Chinese scientists have tested a turbojet engine, capable of touching Mach 4 speeds, sparking rumors of a new SR-71-like spy plane.
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In 1963, the Lockheed A-12 (code-named “Archangel”) became America’s first supersonic stealth plane. Incredibly fast, much ...
The downside: X-43s had to be dropped from a Boeing from an altitude of 29,000 in order to fly, because their design made it ... the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird. Introduced into the United States ...
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The SR-71 could fly at Mach 3.2 (around 2,100 miles per hour)—lightyears faster than anything the Soviet Union could throw at it.