The second Five-Year Plan emphasized heavy industry and military hardware. The third directed further resources into armaments and factories positioned beyond the reach of an attack from the west. Industrial location therefore formed part of the preparation for war. Workers were expected to increase their output each year as the plans expanded manufacturing.
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Five-Year Plans built armaments away from the western frontier
Successive Soviet Five-Year Plans concentrated resources on heavy industry, military hardware, and factories positioned beyond the reach of a western attack.