Is America’s New SR-72 Spy Plane Just A Dream?
The plane will be a drone and will also be able to launch attacks in addition to spying.
Long a source of speculation throughout the defense commentary sphere, the SR-72 “Son of Blackbird” next-generation drone has been mired in mystery for over a decade.
The SR-72 is the planned successor to the SR-71, the iconic Cold War-era reconnaissance plane that shattered world records for the fastest manned airbreathing jet engine aircraft.
Initial reports emerged as early as 2007, but it was only in 2013 that Lockheed Martin official Robert Weiss publicly confirmed that the company had made significant headway into developing a hypersonic plane that he called the “SR-72.”
Lockheed Martin proceeded to release widely shared concept art for the project—the SR-72 appears to be an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), boasting a groundbreaking purported top speed approaching Mach 6.
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WNU Editor: It will cost a fortune to develop and manufacture this plane/drone. Will a Biden administration OK this program? I doubt it.
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Is America’s New SR-72 Spy Plane Just A Dream?
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