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It helps to have money available. In the immediate postwar period, the concern was to get rid of as many people from the services as possible, reduce defense expenditure, reduce the amount of resources taken up by defense, and get the economy back to something healthier. The Soviets weren't the enemy, bankruptcy was much more pressing. As a result you get a 1944 design like the Sea Hawk not entering service until 1953. Then again, the projects which were actually a priority, did get funding; the V-Bombers and Meteor/Javelin interceptors. It was possible to live without a top notch air superiority fighter.There are many things that could have been done better, but it's easy to forget the government's point of view in favour of a bunch of cool planes. It was simply unaffordable to have top notch armed services any more.
It helps to have money available. In the immediate postwar period, the concern was to get rid of as many people from the services as possible, reduce defense expenditure, reduce the amount of resources taken up by defense, and get the economy back to something healthier. The Soviets weren't the enemy, bankruptcy was much more pressing. As a result you get a 1944 design like the Sea Hawk not entering service until 1953. Then again, the projects which were actually a priority, did get funding; the V-Bombers and Meteor/Javelin interceptors. It was possible to live without a top notch air superiority fighter.
There are many things that could have been done better, but it's easy to forget the government's point of view in favour of a bunch of cool planes. It was simply unaffordable to have top notch armed services any more.
