SR-72 Son of Blackbird the Hypersonic Spy Plane | Best of Aviation Series

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Let’s take a look at the planned fastest, highest flying spy plane ever in aviation: The SR-72. Dubbed Son of Blackbird, the SR-72 is a hypersonic unmanned aerial vehicle or UAV capable of flying thousands of miles an hour over immense distances and possibly carry weapons. Today we will take a look at the capabilities of the SR72, some of its potential operational scenarios, along with the circumstances that led to its development and see why it just might already be flying.

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Photography and Video Credits/Attributions:

“The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) visual information does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement.”
Department of Defense
NASA

Spy Satellite evolution diagram:
Giuseppe De Chiara 1968, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Standard Jet engine diagram:
Jeff Dahl, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

RamJet Engine Diagram:
Konstantin Kosachev, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scramjet Engine Diagram:
en:User:Emoscopes, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Composites photos:
Nasa.gov

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