WARSAW PACT JOURNAL: FORMS OF COORDINATION OF ALLIED NAVIES

• Document Type: FOIA
• Keywords: WARSAW PACT
• Keywords: DOCTRINE
• Collection: CIA Analysis of the Soviet Navy
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0001416277
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: June 19, 2017
• Document Release Date: June 19, 2017
• Case Number: SC-2007-00006
• Publication Date: March 28, 1975

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MEMORANDUM FOR: The Director of Central Intelligence
SUBJECT : WARSAW PACT JOURNAL: Forms of
Coordination of Allied Navies
28 March 1975
1. The enclosed Intelligence Information Special Report is part of a
series now in preparation based on articles from a SECRET Soviet publica-
tion called Information Collection of the Headquarters and the Technical
Committee of the Combined Armed Forces. This article deals with different
aspects of the coordination of allied navies, which include planning,
communications and control in combined exercises. This journal is published
by Warsaw Pact Headquarters in bscow, and it consists of articles by
Warsaw Pact officers. This article appeared in Issue No. 2, which was
published in 1971.
2. Because the source of this report is extremely sensitive, this
document should be handled on a strict need-to-know basis within recipient
agencies. For ease of reference, r rts from this publication have been
assigned the Codeword
David H. Biee
Acting Deputy Director for Operations
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Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
Deputy Director for Intelligence
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Director of Strategic Research
Director of Weapons Intelligence
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SUBJECT
DANE 28 March 1975
WARSAW PACT JOURNAL: Forms of Coordination of Allied Navies
SOURCE Documentary
Sunmary:
The following report is a translation from Russian of an article from
a SECRET Soviet publication called Information Collection of the Head-
quarters and the Technical Committee of the Combined Armed Forces. This
journal is published by Warsaw Pact Headquarters in Moscow, and it consists
of articles by Warsaw Pact officers. This article was written by Rear
Admiral Rh. Petrashkevich, Chief of Staff of the Polish Navy. This article
deals with different aspects of the coordination of allied navies, which
include planning, communications and control in combined exercises and
other activities. Coordination may be effected through personal contact or
technical means. This article appeared in Issue No. 2, which was published
in 1971.
End of Summary
Comment:
The names of authors are given in Russian transliteration.
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Forms of Coordination of Allied Navies
by. PiettaSiKewic7,
Rear Admiral Kh Petrashkevich
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Chief of Staff of the Navy
of the Polish People's Republic
The allied navies have gained much experience in organizing and
implementing the coordination of naval forces. Despite the complexity and
magnitude of problems of coordination, the allied navies are resolving them
successfully. The combined exercises that have been conducted show that
the level of training attained by allied navies allows them to coordinate
successfully at all levels of command and in all types of actions at sea.
In this article we shall examine only a few of what are, in our view,
important problems in coordinating the forces of allied navies.
We believe that when allied navies are operating at sea on a daily
basis, their coordination must be constant and will consist of the
following:
-- combined planning and conduct of a number of measures to ensure the
defense of the coasts of our nations;
-- coordination of the efforts of allied navies for the purpose of
ensuring an appropriate operating routine at sea;
-- coordination of combined efforts when studying the theater of
military operations and the capabilities of the probable enemy;
-- performance of patrol duty under a unified system in a specific
theater;
-- comprehensive planning and implementation of measures pertaining to
matters of navigational-hydrographic support to meet the requirements of
the navies;
-- collaboration during examination of problems of technical and
combat equipping of navies, and also coordination of scientific-research
work;
-- organization of rescue activities in operational zones to provide
assistance to the warships, aircraft and noncombattant ships of the allied
navies;
-- organization of observation, reconnaissance, and warning in the
theater.
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The coordination of allied navies is organized on the basis of common
views on the employment of allied naval forces, and their methods of
action, in combat and operations.
The forms of coordination are worked out during critiques, in combined
conferences of command personnel of the navies, and when holding
consultations on problems of operational art and tactics during combined
games and exercises.
The highest form of training of allied navies and the working out of
coordination between them can be considered to be combined exercises, which
may be carried out under the direction of commanders of large units,
formations, or of one of the navies.
During any of these exercises, we can check, along with other basic
training problems, the following:
-- the concept adopted and the organizational structure of the system
of control and coordination of allied navies;
-- existing and new methods of coordinating ship groups or large units
of the various national navies;
-- the training of command personnel in problems of organizing and
maintaining coordination within the framework of combined actions by allied
navies;
-- the system of organizing and maintaining communications between
coordinating navies.
Coordination of allied navies in their everyday activities is ensured
by close contact between operational services of the navies, by maintaining
documents on coordination in constantly operative form, and by mutual
warnings and exchange of information. For constant and efficient
coordination, it is essential to have properly functioning communications
between coordinating navies, organized on the basis of previously prepared
and coordinated documents.
There is no doubt that should a period of threat arise, the forms of
coordination developed and used in the everyday activities of allied navies
probably will be enlarged and other forms of coordination will come into
use. As the threat of an outbreak of war increases, the need may arise, in
our opinion, to detail additional representatives or operations groups to
the command posts of coordinating formations or large units of the allied
navies, to reinforce coordination communications, make a mutual exchange of
combat documents, etc.
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As the experience of combined exercises has shown, it is advisable to
organize within national frameworks the coordination of ship hunter-killer
groups designated to destroy enemy submarines. Under these conditions,
depending on the situation, questions which arise concerning the
organization of coordination should be cleared up through a system of
flotilla command posts and naval bases.
The experience of naval training shows that the most favorable and
comprehensive conditions for working out problems of coordinating navies
can be created when conducting combined exercises at sea, and particularly
when working out ways of conducting combined amphibious landing and
antilanding operations. Various branches of the armed forces of different
nationalities may participate in such exercises. In amphibious landing and
antilanding actions the number of problems requiring coordination is great
and varied. In a quickly changing situation, the need may arise for
closer, more comprehensive, and continuous contact between commanders
involved in carrying out combined tasks.
Depending on the situation, coordination between naval formations and
large units in these types of actions can be maintained as follows:
-- through technical means of communication;
-- by direct personal contact between commanding officers or
authorized staff officers;
-- through representatives or operations groups detailed to the
command posts of coordinating formations or large units.
A long-successful method of organizing and maintaining coordination is
personal contact among officers, which ensures individual problems are
solved directly between the commanding officers and staffs concerned. At
present, this method can be employed extensively thanks to the use of
helicopters. With their help, for example, the commanding officer of a
landing detachment, or some other element of the landing force, is in a
position at any period of action at sea to visit the command post of a
coordinating large unit and personally clear up all problems that may
arise.
When organizing the coordination of certain arms of naval forces, it
may become necessary to detail operations groups or representatives to the
command post of the coordinating command. As an example we need only cite
bomber or fighter aviation, which needs to have its representatives at the
command post of the landing force.
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A highly effective method of maintaining coordination, in our opinion,
is that of exchanging representatives or operations groups. It is
advisable to equip such representatives or operations groups with the
necessary means to communicate with their own formation or large unit.
The tasks, responsibilities, and competence of groups or persons
detailed may be highly diverse. As the experience of certain exercises has
shown, well-organized work by operations groups is of great help in
successfully resolving all problems of coordination.
Other methods of ensuring coordination in combined actions by allied
forces also may be utilized, for example colocating the deployment of
certain elements of a control system. This may be done during independent
actions by surface forces covered by fighter aviation or supported by
bomber aviation. In such a situation, the commander of the covering or
supporting aviation large unit may deploy to the command post of a naval
formation or large unit an aircraft control post for use against air or
naval targets. The commanding officer of this post may have the mission
not only of guiding aircraft against specific targets, but also of refining
methods of fulfilling combined tasks as well as providing conditions of
mutual security.
In conclusion, the great importance of constantly improving the
activities of existing operational duty services must be noted. Their
accurate work, teamwork, high level of training, and high combat and
technical preparation will enable them to solve successfully a number of
problems of coordination between our fraternal navies.
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