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Also endurance. Now you're only limited to hardware endurance and refueling capabilities rather than pilot fatigue --affording much better performance.
by mc32 5y ago
Also endurance. Now you're only limited to hardware endurance and refueling capabilities rather than pilot fatigue --affording much better performance.
- melling 5y agoAn unmanned hypersonic SR-71 successor. Lower speed reconnaissance jets that are always in the air? Refueled in the air from drone planes.
- nradov 5y agoSatellites are the SR-71 successor. Lower speed persistent reconnaissance is provided by the low-observable RQ-170 and RQ-180 drones.
- nradov 5y agoHumans can endure for quite a long time if they have to. A manned B-2 bomber flew a 44 hour combat mission. https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/36643/u-s-strategic-command-tweet-throws-shade-on-russias-long-range-bomber-mission https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/36643/u-s-strategic-co...