SR-72: US secret hypersonic jet to allegedly break sound barrier in 2025 | Believed to be a top-secret project of the US Air Force, the SR-72 is touted to reach over 4,000 mph (6,437 kph), making i…::undefined

  • smiling_big_baby_boy@midwest.social
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    11 months ago

    A rat done bit my sister Nell

    With whitey on the moon

    Her face and arms began to swell

    And whitey’s on the moon

    I can’t pay no doctor bills

    But whitey’s on the moon

    Ten years from now I’ll be payin’ still

    While whitey’s on the moon

    The man just upped my rent last night

    Cause whitey’s on the moon

    No hot water, no toilets, no lights

    But whitey’s on the moon

    I wonder why he’s upping me?

    Cause whitey’s on the moon?

    Well I was already giving him fifty a week

    With whitey on the moon

    Taxes taking my whole damn check

    Junkies making me a nervous wreck

    The price of food is going up

    And as if all that shit wasn’t enough:

    A rat done bit my sister Nell

    With whitey on the moon

    Her face and arm began to swell

    And whitey’s on the moon

    Was all that money I made last year

    For whitey on the moon?

    How come I ain’t got no money here?

    Hmm! Whitey’s on the moon

    Y’know I just 'bout had my fill

    Of whitey on the moon

    I think I’ll send these doctor bills

    Airmail special

    To whitey on the moon

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      11 months ago

      This new plane is a hypersonic weapon delivery drone, barely related to the SR-71 aside from the speed it can travel.

      As to the sixty years thing, satellites made spyplanes nearly entirely obsolete and traditional aircraft with stealth technology covered the remaining cases well enough that there wasn’t a need for more speed. Research went into making missiles better instead, and this is designed to be a launch platform for those missiles.

      • Poem_for_your_sprog@lemmy.world
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        10 months ago

        Then why do we still operate the U2? SR-71 was operated all the way until 1999. Hubble was launched in 1990 so the large mirrors for spy telescopes had to have been in use well before that.