Design studies showed that even aircraft flying above 95,000 feet at Mach 3.2 could still be detected by radar. Attempts to pair extreme performance with acceptable radar signatures exposed ...
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The SR-71 Blackbird’s speed secret: Mach 3.2 on paper, faster in reality
Blackbird SR-71 did not survive through concealing but through escape. Lockheed had constructed the Skunk Works of the SR-71 in the wake of the 1960 U-2 shootdown in the belief that, once spotted, the ...
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