G.N. Lepeshkin: I didn't see the need to stockpile weapons as anything, this was a government decision. And I can't discuss decisions that the governments adopts. It was a system, it was operating, I was a participant in that system and was carrying out what was given me, the assignment that was given me.
Paperno: But did you explain to yourself somehow...
Lepeshkin: I didn't explain it in any way to myself. I was a military man, I was told what to do, and I went to work. I put on the uniform, and I'm responsible for that. If every officer or soldier on the battlefield is going to think about whether something is good or bad, he will never win.