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This is the amazing Lockheed Martin SR-72—the space Blackbird
Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works has already begun development on the high altitude SR-72, which will fly at Mach 6—twice the speed of the SR-71—and will be capable of carrying weapons. Unlike the Blackbird, the SR-72 is an armed platform that will be capable of attacking from the edge of space. (sploid.gizmodo.com) Plus d'info...
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Real pics or it don't exist. It does share alot of shape similarities with the so-called "Aurora" spook jet though.
Oh it exists all right
Really? Grey? The SR-71's black color made it look so awesome! It's like they chopped the wings off a hornet :)
They sure know how to make 'em.
The link referenced in the squawk post is to Gizmodo, which is certainly not a bad tech news consolidator but its summary article actually is based on the exclusive source in Aviation Week and provides a direct link to that source article.
http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/awx_11_01_2013_p0-632731.xml
http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/awx_11_01_2013_p0-632731.xml
YES ...you do !
