March 20, 2020 Topic: Technology Region: Americas Blog Brand: The Buzz Tags:
The Air Force Might Be Getting a Mach 3 SR-72 Bomber
That would be amazing.
by Steve Weintz
Key point: There's no certainty here, but the SR-72 would build on the successful SR-71. It would be the fastest plane ever in service if made.
Like a bolt out of the blue, Lockheed Martin’s renown Skunk Works publicly teased one of aviation’s great snark hunts—revealing plans for a successor to the SR-71, the legendary Mach-3 reconnaissance plane designed with slide rules and retired when the millennials were born.
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That 59-year old aircraft, originally developed as an uber-interceptor, still holds the record for fastest sustained supersonic flight at 2,100 miles per hour—much faster than a .50-caliber bullet.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/air-force-might-be-getting-mach-3-sr-72-bomber-135117
