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re: The CIA A12 (SR71 Blackbird eats its dust)
Posted on 6/14/16 at 1:25 pm to CaptainsWafer
Posted on 6/14/16 at 1:25 pm to CaptainsWafer
Watched a documentary where they said that while in service, SR-71s were fired on over 4000 times, and no plane was ever lost due to enemy fire.
Also, when doing BDA after the Libya bombing in 1986, it was shot at by the "state of the art" Soviet high altitude SAM and flat out outran the missile.
Also, when doing BDA after the Libya bombing in 1986, it was shot at by the "state of the art" Soviet high altitude SAM and flat out outran the missile.
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Posted on 6/14/16 at 1:29 pm to udtiger
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A total of 12 out of the 32 aircraft built were lost. The important thing to take note of is that none of the Blackbirds were lost due to enemy military retaliation. All SR-71 crew had to do upon a missile launch, was to increase the throttle and watch the missile get further and further away from striking distance.
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