The cumulative effects of two world wars and the interwar crises left Britain financially exhausted. The state still funded three V-bomber designs, an independent nuclear program, jet aircraft, radar, guns, and continuing naval work. In policy debates, saying a capability was unaffordable often also meant that leaders no longer wished to prioritize it.
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Postwar Britain was broke on a very large scale
British postwar bankruptcy was real, yet the state still invested in nuclear weapons, aircraft, sensors, and ships.