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To: ken5050
satellites and UAVs killed the Blackbird...

The SR-71s capability have never been replaced. Sats and UAVs are not as good in many respects.

2,807 posted on 01/30/2006 1:53:20 PM PST by p23185 (Why isn't attempting to take down a sitting Pres & his Admin during wartime considered Sedition?)
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To: p23185
The SR-71s capability have never been replaced.

Don't be too sure about that.

2,836 posted on 01/30/2006 1:54:31 PM PST by Pukin Dog (Sans Reproache)
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To: p23185
The SR-71s capability have never been replaced.

That was a hot aircraft. In the daytime its light-absorbing paint made it look like an SR-71-shaped hole in the sky.

2,936 posted on 01/30/2006 1:58:18 PM PST by American Quilter (The urge to save humanity is nearly always a cover for the urge to rule. - H.L. Mencken)
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