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A good look at the XB-70. No narration, just highly detailed pictures.[1] The XB-70 looks like nothing that came before, and nothing after it looks like the XB
by Animats 2y ago
A good look at the XB-70. No narration, just highly detailed pictures.[1]
The XB-70 looks like nothing that came before, and nothing after it looks like the XB-70. Six engines side by side in the tail. It looks like a 1950s concept for a spaceplane. It was apparently a good aircraft, but expensive and didn't fit any military need of the time.
(The need for high-altitude supersonic bombers declined once surface to air missiles got good enough to hit them.)
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GhYBVM7UHQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GhYBVM7UHQ