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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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[–] 19 points 10 hours ago (7 children)

The reason they got rid of surveillance jets is that satellites can do it without any risk to a pilot and on a 24 hr basis.

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  • [–] -4 points 8 hours ago (6 children)

    During the Cold War, it had to overfly Russian airspace to be able to see far enough. They were within their rights to shoot at unauthorized aircraft in their airspace.

    However, it could see a lot higher percentage of Iran without overflying, and Iran can’t legally shoot at something in international airspace

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  • [–] 5 points 7 hours ago (3 children)

    Any country involved in a shooting war is within their rights to shoot at any object they have reason to believe is a military target, regardless of where that object is.

    Outside their airspace, in international waters, inside another country, on the fucking Moon - the limits are technological, not legal.

    If the object isn't a military target, then they aren't within their rights to shoot at it no matter where it is. Not that that has stopped attacks on civilians in the past (e.g. Russian ballistic missile attacks on apartment blocks, US drone strikes of fishing boats), only that the laws of war forbid such things.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

    I chuckled the other day when I heard that the planned attack on the UK airbase used by the US for attacks on Iran, is being blamed on Iran, and also being called terrorism.

    I don't think it's terrorism when it's a legitimate military target that takes place during war time. While it is possible for terrorism to exist during a war (you know, something like bombing schools, hospitals, residences, etc), an attack on an enemy's base doesn't fit.

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