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  • 22/08/2017 at 23:34 #70276
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    Does anyone have any info, sources, recommendations regarding Soviet rapid deployment capabilities or forces in the mid 1980’s?  If something weird happened in the Mideast/Africa/Cuba back then, did they have any way to get any kind of units/support in real fast?

    Thanks,

    irishserb

    22/08/2017 at 23:53 #70277
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    IL-76

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    23/08/2017 at 06:37 #70284
    Avatar photoMartinR
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    Yes, big aircraft stuffed with Soviet air assault divisions.

    "Mistakes in the initial deployment cannot be rectified" - Helmuth von Moltke

    23/08/2017 at 13:16 #70293
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    I was wondering if they had a designated force, how big, what composition, how fast (24hrs, 48hrs, etc.)?

    Or was it just a “Hey, Iceland just invaded Cuba, we should help our friends, better tell some guys to find their boots” and two months later, some random dudes jumped out of a perfectly good airplane?

    23/08/2017 at 20:16 #70318
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    This help?

    http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a223975.pdf

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