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The SR-71 Blackbird Is Remembered for More Than Speed and Stealth
The Lockheed Martin SR-71 “Blackbird ... in the Blackbird design process were high speeds and a minimized radar cross-section. The theory was that this combination of stealth and speed ...
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The SR-71 Blackbird Was Built to Outrun Soviet Air Defenses
The SR-71 Blackbirds were used in intelligence-gathering operations over the Soviet Union and Vietnam. A s Washington and ...
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What It Took To Build The SR-71 Blackbird
The legendary SR-71 Blackbird retains the record for America ... radar cross section so that the jet’s combination of stealth and speed would make it nearly impossible for even the most ...
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The SR-71 Blackbird Was Built to Outrun Soviet Air Defenses
As Washington and Beijing race to produce the world’s first-ever sixth-generation aircraft, new records surrounding speed, weapons load, stealth ... The SR-71 “Blackbird” broke the world ...