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The state of the art advances. There are SAMs today that can shoot down ICBMs. I would guess that one reason the SR-71 was retired, besides the official line th
by mikeash 9y ago
The state of the art advances. There are SAMs today that can shoot down ICBMs. I would guess that one reason the SR-71 was retired, besides the official line that it was expensive and made obsolete by satellites, is that it was no longer invulnerable as it had been when it was new.