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The Only Jet to Radar-Lock the SR-71: Inside the Saab JA-37 Viggen The Saab JA-37 Viggen was a highly capable, advanced Swedish Cold War...
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The Only Jet to Radar-Lock the SR-71: Inside the Saab JA-37 Viggen The Saab JA-37 Viggen was a highly capable, advanced Swedish Cold War...
The 2026 defense paradigm is shifting away from pure VLO (Very Low Observable) stealth as adversarial sensors become more adept at tracking 5th-generation signatures....
Jack Buckby, a New York-based defense researcher and national security analyst, evaluates the "persistent enigma" of the Lockheed Martin SR-72. As of March 11,...
The SR-71 Blackbird, a masterpiece of Cold War engineering from Lockheed’s Skunk Works, remains the fastest air-breathing manned aircraft ever to enter operational service....
The SR-71 Blackbird remains the undisputed icon of the Cold War, a titanium marvel that outran more than 4,000 missiles without a single combat...
Summary and Key Points: The SR-71 Blackbird remains the benchmark for manned speed and altitude, designed to survive Cold War air defenses by outrunning...
Summary and Key Points: During Cold War quick-reaction scrambles, Sweden’s JA-37 Viggen crews hunted U.S. and Soviet aircraft near Swedish airspace. And they surely...
Summary and Key Points: A Lockheed test mission in 1966 turned into a near-instant catastrophe when an SR-71 flying Mach 3.18 at 79,000 feet...
Summary and Key Points: Brent M. Eastwood, PhD, a defense expert and former Army Infantry officer, recounts the miraculous survival of Lockheed test pilot...
Summary and Key Points: Lionel “Stormy” Boudreaux, one of the few pilots to fly both the U-2 and SR-71 operationally, explained the dramatic SR-71...