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What It Took To Build The SR-71 Blackbird
The legendary SR-71 Blackbird retains the record for America ... U.S. officials understood that the ability to take aerial ...
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SR-71 'I': How Lockheed Planned to Transform the Blackbird into a Missile-Wielding Interceptor
While this never came to fruition, an offshoot proposal to create an interceptor Blackbird variant emerged two years later. The SR-71 “I” idea came from Lockheed Martin and called for newer ...
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The SR-71 Blackbird Was Built to Outrun Soviet Air Defenses
Lockheed Martin’s infamous Skunk Works division is responsible for developing the legendary SR-71 platform. Spearheaded by Clarence “Kelly” Johnson, the Blackbird project was initially ...
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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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The best and baddest of U.S. stealth bombers:
LOCKHEED SR-71 BLACKBIRD Role: Strategic reconnaissance aircraft Manufacturer: Lockheed, Skunk Works division Status: Retired The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird is a long-range, Mach 3+ strategic ...