how 'bout this is right. It was a ahead of its time for speed but that was it. There were no fixed points on the wings for missiles, instead they relied on a missile bay that was lowered from the belly of the aircraft, in flight, and then that in turn disturbed the aerodynamics of the aircraft. In order to fire a missile it had to slow down to sub sonic speed and precariously lower that missile bay. Totally unworkable.

Then a massive cost over run. Originally they were going to use American engines but then decided to built their own (the Iroquois), then the USN navy had a missile system that was going to be used, but they decided they would develop their own. All of this added up and was going to cripple the defense spending on the Navy and Army. The PM was right to can it.