CIA • 1972

SOVIET CAPABILITIES TO COUNTER US AIRCRAFT CARRIERS

Approved for Release: 2017/06/14 C05512849 APPROVED FOR RELEASE CIA HISTORICAL RELEASE PROGRAM ,JUNE 2017 DIRECTORATE OF IN Intelligence Report AR 70-14 Soviet Capabilities to Counter US Aircraft Carriers Approved for Release: 2017/06/14 C05512849 fr$1,t,ttf. -TorSeepEat, SR IR 72-10 May 1972 Copy N2 63 Approved for Release: 2017/06/14 C05512849 77714?!-+44.14-1L1L CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Directorate of Intelligence May 1972 INTELLIGENCE REPORT Soviet Capabilities to Counter US Aircraft Carriers Introduction Major elements of the Soviet naval forces are designed specifically to counter the aircraft car- rier. The Soviets began to develop their anticarrier forces in the mid-Fifties, when the nuclear-armed aircraft based on US carriers became a potential threat to the Soviet homeland...