Kosygin's son-in-law notes that Kosygin was furious with the decision, and proclaimed increased defence expenditure would become the Soviet Union's "complete ruin".
Kosygins svigersøn beskriver, at Kosygin var rasende over beslutningen, og at han udtalte, at forøgede forsvarsudgifter ville føre til Sovjetunionens "fuldstændige ruin".