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Old 04-17-12, 10:36 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by soopaman2 View Post
In the opinion of everyone here would this still be a viable aircraft today?
Nope. High and fast gets you killed. The Patriot and latest SA-XX can engage targets like the SR-71.

This is the super high speed recon asset of the future:

It stays up for a year, evasive maneuvers can send it in to the next hemisphere, it doesn't lose speed or alt in a turn, is expendable...
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