They were building them in a way that they could grow bigger if more production were needed. Very different approach from the west
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ʏᴇꜱ, ᴍʏ ᴇxᴘᴇʀɪᴇɴᴄᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴍᴀɴʏ ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅꜱ ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʜᴀᴅ, ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴀ ʀᴜꜱꜱɪᴀɴ/ᴜᴋʀᴀɪɴɪᴀɴ, ᴛᴏ ʙᴜʟɢᴀʀɪᴀɴꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴇʀʙꜱ, ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴛᴀʟᴇɴᴛ ꜰᴏʀ ᴇɴɢɪɴᴇᴇʀɪɴɢ ꜰᴀʀ ꜱᴜʀᴘᴀꜱꜱᴇꜱ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪꜱ ᴄᴏᴍɪɴɢ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴇꜱᴛᴇʀɴ ᴇᴅᴜᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ꜱʏꜱᴛᴇᴍ.
ɪᴛ'ꜱ ᴏɴᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʜɪɴɢꜱ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴏᴠɪᴇᴛ ꜱᴛʏʟᴇ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴜɴɪꜱᴍ (ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀᴅ ꜱᴏᴠɪᴇᴛ ᴍᴇᴀɴꜱ "ᴄᴏᴜɴᴄɪʟ" ꜱᴀᴍᴇ ᴀꜱ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ꜰᴀꜱᴄɪꜱᴛꜱ ɪɴ ᴡᴇꜱᴛᴇʀɴ/ᴄᴇɴᴛʀᴀʟ ᴜꜱᴇ, ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ʟᴀɴɢᴜᴀɢᴇꜱ, ɪɴ ʙᴜʟɢᴀʀɪᴀɴ ɪᴛ'ꜱ ꜱᴀᴠᴇᴛ). ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴀʟꜱᴏ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴘᴜꜱʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴏᴘᴜʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴏʟ ᴀɢᴇɴᴅᴀ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇᴀꜱᴛ. ᴡᴏᴋᴇ ɪꜱ ᴀ ʙɪᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴀ ᴘʀᴏʙʟᴇᴍ ʜᴇʀᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇᴀꜱᴛ ʙᴜᴛ ꜰᴀʀ ʟᴇꜱꜱ ᴛʜᴀɴ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴇꜱᴛ, ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ᴇxᴀᴍᴘʟᴇ ᴡᴏᴍᴇɴ ᴀʀᴇ ᴇɪᴛʜᴇʀ ʙʟᴜᴇʜᴀɪʀꜱ, ᴏɴʟʏꜰᴀɴꜱ ᴏʀ ᴘɪɴᴛᴇʀᴇꜱᴛ ᴛʏᴘᴇꜱ.
Indeed.