Actually, satellites alone can't do what an SR-71 can. Satellites aren't an ad hoc intelligence solution, since they are periodic in their orbit and can't imag

Actually, satellites alone can't do what an SR-71 can. Satellites aren't an ad hoc intelligence solution, since they are periodic in their orbit and can't image something they aren't on-station to see. But combined with other tech, they replace the SR-71 nicely. As to your "point", it's trivial to say "we can't do something" when we haven't tried.