The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird was a marvel of Cold War engineering, and to the perplexity and dismay of many, it was retired in 1989 (temporarily) and 1998 (permanently) without a direct replacement.
The SR-72 concept was developed as a hypersonic successor to the SR-71, targeting speeds around Mach 6 using a turbine-based ...
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