[byron_fast]

Yeah, maybe. But like in tech, it's easier to acquire or destroy a competitor than catch up.

[na85]

The US was offered the chance to "acquire their competitor" and declined. So was the UK.

Meanwhile, American firms were testing prototypes that were faster and carried similar armament. Those prototypes were also cancelled.

There is no conspiracy here.

[namirez]

> Those prototypes were also cancelled.

Could you please name the program? AFAIK the 1954 interceptor program [1] was not cancelled, but perhaps you're talking about a different program.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WS-201

[byron_fast]

It's not a conspiracy. Just business as usual where tech is concerned. The USA didn't want to see this tech fall into enemy hands; it was easier and cheaper to see it killed and hire the engineers as they came available. Acquihire, government style during the Cold War.