Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More Baby Blackbird: Lockheed Built a Mach 3.3 Drone to Photograph China’s Nuclear Facility — All 4 Missions Failed and One Crashed in the USSR The Lockheed D-21 was a Mach 3.3 reconnaissance drone. Lockheed’s Skunk Works built it in the early 1960s. Its mission: photograph China’s Lop Nor... Brandon WeichertMay 11, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More In 1964, Lockheed Skunk Works Built a ‘SR-71’ Drone That Hit Mach 3 and 95,000 Feet — Many Drones Today Can’t Match It The D-21B was the SR-71 Blackbird’s little brother—a Mach 3 spy drone built by Lockheed’s legendary Skunk Works division to fly reconnaissance missions over... Christian OrrMay 5, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More D-21 Mach 3 Spy Drone Summed Up in 4 Words Key Points and Summary on the D-21 Drone – The Lockheed D-21 was a Mach 3.3, high-altitude reconnaissance drone developed by Skunk Works in... Caleb LarsonJuly 18, 2025