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the articles on stalin are hilarious, they be trying to diss Stalin but have no real arguments other than "but at what cost!?"

Stalin's most controversial aircraft decision involved the B-29 bomber. When three American B-29s made emergency landings in Soviet territory in 1944 (the USSR and Japan were not yet at war), Stalin ordered them interned and studied. After examining his booklet data on B-29 performance, he made a fateful decision: copy the aircraft exactly. This order reflected Stalin's management philosophy: when facing superior foreign technology, reverse-engineer and copy it rather than attempting original designs that might fail.

You're telling me that the soviets should've invented a new aircraft in the midst of an existential war? Also what the hell is wrong with using existing foreign weapons as a benchmark for yours? It's not like the USSR was ahead of the western imperialist powers at that point in time, asking for more would've been delusional.

Stalin's micromanagement was characterized by systematic use of hard data, regular meetings with designers, clear (if often unrealistic) deadlines, and terror-enforced accountability. His booklet represented institutionalized competitive benchmarking ensuring Soviet development tracked foreign advances. While brutal, the system was organized and focused.

Its like these guys can't comprehend that the USSR was in an existential crisis at that period, god forbid a leader to demand accountability and being pragmatic in the midst of a freaking military invasion, should've had a hands free approach amirite.