Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Synopsis: Despite persistent rumors suggesting the SR-72 “Darkstar” could serve as a hypersonic bomber, analysis indicates the platform is ill-suited for strike missions due...
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Synopsis: Despite persistent rumors suggesting the SR-72 “Darkstar” could serve as a hypersonic bomber, analysis indicates the platform is ill-suited for strike missions due...
Key Points and Summary – The SR-72 “Son of Blackbird” is rumored to be America’s first hypersonic aircraft. This Mach 6 platform could reach...
Key Points and Summary – For nearly forty years, the rumored SR-91 Aurora has loomed over aviation as the mystery successor to the SR-71...
Key Points and Summary – Lockheed Martin’s SR-72 “Son of Blackbird” is designed to leap beyond the SR-71, using a turbine-based combined cycle engine...
Key Points and Summary – The SR-72 “Son of Blackbird” was conceived as a Mach 6, hypersonic recon-and-strike platform able to cross continents in...
Key Takeaways – Lockheed Martin’s SR-72 “Darkstar” is envisioned as the first optionally manned hypersonic strike and reconnaissance aircraft, a spiritual successor to the...
Key Points and Summary – The speculative SR-72 “Darkstar” is pitched as a Mach 6 successor to the SR-71, raising a key question: does...
Key Points – Speculation persists about a successor to the SR-71 Blackbird, potentially the SR-72 “Darkstar,” fueled by cryptic hints from Lockheed Martin and...
Lockheed Martin’s super-secretive Skunk Works is actively working on a super-secretive aircraft, the SR-72 Darkstar. And despite going over budget by just a smidgen...
Ever since the famous Lockheed Skunk Works-designed SR-71 Blackbird was retired from US Air Force (USAF) service in 1989, people have been asking what...