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To: Pyro7480
Yes, it can. It's legendary speed is second only to the SR-71 Blackbird. The way that the Russians overcame the problems with heat is to make the skin of the aircraft out of steel and that made it one heavy son of a gun.
17 posted on 08/06/2003 12:41:15 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn’t be, in its eyes, a slave.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
See post #32. There seems to be debate over its top speed.
34 posted on 08/06/2003 12:46:11 PM PDT by Pyro7480 (+ Vive Jesus! (Live Jesus!) +)
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