The Avro Arrow was Canadian built to be the fastest and most technically and aerodynamically advanced
After no buyers of the 3.5-5 million dollar aircraft, 19 1955 the UK took sudden interest with the desire to purchase 144 Arrows. Over time, a point was reached where about 600 arrows were wanted
After 5 arrows were built with the 6th being 93% done, John Diefenbaker cancelled all manufacturing as he believed in nuclear weapons and would rather buy them from the US then create and sell something Canadian
The day the Avro Arrow was made public, soviets launched sputnik
The Avro arrow had the potential to generate hundreds of millions of money for Canada if it had not been cancelled by our Prime Minister Diefenbaker, who decided that he would rather spend money on nuclear weapons instead of creating a Canadian establishment.