> But the OPs comment was that the west ended invested in SAMs That's not at all what I said. I suppose it would have been a little clearer if I had said "nev

> But the OPs comment was that the west ended invested in SAMs That's not at all what I said. I suppose it would have been a little clearer if I had said "never invested as heavily" in SAMs compared to the Soviets, but I wasn't focusing on the West. I was making a point about Soviet-style forces fighting one another. Nothing about that implies the West never invested in SAMs or has stopped doing so. It just means they're not as central to its air defense strategy.