Fall of an Arrow

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On February 20, 1959, Prime Minister John Diefenbaker announced to the House of Commons the cancellation of the CF-105 Arrow. Its development costs to that time were $340 million. The Arrow was to be the world's unsurpassed interceptor aircraft. Yet within two months of the Prime Minister's accouncement, six completed aircraft were dismantled and all papers and documents associated with the project were destroyed. Show more