"The first to drop the Hundred designator was the YF12A which became the SR71, an aircraft with no need for any weapons as it was able to fly so fast, it could outrun any other aircraft in the air, and incidentally most missiles if any were to be used against it. It could also fly higher than most aircraft or missiles could go." - http://papundits.wordpress.com/2009...
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I wonder if the missile part is still true -- is there a modern missile which can catch the SR71?
- Private Sanjeev
Do you count the unmanned X-43a scramjet? It can go Mach 9.6 (vs. the Blackbird's 3.2). Local experts (in my home) say that it looks like it is made out of cardboard. http://www.nasa.gov/mission...
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It only counts if it's in production, so no. :)
- Private Sanjeev
Topol SS 27 - For anything to travel from Kapustny to Balkash in 24 minutes, it had to fly at a speed of three miles a second. That’s 180 miles a minute or 10,800 miles an hour. - http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/article... - of course, that's a ballistic missle.
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