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Key Points and Summary – More than two decades after retirement, the SR-71 Blackbird is still the benchmark for speed, and its final operational...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Lockheed Martin’s SR-72 “Son of Blackbird” is designed to replace the iconic SR-71 with a hypersonic, largely unmanned ISR...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Article Summary – Years before the SR-71 Blackbird made headlines, its CIA predecessor—the A-12 Oxcart—was already flying Mach 3 reconnaissance over North Vietnam. -In...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The SR-71 Blackbird was a titanium Mach 3 icon that could outrun missiles and deliver razor-sharp imagery from 85,000...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Point and Summary – Sonic booms are back on the political radar along California’s coast as frequent SpaceX launches from Vandenberg Space Force...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Bottom Line in 3 Words: speed buys options. A Mach 6 SR-72 could slash enemy reaction time, sprint into...
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-71 retired in 1999, but its rumored successor—the SR-72 “Darkstar”—keeps resurfacing. -Lockheed’s Skunk Works has teased a Mach-6...