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The SR-71 Blackbird Was Built to Outrun Soviet Air Defenses
The SR-71 Blackbirds were used in intelligence-gathering operations over the Soviet Union and Vietnam. A s Washington and ...
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SR-71 Blackbird: The World’s Fastest Spy Plane
What made the SR-71 Blackbird the ultimate spy plane? Was it its stealth, speed, or high-altitude capabilities? And why did it disappear from military service? U.S. farmers react to China's ...
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Here's what we know about Lockheed Martin's mysterious SR-72
In 2013, Lockheed Martin announced development of the successor to the SR-71 Blackbird spy plane. The SR-71 was capable of reaching speeds over three times the speed of sound, and the SR-72 is ...
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What It Took To Build The SR-71 Blackbird
The SR-71 Blackbird, first introduced six decades ... of the USSR on a regular basis was required. The CIA’s U-2 spy plane was first developed to fulfill this need. The high altitude ...
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Watch footage of the SR-71 Blackbird
NASA released video footage of the SR-71 Blackbird, the high-altitude recon aircraft capable of reaching speeds over Mach 3. More from Military & Defense NASA released video footage of the SR-71 ...
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The SR-71 Blackbird Was Built to Outrun Soviet Air Defenses
The SR-71 Blackbirds were used in intelligence-gathering ... initially conceptualized to fulfill the CIA’s need for a new spy plane. The intelligence agency had been previously relying on ...