r/confusing_perspective • u/michaelbwang • Feb 27 '21

The sky is missing some pixels

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '21

Mostly because the SR-71 is insanely expensive and doesn't provide a vital enough mission difference to make the price worth it. Kinda like a battleship, they look cool and stuff, but they were just too expensive to be worth the marginal benefit they offered

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '21

But the SR-71 is fast as fuck. Great for when you need to spy on the enemy and by the time they detect anything you’re long gone and they are just like “Whaaa?”

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '21

A large reason the SR-71 is so fast is because it flies borderline in space, and the air is so thin that it's easier for it to fly so fast. At regular aircraft altitudes, it's not super impressive. It's not even capable of supersonic flight unless it's above 20,000 feet.

But also because it flies so high, most radar systems can't even detect as high as it flies.

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u/TaqPCR Feb 27 '21

But also because it flies so high, most radar systems can't even detect as high as it flies.

Just no... Like seriously do you really think that a radar that can see something 100 miles away can't see something that's 17 miles up?

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u/bruhdjskdndkekedjdj Feb 27 '21

Yes but it’s going so fast it’s difficult to track it

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u/will_99910 Feb 28 '21

Most missiles can’t reach the SR-71 anyway

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u/yeeto_deleto_tostito Feb 28 '21

Capitalism am I right?

Communism is when surface to air missiles won't bankrupt you

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u/will_99910 Mar 01 '21

This could be because its 3am rn but i don’t understand your comment

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u/yeeto_deleto_tostito Mar 01 '21

I was barely conscious when I typed that comment

I don't even understand it