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Originally Posted by kato13
SAMs (at least man portable ones) will require a lot less maintenance than any aircraft. The are also more numerable to start with.
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The problem is that man-portable SAMs, unlike man-portable ATGMs, have no useful secondary role. I can't see soldiers carrying a Stinger when so few aircraft are flying when they could be carrying something far more useful.
Bases, which don't have to worry about having the things around, would be more likely to have SAMs, but they are still one-trick ponies waiting for an unlikely show, so I don't see them being that well maintained even by units that do have still have them.