THE ROLLING THUNDER PROGRAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78S02149R000100190003-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 5, 2002
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: January 1, 1967
• Content Type: REPORT

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The Rolling Thunder Program
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ECONOMIC DAMAGE
MILLION US DOLLARS
1965
36.2
1966
93.3
INDIRECT
LOSSES
(Agriculture, Fishing
& Exports)
36.9
POWER-
PLANTS
6.3
TRANSPORT
EQUIPMENT
5.9
-PETROLEUM 1.6
MANUFACTURING FACILITIES 1
2
.
MARITIME PORTS 0.7
TRANSPORT
EQUIPMENT
29.8
PETROLEU
5.6
-RAILROAD YARDS 1.2
, -"MARITIME PORTS 0.8
1967
Jan- May
53.4
Figure 1. Value of Economic Damage in North Vietnam, by Sector, 1965, 1966,
and January - May 1967
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INDIRECT
LOSSES
(Agriculture,
POWER-
PLANTS
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MILITARY DAMAGE
MILLION US DOLLARS
1965
32.5
1966
19.1
BARRACKS
2.5
AIRCRAFT
8.0
CRAFT
2.0 ,
AMMO
DEPOTS
4.5
NAVAL -AMMO DEPOTS 0.2
CRAFT -SUPPLY DEPOTS 1.0
1.8
MISCELLANEOUS
ARMED RECCE
SITES
1.1
COMMO SITES 1.0
SUPPLY DEPOTS 1.6
1967
Jan-May
31.0
SECRET
Figure 2. Value of Military Damage in North Vietnam by Sector 1965, 1966,
and January - May 1967
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SORTIES FLOWN
F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M
1965 1966 1967
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Figure 3. Index of Sorties Flown in Southeast Asia and Relative Amounts in Each
Area, 1965, 1966, and First Five Months 1967
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40
20 / '' lE# P,St~
0
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July
ORDNANCE DELIVERED
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May
1967
Figure 4. Index of Ordnance Delivered in Southeast Asia and Relative Amounts in
Each Area, 1966 and First Five Months 1967
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THE LAOS PANHANDLE
Ben Thuy
D
Th
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Area ofl
Inset 1O~
Nakhon Phonor
Seno
MukdahanRI?
NORTH
VIETNAM
'Ban Xam
Kaqg ,
Road
Bypass road
Saravane
' 16
Ban Ph -One
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AREA
OF
MAIN
1967 dry season
New service facility observed
aiung road Jan-May 1967
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EFFECTIVENESS OF BOMBING JCS TARGETED BRIDGES
IN NORTH VIETNAM - FEB. 1965-JAN. 67
BRIDGES
JCS TARGETED BRIDGES
JCS BRIDGES BOMBED
BYPASSES BUILT TO JCS BRIDGES
BOMBS
0 100 200 300 6,000 7,000 8,000 9,000 10,000 11,000 12,000
. I I I I I I
HITS ON BRIDGES
COSTS (Million Dollars)
0 10 20 30 40
EST. COST OF DAMAGE TO BRIDGES
SECRET
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Figure 7. Effectiveness of Bombing JCS Targeted Bridges in North Vietnam -
February 1965 - January 1967
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