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Originally Posted by MH
I don't know much about British MI but as far as recall Britain gave up on military aviation development in favor of ballistic missiles during cold war around 60s.
The option of getting American armament contributed to this too.
The eurofighter project as ambitious as it is seems not very cost effective and possibly getting somewhat outdated.
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1965, when the TSR2 was cancelled. The TSR2 filled the criteria that were eventually met by the Tornado, but the Tornado didn't appear until 1979 so the UK used Buccaneers and Phantoms to fill the gap. A(nother) really bad day for British industry.