Sergei Akhromeyev Quotes

Sergey Fyodorovich Akhromeyev was a Soviet military figure, Hero of the Soviet Union and Marshal of the Soviet Union . Wikipedia  

✵ 5. May 1923 – 24. August 1991
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Famous Sergei Akhromeyev Quotes

“Think of the 40 years of confrontation. What is it we gained?…The old style has exposed itself: it is fruitless.”

Quoted in "Mr. Darman's Sermon", July 29, 1989, editorial, New York Times.

“If both sides reduced their long-range missiles by 50%, SDI would be an unacceptable threat to the remaining Soviet rocket forces.”

Quoted in "A No-Frills Summit", November 9, 1987, Ed Magnuson; James O. Jackson/Moscow and Bruce van Voorst/Washington, Time magazine.

“If it is necessary we will find a quick answer and it will not be the way the United States expects it. It will be an answer that devalues the 'Star Wars' program.”

1986 UPI (Moscow) press release on Soviet reaction to the Strategic Defense Initiative. Quoted in Ellensburg Daily Record, 27 Aug 1986, and elsewhere.

“The longer the war drags on, more and more civilians are getting killed.”

Quoted in "Iraq Rebuffs Iran on Peace Initiative", pA01, February 11, 1991, Rick Atkinson and Barton Gellman, Washington Post.

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