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Soviet Ukraine was one of the goals of the US Strategic Command

Recently declassified Pentagon a list of the US Air Force Strategic Command targets in the Soviet Union, including the USSR, writes blogger Diana Mikhailova.

Советская Украина была одной из целей стратегического командования США

The list was compiled in 1950 respectively, and are the coordinates of the different purposes of the Warsaw Pact countries to the Pacific Ocean in the five hundred pages. On the territory of Ukraine were awarded more 100 objects, to be destroyed.

The basis of the US Strategic Air Command at the time were long-range bombers B-52 "Stratofortress", B-58 "Hastler», B-47 "Stratodzhet" and the B-36 "Convair". Their total number at the beginning of the 60s was about 3 thousand units.

The flagship was the B-52, able to overcome the distance to 7 thousand. km and carry on board up 4 nuclear bombs.

Besides aviation Washington at that time was a significant advantage over Moscow in the number of ballistic missiles. Two hundred ICBM "Atlas" and "Titan" could hit targets in the Soviet Union by transpolar attack. Still about a hundred medium-range missiles were deployed in Italy, Turkey and other European countries.

As the former Deputy Commander of the Air Forces of Ukraine Lieutenant General retired Igor Romanenko, Americans developed the concept of pre-emptive strike on the USSR, so that he could not strike a blow for the US or Europe.

According to him, if the attack was made while, most of the bombs and missiles struck their targets would be all over, except for Moscow and the Far East.

Then in the Soviet air defense forces are armed with anti-aircraft S-25 and S-75, which have been developed by German technology after reparations. And most of these systems were in the 1st Army Air Defense Task, defending the capital of the USSR, as well as in the Far East, said the expert.

he recalled, what C-75 missile in 1060 he was shot down over the Ural Mountains reconnaissance aircraft the US Air Force U2 Harry Powers.

The US plans was another point, even then contrary to international agreements - a nuclear attack on the civilian population.

Such attacks were planned "as a moral and psychological impact on the country's authorities", that, after seeing the horrific loss, opponent quickly conceded defeat, He added Romanenko.

                          
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