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Soviet Strategy and the Objectives of Their Naval Presence in the Mediterranean
September 1, 1982
This paper examines the policies that have guided the Soviets in establishing and exploiting their Mediterranean naval presence, identifies the indications that these policies may be changing, and forecasts the effects that these possible policy changes may have.
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Superpower Naval Crisis Management in the Mediterranean
September 1, 1981
This paper analyzes the role of the U.S. and the USSR in recent Mediterranean crises and estimates ability of the U.S. Navy to continue to fulfill its crisis role there in the future.
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THIRD WORLD MILITARY ELITES IN SOVIET PERSPECTIVE
February 1, 1981
This report discusses the Soviet trend of regarding the 'antiimperialist bonapartism' of third world military elites as 'progressive social development.' It highlights the dissenting views of the Soviet scholar Mirskiy.
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CHANGES IN SOVIET NAVAL FORCES
February 1, 1981

This paper discusses the changes in Soviet naval forces drawing on a book by Admiral Sergei Gorshkov and articles originally published in Morskoi sbornik.

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PORT VISITS AND THE 'INTERNATIONALIST MISSION' OF THE SOVIET NAVY
February 1, 1981
This paper provides a brief summary of the level of the Soviet port visit effort through 1974 and then a composite of the typical Soviet port call by visit type is discussed. Inferences are drawn about the larger objectives of this activity.
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ROLES AND MISSIONS OF SOVIET NAVAL GENERAL PURPOSE FORCES IN WARTIME: PRO SSBN OPERATIONS?
February 1, 1981
This paper deals with the relationship between general purpose forces force levels and capabilities and the nuclear powered ballistic missile submarine security issue from the Soviet point of view.
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THE US NAVY IN THE PACIFIC: PAST, PRESENT, AND GLIMPSES OF THE FUTURE
February 1, 1981
This paper emphasizes that U.S. military presence in the Pacific has not changed in its fundamental intent over the past years.
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MILITARY POLITICAL TASKS OF THE SOVIET NAVY IN WAR AND PEACE
February 1, 1981
This paper presents an analysis of a series of eleven articles by Fleet Admiral of the Soviet Union S.G. Gorshkov. The position is taken that the articles reflect a Soviet political decision to withhold a substantial portion of their submarine launched ballistic missiles from the initial strikes in order to carry out 'deterrence' in war, conduct intra-war bargaining, and influence the peace talks at the end of the war.
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FRENCH NAVAL POLICY OUTSIDE OF EUROPE
February 1, 1981
This paper provides a detailed discussion on the concept of 'indirect strategy' and how this concept has affected French deterrence theory.
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STRATEGY AND MISSIONS OF THE SOVIET NAVY IN THE YEAR 2000
February 1, 1981

This paper discusses Soviet Naval policy and trends since the 1980's in order to extrapolate strategy and missions for the year 2000.

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