Also the Black Arrow http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Arrow

Still the only sovereign nation to give up satellite launching capability after acquiring it...

"Prior to the cancellation of Black Arrow, NASA had offered to launch British payloads for free; however, this offer was withdrawn following the decision to cancel Black Arrow."

Always liked that little bit of history :).

Ironically, the F-111 was the only model/mission of the TFX development effort to survive. The TFX was the '60s version of the F-35, except it also tried for the air superiority role the F-22 now fills.

Nominal peacetime is when the bureaucrats try to save money with a single weapon system that "can do everything" ... but it seldom does more than one thing well. The M14 rifle is another '50s example.