jem3@pyuxf.bellcore.com (John E McKillop) (03/13/91)
From: jem3@pyuxf.bellcore.com (John E McKillop)
According to March 1991 issue of AIR FORCE MAGAZINE, the following is
the lineup of Soviet Military Power in 1990.
The totals for air defense interceptors, strategic bombers, and tactial
aircraft include aircraft in operational units only.
AIR DEFENSE
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Airborne warning and control aircraft (AWACS) = 10 Ilyushin Il-76
Mainstay
Antiballistic missile launchers = 100 ABM-1B Galosh. (The ABM system is
being upgraded to the maximum total allowed by the ABM Treaty.)
Interceptors = 2,160
900 MiG-23 Flogger
400 Sukhoi Su-15 Flagon
350 MiG-25 Foxbat
300 MiG-31 Foxhound
170 Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker
40 MiG-21 Fishbed
Strategic surface-to-air (SAM) launchers = 6,750
2,200 SA-2
1,900 SA-5
1,700 SA-10
950 SA-3
Tactical surface-to-air (SAM) launchers = 4,720
1,300 SA-4
825 SA-8
825 SA-13
800 SA-6
425 SA-9
325 SA-11
130 SA-19
70 SA-12A
20 SA-15
Warning Systems: 9,000 (1989 figure). These include early warning
and ground control intercept radars.
AIR FORCES
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Civil aviation aircraft (Aeroflot)
150 Antonov An-12 Cub
75 Ilyushin Il-76 Candid
1,475 others
Ground attack aircraft = 2,550
840 Sukhoi Su-24 Fencer
805 MiG-27 Flogger
575 Sukhoi Su-17 Fitter
330 Sukhoi Su-25 Frogfoot
Long-range strategic bombers = 155
140 Tupolev Tu-95 Bear
15 Tupolev Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack
Medium-range bombers = 395
195 Tupolev Tu-22M Backfire (excludes Backfires with Soviet Naval
Aviation)
120 Tupolev Tu-22 Blinder
80 Tupolev Tu-16 Badger
Military air transports assigned to Military Transport Aviation (VTA) =
669
435 Ilyushin Il-76 Candid
150 Antonov An-12 Cub
55 Antonov An-22 Cock
29 Antonov An-124 Condor
Strategic reconnaissance and ECM aircraft = 182
130 Tupolev Tu-16 Badger
30 Tupolev Tu-22 Blinder
22 Ilyushin Il-20 Coot
Tactical counterair interceptors = 1,395
650 MiG-29 Fulcrum
495 MiG-23 Flogger
140 Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker
110 MiG-21 Fishbed
Tactical reconnaissance and electronic countermeasures aircraft = 590
235 Sukhoi Su-24 Fencer
185 MiG-25 Foxbat
110 Sukhoi Su-17 Fitter
50 Yakovlev Yak-28 Brewer
10 MiG-21 Fishbed
Tanker aircraft = 75
40 Myasishchev M-4 Bison
25 Ilyushin Il-78 Midas
10 Tupolev Tu-16 Badger
Training aircraft = 1,900 (includes 900 fixed-wing, of which
perhaps 800 are combat capable, and 900 rotary-wing aircraft.)
Transports in other elements of the armed forces = 1,465
325 Antonov An-12 Cub
1,140 others
Transport, liaison and support helicopters = 3,000
GROUND FORCES
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Artillery pieces, mortars, and multiple rocket launchers = 47,775
(not including more than 4,000 antitank arillery pieces)
30,560 artillery pieces
10,115 mortars
7,100 multiple rocket launchers
Combat and support helicopters = 3,815 (total includes 1,580 Hip-E/H and
Hind-D/-E gunship helicopters. Figures include only assets subordinate
to Army Aviation)
1,400 Mil Mi-24 Hind
1,340 Mil Mi-8 Hip
550 Mil Mi-2 Hoplite
450 Mil Mi-6 Hook
50 Mil Mi-26 Halo
15 Mil Mi-4 Hound
10 Mil Mi-10 Harke
Infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers = 55,500
Main battle tanks = 48,000
16,000 T-54 & T-55
11,000 T-72
9,000 T-62
8,000 T-64
4,000 T-80
Surface-to-surface missiles = 1,450
650 SS-1 Scud B
550 FROG-3, FROG-5 & FROG-7
250 SS-21 Scarab
NAVAL AVIATION
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Antisubmarine aircraft = 470
95 Kamov Ka-27 Helix
95 Mil Mi-14 Haze-A
90 Kamov Ka-25 Hormone-A
90 Beriev M-12 Mail
55 Tupolev Tu-142 Bear-F
45 Ilyushin Il-38 May
Fighter and fighter-bomber aircraft = 150
80 Yakovlev Yak-38 Forger-A
70 Sukhoi Su-17 Fitter
Reconnaissance and electronic warfare aircraft = 140
105 Tupolev Tu-16 Badger
20 Tupolev Tu-95 Bear-D
10 Sukhoi Su-24 Fencer-E
5 Tupolev Tu-22 Blinder
Strike and bomber aircraft = 255
125 Tupolev Tu-22M Backfire
110 Tupolev Tu-16 Badger
20 Tupolev Tu-22 Blinder
Tankers = 40 Tupolev Tu-16 Badger
Transport, miscellaneous, and training aircraft = 455
NAVAL FORCES
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Amphibious warfare ships and craft = 121
Ballistic missile submarines = 61
42 Delta Class
13 Yankee Class
6 Typhoon Class
Cruisers = 31
28 Guided missile cruisers
3 Kirov-Class nuclear-powered guided missile cruisers
Destroyers = 41 (including 38 guided missile cruisers)
Diesel- and electric-powered general-purpose submarine = 127
108 Attack submarines
15 Cruise missile attack submarines
4 Training submarines
Frigates and corvettes = 181 (including 32 Krivak-Class guided
missile frigates)
Guided missile aviation cruisers = 2 Moskva Class
Guided missile V/STOL aircraft carriers = 4 Kiev Class
Major auxiliary ships = 89
62 Material support
27 Underway replenishment ships
Nuclear-powered general-purpose submarines = 117
73 Attack submarines
44 Cruise missile attack submarines
Other submarines = 18 (includes both nuclear-pwered and
nonnuclear-powered boats)
Small surface-ship combatants
404 Coastal patrol and river/roadstead vessels
341 Mine warfare vessels
140 Patrol vessels
STRATEGIC NUCLEAR MISSILES
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Intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) = 1,373 not including
ICBMs held in reserve for flight testing.
350 SS-11
308 SS-18 (with 3,080 warheads)
300 SS-19 (with 1,800 warheads)
220 SS-25 (with 220 warheads)
75 SS-17 (with 300 warheads)
60 SS-13
40 SS-24 (Mod 2) (with 400 warheads)
20 SS-24 (Mod 1) (with 200 warheads)
Submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM) = 924
280 SS-N-8
224 SS-N-18
192 SS-N-6
120 SS-N-20
96 SS-N-23
12 SS-N-17