But, I don't understand why do you then ignore the impact of Western
technology on Soviet thinking and planing? Why ignore the amount of
Western-technology used to develop specific Soviet systems (the Kh-58,
main
armament of the MiG-25BM, for example, was developed from French-built
AJ.168 ARM, supplied to USSR via Iraq) or ignore Soviet own negative
experiences with some of their most potent systems...?
Small correction. The AJ168 was the British part of the Anglo-French Martel
project (AS37 being the French developed anti-radiation version, the AJ168
the British developed TV guided version).