they were AIM-47 that evolved iirc into the AIM-54 Phoenix missiles and iirc only about 5/6 planes were equipped to carry them before discontinuation 
Posted on 11/02/2013 6:03:43 AM PDT by LSUfan
Could Lockheed Martin Skunk Works’ SR-72 hypersonic concept design fill the Pentagon’s need for a penetrating intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft? The answer could be yes.
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they were AIM-47 that evolved iirc into the AIM-54 Phoenix missiles and iirc only about 5/6 planes were equipped to carry them before discontinuation
Something I would have no difficulty believing....but of course have no knowledge it actually happened!!!
Ol Kelly Johnson was a man way ahead of his time. I knew some of his family. He was a man of few words. If Kelly made aircraft like the SR71 way back then, what could he have designed that we know nothing of?
He was a thinker, something we have few of today. Ishpeming Mich has a lot of thinkers, being a mining town. They had to come up with solutions on site because there was no other.
If it’s from bho’s administration it’ll be solar powered and not get off the ground and be someone elses fault.
It leaked because the plane’s skin and air framing would expand when flying at those incredible speeds, so if it was tight fitting it would buckle and cause problems.
It’s scheduled for delivery 17 years from now.
Funny, people talk like they’re testflighting it now.
Cool! Thanks for the info.
Not sure how the MiG-31s would get in position to intercept a SR-71. The Blackbird cruised at M 3.2 at 80,000+ feet. The MiG-31’s top speed is M 2.8.
It’s a simple matter of geometry.
The only way this would have been feasible is if the MiG-31s fired long-range AAMs similar to the USN Phoenix. But there is no way to have been sure of such a shot without actually firing the missiles and seeing the actual results.
welcome... it was a big honker
Maybe once we're finally through with them...
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