What might have happened if the Canadian CL-84 Dynavert had entered service?
Short answerIt could have provided a Commonwealth VTOL aircraft by the Falklands War, although control technology appears to have lagged behind the rest of the design.
NotesThe Canadian CL-84 had demonstrated that its experimental concept could work. Continued development could have put a VTOL aircraft into Commonwealth service by the Falklands War. That creates a possible alternative history in which the aircraft served in the conflict and remained in wider use afterward. Control technology appears to have been a principal difficulty because it had not kept pace with the other technology.