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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86T00608R000700230010-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 8, 2005
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: May 7, 1975
• Content Type: CABLE

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I fir:'t'FIO':OLOGY FOR ASSESSING THE
COMA I tl' I' i:(.'1.1Vc USS Or UVAA&AU h' c I VIVJ.JI'Ji'JS AND FOUND 17 10 ss
STii ILAR TO A DIA METHODOLOGY
BREAKS DOWN THE CO(1.?A t EC!UIP i'IEN T CATEGORIES NORF PRECIS,ZLY
THAN THE DJ:A METHODOLOGY. AND RATES VARIOUS PIECES OF EQUIPMENT
DIFFERENTLY. r)O T H METHODOLOGIES SUFFER FROM A PROBLEM INHERENT
IN ALL ATTEMPTS TO EVALUATE DIFFERENCES IN COMBAT EFFECT TVENE SS
I:: THAT THE VALUES IMPUTED TO TRAINING, MOS LIIY, CC0A T EQUIPMENT1
AND OTHER FACTORS ARE SUOJEC T IVE. THAT MILITARY EXPERTS IN
DIFFERENT COUNTRIES SEE THESE FACTORS DIFFERENTLY IS REFLECTED
-' 'J THE STRUCTURE OF THEIR OWN COMSAT UNITS. COMMENTS ON THE
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TO PizOVE THAT THE US U'.,E,S FORCES i)IFFEi:ENTLY
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2. AS TO THE COMPREHENSIVENESS OF THE STUDY, WE BELIEVE
THAT FJOTH METHODOLOGIES IGNORE FACTORS WHICII COULD
HAVE A CRITICAL IMPACT ON A UNIT'S COMBAT EFFECTIVENESS. THE
SOVIETS AND THEIR ALLIES INVEST CONSIDEi",'AGLE RESOURCES IN B3A'I"1'l-E:-?
FIELD AIR DEFENSE AND HAVE INTRODUCED FIVE NEW MOSILE, MISSILE
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