiral V. A. Kasatonov in conversation with US
Army attache Moscow, 6 December
If press reports can be believed, US and Soviet
thinking are now going divergent ways since the US
continues to press forward with offensive missiles,
especially the Poseidon, while the Soviets are going
ahead with an ABM system deployment.
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At the 26 January 1967 Indian National Day reception
the US Army attache (ARMA) talked with Major General
of Aviation Chernyshev. The latter is executive of-
ficer for Marshal Zahkarov. He states that he was
also executive officer for Bi'ryuzov. during the latter's
six years as Commander-in-Chief of PVO and four years
as Chief of General Staff.
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18. Army General P. I. Batov in conversation with US Arm
attache Moscow, 6 January 196
In response to the US Army attache's question re-
garding Soviet high command views on the ABM sys-
tem, Batov said it is unanimous in the belief that
the ABM system is essential to Soviet security.
The high command made a go-ahead recommendation to
Malinovsky three or four years ago. He, in turn,
made a recommendation to the party and government.
Batov said that the military has the duty to pro-
tect the people of the Soviet Union to the greatest
extent possible. Thus, while no ABM system pro-
vides complete protection, it does make the enemy's
task more difficult and guarantees that some por-
tion of the Soviet retaliatory system will survive.
The deployment of ABMs is presently progressing at
a satisfactory rate.
20. Major General Chernyshev in conversation with US Army at-
t ache Moscow, 26 January 1967 F_
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After the exchange. of pleasantries, ARMA introduced
the ABM subject by mentioning the President's hopes
to avoid.an arms race by reaching an agreement with
the Soviets on the ABM system. ARMA then led into
a query as to Chernyshev's views on the possibility
of such an agreement.
Chernyshev stated: "In my opinion there can hardly
be any agreement on this question." ARMA asked why.
Chernyshev said: "Because deployment of our ABM sys-
tem has been in progress for 2-3 years and it is well
advanced by now."
ARMS, countered this with the statement that the Pres-
ident',s speech indicated that the deployment was con-
fined to Moscow. Chernyshev then asked: "You and
your assistants travel around the country, don't you?",
ARMA answered: "Yes, to the extent that General Baslov
lets us, but this really covers a very small portion
of,the Soviet Union. Even so we never see any ABMs.
For example, I was in Leningrad a few days ago and
certainly didn't see any." Chernyshev answered:
"Well, you could have."
ARMA then asked: "Did Chernyshev wish to say that
the Soviets had ABMs all over the country?" Chernyshev
by this time was becoming uncomfortable and said:
"Perhaps. the political people can reach some agree-
ment,. but I don't think so. We started some time ago
to deploy our ABMs. We in the military have the re-
sponsibility to do what we can to defend the country."
ARMA then asked if the Soviet system was. similar to
the US Nike-Sprint concept. For example, in November
1962-63,,the Soviets displayed a large missile which
was. claimed to be an ABM. U.S. analysts thought it
was just an improved SAM since it was similar to pre-
vious SAMs but probably had a longer range. Chernyshev
stated: "It's hard to say. One loses track of the
various missiles with the passage of time." ARMA then
described-Griftoll as a very large two-stage missile ,
which follows the SAM missiles in the parade. Che.rny-
shev stated: "Well, sometimes it pays to be cunning."
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ARMA asked: "Then perhaps you are deceiving the US
with the giant cigar-like missile which you claim is
an ABM.". Chernyshev said" "No, we do have an ABM."
ARMA then asked if the increased Soviet budget re-
flected the high cost of deploying the ABM system.
Chernyshev by this time was visibly nervous and
broke off the conversation by shaking hands and
pleading the necessity to depart.
COMMENTS: Chernyshev has in the past been a reliable
source. For example, he gave a two-week advance
notice of the lifting of the Penkovsky papers travel
standdown. His position certainly gives him access
to ABM information, as would his previous post as
executive officer to the Commander-in-Chief of PVO.
He seemed sincere. He certainly became increasingly
uncomfortable as questions continued. He looked
around several times to see who was behind him. When
he broke off the conversation it appeared that he was
actually perspiring. He did not enjoy the conversa-
tion and. he definitely did not take the opportunity
to deliver bombastic boasts. In any case, Chernyshev
was certainly attempting to indicate that deployment
is under way and that the Moscow and Leningrad areas
are covered. It was equally obvious that. -~ changed
the subject when the question about the rerc.finder of
the country was asked. ARMA was unable to decide
whether Chernyshev had by this time decided that the
topic was too sensitive or whether he was unwilling
to indicate that deployment has not gone beyond Mos-
cow and Leningrad. His statement on the responsibility
of the military to do what they can to defend the coun-
try is consistent with earlier words by Batov. Indian
receptions are always "dry" ones so that Chernyshev
and ARMA had drunk only juice.
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