 As Defense minister, Grechko's most notable idea was his assumption that a Third World War would always go nuclear at some point, and as such he planned that if World War III did begin, to launch all-out nuclear strikes against the NATO nations the moment that the war began.For Grechko, nuclear weapons would be weapons of first resort in a world war, not weapons of last resort.The urn containing his ashes is buried by the Kremlin Wall Necropolis.