CIA • 1978

INTEL REPORT ROLE OF INTERDICTION AT SEA

Approved for Release: 2017/06/16 C05390331 APPROVED FOR RELEASE CIA HISTORICAL RELEASE PROGRAM JUNE 2017 Approved for Release: 2017/06/16 C05390331 NR Approved for Release: 2017/06/16 C05390331 Approved for Release: 2017/06/16 C05390331 (b)(3) APPROVED FOR RELEASE CIA HISTORICAL RELEASE PROGRAM JUNE 2017 Approved for Release: 2017/06/16 C05390331 Intelligence Report The Role of Interdiction at Sea in Soviet Naval Strategy and Operations TC)1S.QET7 February_ 1978_ _ Copy No. ,??7 Approved for Release: 2017/06/16 C05390331 AR 70-14 Approved for Release: 2017/06/16 C05390331 TO1ECRET1 al February 1978 The Role of Interdiction at Sea in Soviet Naval Strategy and Operations Key Judgments This report assesses the level of resources the Soviets are likely to assign to attacks on merchant shipping in a war with NATO. It also assesses the Soviets' capabilities for such interdiction irre- spective of their iiiifiaitifiT:---WaTOI---fin-dings of this ?study are: --The Soviet Navy has three principal missions-- strategic strike, antisubmarine warfare, and anticarrier warfare--to which it would allocate the majority of its forces in wartime...