 The admirals also did not like the reduction in the secondary armament made to accommodate the larger machinery and extra boilers needed to reach the speed desired by Stalin, but he reminded them that most aircraft would attack the battlecruiser at heights below and the ceiling of the 130 mm was far in excess of that.He also ordered a reduction in the light anti-aircraft guns believing that its escorts would defend it.This design was approved by the Council of Ministers on 25 March 1950.