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SR-71 Blackbird Is the Fastest Plane Ever. One Jet Almost Shot It Down.
https://nationalinterest.org ^
| March 30, 2021
| by Stephen Silver
Posted on 03/31/2021 11:21:03 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger
nope it was retired because something is way way faster now
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posted on
03/31/2021 11:22:32 AM PDT
by
al baby
(Hi Mom Hi Dad)
To: Red Badger
Fastest DECLASSIFIED plane. Several projects still classified, like the SR71’s replacement the Aurora, are still classified.
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posted on
03/31/2021 11:23:10 AM PDT
by
Kevmo
(The tree of liberty is thirsty.)
To: Red Badger
I used to own a Saab Viggen, I did not like it at all.
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posted on
03/31/2021 11:23:51 AM PDT
by
algore
To: algore
Just another Saab story......................
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posted on
03/31/2021 11:25:26 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
("We've always been at war with Climate Change, Winston."..............................)
To: algore
I’ve met a vegan. Wasn’t crazy out that either.🤣
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posted on
03/31/2021 11:28:51 AM PDT
by
Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
To: Red Badger
Viggan ...
That’s the jet that runs on vegetable oil, right?
To: Red Badger
Thanks for posting...I never knew these tidbits about the SR-71.
My son and I took an aerospace tour of Southern California a few years back and visited the SR-71 at the Blackbird Airpark in Palmdale, CA.
"[It] is an annex of the Air Force Flight Test Museum at Edwards AFB, was officially dedicated on September 27, 1991. It is the world’s only display of a Lockheed SR-71A together with its predecessor A-12, along with the once ultra-secret D-21 drone and the only remaining U-2 “D” model in the world."
It is a great outdoor museum.
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posted on
03/31/2021 11:30:25 AM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(The Weak Never Started, The Cowards fail along the way, Only the Strong Survive)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
03/31/2021 11:31:12 AM PDT
by
Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
To: Red Badger
I’ll bet it was a Saab Turbo.
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posted on
03/31/2021 11:31:33 AM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
To: algore
I used to own a Saab Viggen, I did not like it at all.A station viggen?
To: Red Badger
To: Red Badger
To: Red Badger
Just because he locked his missile system on the SR71 doesn’t mean that the missile could catch up to it.
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posted on
03/31/2021 11:38:50 AM PDT
by
Balding_Eagle
( Biden won, Trump got the most legal votes.)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
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posted on
03/31/2021 11:39:45 AM PDT
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Red Badger
("We've always been at war with Climate Change, Winston."..............................)
To: Balding_Eagle
He was in front of it .....................
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posted on
03/31/2021 11:40:10 AM PDT
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Red Badger
("We've always been at war with Climate Change, Winston."..............................)
To: Balding_Eagle
Since he was shooting from the front, it is more likely the SR71 would catch up to the missile.
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To: Kevmo; al baby
And just think that the lead designer Clarence Johnson, and his team did this project with slide rules and compasses, no computers.
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posted on
03/31/2021 11:46:03 AM PDT
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PGR88
To: al baby
Satellites. That’s what replaced them. Got enough satellites in orbit that we can photograph whatever we want without the risk of detection. Now we got drones that can hover.
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posted on
03/31/2021 11:46:22 AM PDT
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discostu
(Like a dog being shown a card trick )
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