> The much more technically impressive V-2 was not cost effective. <
Good point. The Germans valued quality over quantity. The Soviets did just the opposite. And we all know who won that little spat.
“And we all know who won that little spat.”
Certainly not the Soviets. They needed the USA to prop them up and bail them out.
And the Soviets tried the same approach in the Cold War vs the USA going the quality approach, and the Soviet approach failed there also. As it is failing against quality Western weapons again in Ukraine.
The V-2 being more sophisticated was also very easy to sabotage by the forced-laborers used by Von Braun’s outfit.
Any splinter group could buy and use these to attack, say, our power substations, water treatment facilities, etc. Even use them to dump fentanyl in our reservoirs.