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Secretive SR-72 Hypersonic Aircraft, Successor to Lockheed Martin’s Legendary SR-71, Could Soon Take Flight
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| August 27, 2024
| Micah Hanks
Posted on 08/27/2024 8:04:44 PM PDT by Red Badger
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To: 04-Bravo; 1FASTGLOCK45; 1stFreedom; 2ndDivisionVet; 2sheds; 60Gunner; 6AL-4V; A.A. Cunningham; ...
AVIATION PING!....................
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posted on
08/27/2024 8:05:21 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
America has $180 Trillion in debt & liabilities and is collapsing. It’s over. Enjoy the plane.
To: Red Badger
If they say it could soon take flight it actually means it’s been flying for 5 years.
CC
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posted on
08/27/2024 8:13:29 PM PDT
by
Celtic Conservative
(My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
To: Trumpisourlastchance
America has $180 Trillion in debt & liabilities and is collapsing. It’s over. Enjoy the plane.
><><
You said it better than I was going to.
In two or three years we’ll be splitting up and whoever has the military won’t have much of one.
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posted on
08/27/2024 8:20:39 PM PDT
by
laplata
(They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
To: Red Badger
I suspect that a replacement platform has already been in operation. I doubt they would retire The SR-71 without something to take its’ place.
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posted on
08/27/2024 8:31:07 PM PDT
by
Smittie
(Just like an alien I'm a stranger in a strange land)
To: Red Badger
As an Airman in the '60s, I was a technician on some of the SR-71 electronic systems. One of the 4 or 5 greatest aircraft (there is much discussion about the top few airplanes) in history, possibly only second to the original Wright Flyer.
As such, I'm pretty excited about the potential SR-72, and I do hope it's approved and in production ASAP. We need it.
That said, I do wish it were a manned A/C.
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posted on
08/27/2024 8:35:05 PM PDT
by
Seaplaner
(Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never...in nothing, great or small...Winston ChurchIill)
To: Celtic Conservative
Back in the 90’s we had a joke at PW.
What’s black and manned and flies mach 6?
the answer was “ I don’t know”. :)
To: Red Badger; dfwgator
Can the Firefox catch it?
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posted on
08/28/2024 12:46:51 AM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: Seaplaner
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posted on
08/28/2024 1:08:06 AM PDT
by
A strike
("Rise Peter, kill and eat.")
To: Red Badger
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posted on
08/28/2024 1:49:53 AM PDT
by
sauropod
("This is a time when people reveal themselves for who they are." James O'Keefe Ne supra crepidam)
To: A strike
We need a strong military?
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posted on
08/28/2024 2:20:34 AM PDT
by
roving
(Deplorable Erectionists Listless Vessel )
To: SaveFerris
Only if Clint Eastwood is piloting it.
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posted on
08/28/2024 2:49:35 AM PDT
by
Larry Lucido
(Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
To: roving
And this multi multi billion$$ will accomplish that how?
Dept of DEFENSE right?
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posted on
08/28/2024 2:53:24 AM PDT
by
A strike
("Rise Peter, kill and eat.")
To: Red Badger
“...the U.S. Air Force is already wrapped up in several expensive projects, all straining the U.S. defense budget. This could signal problems for the SR-72 regarding whether the additional cost of production and maintenance for a new fleet of advanced aircraft is feasible.”
It is so much better to burn billions of dollars in the fruitless Ukraine war than to protect the future of the United States.
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posted on
08/28/2024 4:01:25 AM PDT
by
odawg
To: Red Badger
Wham bam thank you ram jet?
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posted on
08/28/2024 4:27:42 AM PDT
by
Sirius Lee
(Trump/Vance 2024 or GFY)
To: Larry Lucido
”Only if Clint Eastwood is piloting it.” As long as he remembers to think in Russian.
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posted on
08/28/2024 4:36:44 AM PDT
by
Flag_This
(They're lying.)
To: Waverunner
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posted on
08/28/2024 5:00:05 AM PDT
by
jamaksin
( )
To: Seaplaner
Maybe there will be a manned version............
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posted on
08/28/2024 5:15:59 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: SaveFerris
Only if you think in Russian.....................
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posted on
08/28/2024 5:18:41 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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