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 | | Four Soviet long-range diesel submarines (of a type known to NATO as the Foxtrot class and to the Soviet Navy as project 641) under the command of Captain First Rank Vitalii Agafonoveach carrying twenty-two conventional torpedoes and one nuclear-tipped weaponleft the Northern Fleet on 1 October for a new base in Havana. |
 | | Furthermore, the Soviets were undoubtedly shocked at the rapid losses of Soviet-supplied tanks and at the failure of the Syrian army (trained by Soviet advisers) to mount a substantial challenge to Jordanian forces. |
 | | A retired Soviet submarine officer recalls the doctrine in similar terms: Of course, it was assumed that we would be fighting for the first salvo. This was very important, to be the first to deliver the blow, before the other side could send its aviation into the air. |
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