In the 1970s, the USSR produced twenty times more tanks than the United States. A question from G. Shakhnazarov, aide to General Secretary of the Communist Party of the USSR M. Gorbachev (in the 1980s): Why do we need to manufacture so many weapons? Answer from the Chief of General Staff S. Akhromeyev: Because, at the cost of great sacrifices, we’ve built first class factories, just as good as the ones the American’s have. Would you have them stop their work to start manufacturing pots and pans instead? Yegor
