Why doesn't the UK have any SAM's other than Rapier?

[trim it out]

Originally Posted by glad rag

short ranged local area, non theatre, no oversight of the "big picture" imo

Given the burden already put on a BG by a HVM Troop, to allocate anything bigger at the BG level is not feasible. And as the threat most likely to a BG is likely to be AH, I'd say HVM is a fairly potent threat.