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In response to "Why'd they destroy everything and drop them in the lake? -- nm" by crash davis

To create the great Canadian conspiracy theory.

Posted by Name Withheld by Request (aka BlueKopo) Jul 28 '17, 07:38

Which is that the Conservative government buckled to pressure from the USA to bury the project. (Many of the Arrow engineers ended up with NASA during Apollo.)

It's such a pervasive theory that I honestly don't think I've ever heard a competing, less-cynical explanation.

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I was totally unaware of this. Thanks. -- nm - crash davis Jul 28, 07:49 1
- So I decided to spend 15 minutes Googling to see if we could explain the scrapping. Best I can find is from Wiki. Blame Soviet spys. - Name Withheld by Request Jul 28, 07:58
it's pretty hard to come up with a logical alternative though. "Let's scrap it for no reason whatsoever.' - Andie Jul 28, 07:42 2
- Yeah. Shutting down the program, the financial cost and Canadian middle-to-lower power anxiousness explains. Destroying everything? I dunno. - Name Withheld by Request Jul 28, 07:45 1
  - Also, it was an interceptor - an aircraft designed to intercept long-range bombers coming over the Arctic. - Roger More Jul 28, 07:52
this. Dan Akroyd did a mini-series about the whole project if memory serves -- nm - Beaker Jul 28, 07:40

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To create the great Canadian conspiracy theory.

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