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Key Points and Summary – Bottom Line in 3 Words: speed buys options. A Mach 6 SR-72 could slash enemy reaction time, sprint into...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The SR-71 Blackbird was a “fantastic” aircraft, but its origins lie in the even faster, single-seat CIA A-12 “Oxcart.”...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – In one of the greatest ironies of the Cold War, the U.S. had to secretly buy the titanium needed...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The SR-72 “Darkstar” is envisioned as a Mach-6, air-breathing ISR platform—but could it strike? -Hypersonic speed complicates weapons separation,...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The SR-71 retired in 1999, but its rumored successor—the SR-72 “Darkstar”—keeps resurfacing. -Lockheed’s Skunk Works has teased a Mach-6...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The secretive SR-72 “Darkstar” is Lockheed Martin’s ambitious project to build a Mach 6+ hypersonic ISR and strike aircraft....
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – SR-72 Could Soon Replace SR-71 As Fastest Plane Ever? Yes, the SR-71 Blackbird officially remains the fastest acknowledged crewed,...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The SR-71 Blackbird, the world’s fastest air-breathing manned aircraft, held its speed record not because of its airframe’s limits,...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – A futuristic warfighting concept envisions the hypersonic SR-72 “Darkstar” acting as a “mothership” or “quarterback” for U.S. air dominance....