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The plane pictured above is one that arouses passion amongst British aircraft enthusiasts. It was designed in the 1960s to be used for dropping tactical nuclear warheads on Soviet troops advancing through West Germany. It was very fast and able to take off from short runways. in 1965, Britain's Labour government cancelled it and all the prototypes were destroyed. There are many who claim that Harold Wilson was strong armed by LBJ into cancelling a superior aircraft that could've damaged the American aircraft industry. I don't subscribe to conspiracy theories, so if anyone could bring up sensible reasons for this planes' cancellation, I'd like to hear it.
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