[hardspunned]

I think people honestly assumed a war with the Soviets would be fought and odds were good we’d “win” up until the Cuban Missile Crisis. Once our noses were rubbed in the reality that we could be completely destroyed, “winning” became the stuff of dark comedies.

[Williams]

We had the Russians outgunned 10 to 1 during the missile crisis.
The “missile gap” of course had been a Democrat lie.