There's already an entire fleet of these things, isn't there?
SR-72 hypersonic spyplane/bomber
Brody Richardson
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Jack Johnson
no
Carter Murphy
its a drone, ww3 will be a giant video game, what do you think we are all trainng for?
Nathan Walker
no
Oliver Sullivan
If you've seen it, we're already 20 years ahead of that.
Lucas Taylor
>There's already an entire fleet of these things, isn't there?
If you believe we "retired" the F-117 and revealed the B-2 without having a replacement for both, you're retarded.
Nathaniel Young
Chase Carter
what does this do that a satellite can't do?
Matthew Turner
Probably not, TR3B's? yes.
One is a fighter that has been replaced, the other a Bomber still in service.
What are your talking about.
If its a bomber, drop bombs. But given the myriad of methods of getting nukes to their target already, I don't see what purpose it would serve.
Grayson Sanchez
>youtube.com
>blows your piece of shit "concept" plane right out of the sky
what now americans?
Asher James
No the prompt global strike idea is best served via existing ICBMs , possibly with hypersonic glider reentry vehicles.
Kayden Rodriguez
idk, but I built an SSTO version of it in KSP
Jackson Anderson
It's all about the SB3-Ghoul now anons.
William Williams
The worst part is biological / psychological warfare.
Landon Edwards
It looks less high tech than 71s engine somehow
Joseph Roberts
Seems odd, shouldn't the ramjet have the divergent duct nozzle
Daniel Edwards
Duh
Xavier Morgan
Maybe, but just to have something to give LHM and friends money for. Long range stealth bombers are obsolete with modern missle technology and ballistic missles.
I’m more interested in those massively hypersonic G L I D E R S.
Luis Carter
Oh, and these things too.
Julian Parker
some of you anons build nuke bunkers inawoods, some of you target practice for the boogaloo, some of you study chemistry textbooks to learn how to make things boom, and others of you apply your own special talents for TSHTF and TEOTWAWKI and DOTR.
me, im doing none of that. instead, im out here in the desert leveling up my amateur rocketry skills, so that when WW3 starts, i can fire my payload into low orbit, hit a satellite and explode chafe all over. im going to trigger Kessler Syndrome, which you should google if you never jeard of it. i figure, if i can knock out global satellite telecomms on day 1, then WW3 becomes a very different kind of war than what TPTB expected. there wont be any air force, mavy, submarine nor drones fighting WW3, because they all depend on satellite uplink, and all the satellites will be ground into space dust. i like to think of it as giving you little guys a fighting chance against the American Empire.
Kayden Lopez
the sr71 was unhittable by missiles because of its speed, this thing is even faster.
Ethan Lee
Solid propellant missiles slow down drastically as they burn through the fuel. As they reach the end of useful range the missiles are completely burned out and just coasting on momentum.
There's absolutely no way SAMs could catch a hypersonic plane riding 15 miles high. The best russia has hits mach 3.5 and is "planned" to upgrade to mach 5, even with a pre-emptive launch the missile has to travel ~40-60 miles and runs out of fuel before getting close to the plane.
Sorry, nope.
Ian Wright
Yes, and their successor is already in operation.
Mason Thomas
Change direction.
Think of it as a low-altitude x-35.
William Reyes
Loiter and drop bombs, slower speed and lower altitude allows for higher resolution, possibly even better cameras.
Bentley Sanchez
i never saw this commercial. what was the big shitsorm about
Jonathan Nelson
Can't hit a satellite with a bike lock, retard
Liam Evans
What if they are so good at stealth that even their creators can't find them?
Carter Richardson
lasers man, friggin' lasers!
Levi Gomez
By the time we find out about it it’s obsolete.
Austin Rogers
Give money to lockheed probably kek
John Moore
Sat recon is limited to particular times of day, and is more or less predictable.
As for whether the US is operating a long range high-supersonic or even hypersonic reconnaissance aircraft, manned or unmanned, I'd say look for the following:
1) Really big fucking runways, the L/D ratio on these is worse than bad, at landing and takeoff speeds.
2) Fuel will not be normal jet fuel (special kerosene), rather look for development programs involving methane as an aircraft fuel, it's handling, and storage.
Mason Sanchez
That things already retired
Jack Anderson
Anything the us air force has released was already in combat for years. Wouldn't surprise me
Logan Phillips
I'd imagine 'sniff' for hidden nuclear sites and chemical sites in denied airspace, among the other things people have said.
Jose Gray
Or something extremely similar
Jordan Smith
Sarin, VX, Anthrax = biological warfare
Porn, liberal ideology, muh russian bots = psychological warfare
Those are two completely different things.
Michael Richardson
why would anyone need this when you have hypersonic missiles
a pilot wouldnt be able to actively fly that thing on its top speed anyway
Alexander Bennett
Do you think all of the are on the same hight?
Sebastian Rivera
>instagram age
>wikileaks age
>empowered womenz and minorities age
There is a “fleet” of powerpoint presentations of this stuff, yes.
Kayden Fisher
Ask the Yugos about this.
Caleb Garcia
That was a F-117A, they shot down the SR71 never took a hit, i think there was one close call over Russia.but it was literally faster than any missile, they would just throttle up if they got a warning.