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🧐🇺🇸 Before satellites could provide real time intelligence, there was the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird. Cruising above 85,000 feet and exceeding Mach 3, the SR-71 was so fast that when enemy missiles were launched, pilots often responded by simply accelerating. No SR-71 was ever shot down by enemy action. Built... show more

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