Yeah, but it's alright now, that's the point. You can't let a few failures and reversals over a couple of decades put you off, that's just not British!
L85A2...... walop!
Andy McNab famous in the UK said IIRC "a Rolls Royce in the SA80 albeit a prototype Rolls Royce". LOL
Why use a 50 pound bomb when a 500 pound bomb will do?