Aircraft that never lived up to their promise

"Peter Stickney"
Now, that's most patently untrue. The fact is, in the late 1950s,
early 1960s, Canada had jumped onto the Nuke Bandwagon more deeply
than any other NATO country, including the U.S.. The CF-104s were
built solely as Nuke Bombers.

I have never read so much B.S. about Canada's nuclear roll. The
Diefenbaker government had to be dragged into the accepting nuclear weapons!
The F-104 was designed as a fast high altitude interceptor for the USAF.
They sold it as an inexpensive, so to speak, aircraft to several Allied
countries. The West Germans used them in a fighter roll where they became
known as the "Widow Maker" because of several accidents. The RCAF used it as
a strike-recon low level nuclear tactical bomber. I did the acceptance
checks on these aircraft when they were delivered to 3(F)Wing in Zweibruken,
Germany. They were brought over in C130 Hercs where they were reassembled
on arrival. I guess they didn't want to risk flying them over as they did
earlier with the Sabres and CF-100's. Do some web searching and get your
facts straight! The French and the British did develop independent nuclear
programs but the French wanted control of any nuclear weapons on French soil
and the U.S.A. would not do this.