EYES IN THE SKY: THE FALKLAND ISLANDS AND MIDDLE EAST CONFLICTS SPURRED THE RUSSIANS TO DRAMATIC INCREASES IN THE NUMBER OF SPY SATELLITES THEY LAUNCH.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00965R000100150143-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 29, 2012
• Sequence Number: 143
• Publication Date: July 28, 1982
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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THE WASHINGTON POST
28 July 1982
EYES IN THE SKY: The: Faik:
land Islands and Middle East ' Gcin=
flicts spurred the Russians tq' dia-
matic increases in the number oT *X-..
satellites they launch. CIA sources_'
say the Soviets flung up as many as
12 top-of-the-line satellites to keep
an eye on the British-Argen~ine
Falklands war alone.
A top-secret CIA report explain d,':
that "'Is standafd operating pr9=
cedure for the Soviets in times of"
international crisis. "Since 19q7tie V
Soviets have reacted to foreign crises''
either by increasing the launch rate
or shortening the mission of' their-
photo-reconnaissance satellites; :they.
report states. It cited such ex4mples
as the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, the ..
Soviets' invasion of Czechoslovakia:
the following year, the India-Pie `;
tan war of 1971 and the Arab-Israeli
war of 197&
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/08/29: CIA-RDP90-00965R000100150143-0