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A Possible Change in Soviet Views on the Prospects for Anti-Submarine Warfare
January 1, 1985
Provides an overview of an apparent shift in Soviet views on the future potential for combating submarines.
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U.S. Declaratory Policy on Soviet SSBN Security: 1970 to 1985
October 1, 1984
U.S. defense officials have often said that the Soviet Union expects Western Antisubmarine Warfare (ASW) forces to attack its Ballistic Missile Submarines (SSBNs) and thus is prepared to defend them in war. These Soviet expectations may have been encouraged by U.S. declaratory policy on the subject--that is, the totality of official and other authoritative statements on strategic doctrine and policy, ASW technology and programs from which Soviet observers reach conclusions about U.S. intentions. This paper reviews U.S. declaratory policy between 1970 and 1985 to determine specifically what that policy has been and then to infer what it has probably meant to the Soviets. It concludes that throughout this period official U.S. declaratory policy has implied an intent to engage in strategic ASW and that the Soviets have had strong reasons to believe that their SSBNs have been and will continue to be targets of U.S. ASW forces.
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AIRCRAFT CARRIERS IN SOVIET NAVAL THEORY FROM 1960 TO THE FALKLANDS WAR
February 1, 1984
This paper discusses the Soviet naval doctrine: Vertical/Short Takeoff and Landing Carrier or the Conventional takeoff and Landing Carrier.
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The 'Stalbo Debates': Their Point of Departure
January 1, 1984
This paper discusses a series of articles published in the Soviet theoretical journal, Morskoy Sbornik concerning the future of the Soviet navy.
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THE SOVIET SHIFT IN EMPHASIS FROM NUCLEAR TO CONVENTIONAL; THE LONG-TERM PERSPECTIVE
August 1, 1983
Examines shifts in the Soviet perspective on long-term military development, and discusses the doctrinal realization of these shifting perspectives in the course of successive five-year plans.
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SOVIET TACTICS FOR WARFARE AT SEA; TWO DECADES OF UPHEAVAL
August 1, 1983
This paper focuses primarily on the development of Soviet views of anti-surface warfare. The period with which the analysis deals begins in the early 1960s and provides the background on how the arrival of nuclear missile weapons changed some basic tenets of Soviet naval tactics.
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THE EVOLUTION OF SOVIET REQUIREMENTS FOR NAVAL FORCES--SOLVING THE PROBLEMS OF THE EARLY 1960S
January 1, 1983
This paper clarifies the linkages between Soviet Naval intentions and the capabilities they acquire to implement them, and examines the role U.S. actions appear to have played in the evolution of Soviet intentions and capabilities.
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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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Possible Counterforce Role for the TYPHOON
June 1, 1982
This paper cites several articles by Soviet authors which imply that Soviet SSBNs have a strategic counterforce role over and above those assigned to them in the past.
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