BarkellWH -> RE: Some aircraft drawings and paintings (Apr. 6 2018 20:16:36)
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It was designed by Kelly Johnson, probably the greatest unknown to general public American mechanical designer who ever lived. The United States was damned fortunate to have the likes of Kelly Johnson and his Lockheed "Skunk Works" developing reconnaisance aircraft like the U-2, the A-12, and finally the magnificent, menacing SR-71. There was nothing like them at the time, and there never will be again, as satellite imagery has completely overtaken them since the mid 1990s. The interesting thing about today's ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaisance) is we have great capability in detecting potentially hostile missile complexes and the like through satellite imagery, as well as real-time battlefield imagery via reconnaisance drones. Both macro and micro ISR, so to speak. Bill
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