The SR-71 Blackbirds were used in intelligence-gathering operations over the Soviet Union and Vietnam. A s Washington and ...
the SR-71 also featured a minimized radar cross section so that the jet’s combination of stealth and speed would make it nearly impossible for even the most sophisticated Soviet SAMs to take out.
In 2013, Lockheed Martin announced development of the successor to the SR-71 Blackbird spy plane. The SR-71 was capable of reaching speeds over three times the speed of sound, and the SR-72 is ...