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Matvei Zakharov
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“With the emergence of nuclear-missile weaponry, cybernetics, electronics, and computer equipment, any subjective approach to military problems, hare-brained plans, and superficiality can cause irreparable damage.”
Matvei Zakharov (1898–1972) first seen 1965 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Statement of February 1965, as quoted in Stalin's Generals (2002) by Harold Shukman, p. 338; also in Evolution of Nuclear Strategy (2003) by Lawrence Freedman, Ch. 17
“The time when Russia could be kept out of the world's oceans has gone forever. We shall sail all the world's seas; no force on earth can prevent us.”
Matvei Zakharov (1898–1972) first seen 1970 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Soviet Russia and the Middle East (1970) by Aaron S. Klieman, p. 46
“Attention must be given to the study of the given operations. Their study with due allowance made for the existing means of warfare will make it possible to reach a number of useful theoretical conclusions for conducting operations in the initial phase of a war.”
Matvei Zakharov (1898–1972) said by 1972 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in "Timely Lessons of History: The Manchurian Model for Soviet Strategy" (1976) by John Despres, Lilita Dzirkals and Barton Whaley, p. 4