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US Assessment of Soviet Strategic Forces

5 Dec 1983
Description: This document summarizes the results of a US government assessment of the Soviet strategic weapons potential. It was prepared by the East German Staatssicherheit (Stasi) intelligence agency. The US expects the development of mobile intercontinental ballistic missiles with increased precision, of cruise missiles, and of strategic bombers. According to US sources, the Soviet Union has 19 divisional complexes with intercontinental ballistic missiles, amounting to 1,400 missiles in underground armored silos with 7,400 warheads. Further details are given for the strategic submarine forces, intermediate-range missiles, cruise missiles, and strategic bombers.

Collection: Stasi Intelligence

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  • German (128 KB )
Document Type: Document
Origin (Agency): Ministerium für Staatssicherheit, GDR
Language of Original Document: German
Number of Pages: 4
Cold War Period: 1980s
Document Source: Federal Commissioner for the Records of the National Security Service of the Former Democratic Republic (BStU), Berlin
Call Number: ZA, HVA, 27, 165-168

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