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NASA mysteriously trying to pull world’s fastest plane, SR-71 Blackbird, out of retirement — and won’t say why (nypost.com)
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Seeing Blackbird fly again after all these years would be incredible. I'd love to know what NASA has planned for it.

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[–] 8 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

All the titanium for the current ones came from Russia. They're even harder to trade with now than they were in the cold war

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago

    We didn't directly trade with them then, and we wouldn't now. If the government wanted it, they'd just do the same thing and use intermediary countries and shell companies.

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