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1. walrus01 · 1790727565 · focus · HN ↗

   I'd be more astonished if there isn't something superior to the SR71 (likely unmanned) that has been flying around at night from facilities like Groom Lake for years. Look at how long the RQ180 was flying around in semi-public and known about before it became seen in daylight by plane spotters in Greece. And a long time before that there were public relations approved photos of the Lockheed Martin Polecat.

   There were a series of extremely public quotations from senior DoD officially recently about how they plan to aggressively retire the Global Hawk program (which is a mostly non stealth aircraft), reading between the lines it's because they have something much better.

   edit: for those who haven&#x27;t seen the RQ180: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.com&#x2F;search?client=firefox-b-d&amp;q=RQ180+greece" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.com&#x2F;search?client=firefox-b-d&amp;q=RQ180+gre...

   edit 2 (apologies for the X link): <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;x.com&#x2F;MechDesignxyz&#x2F;status&#x2F;2041281689838584193" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;x.com&#x2F;MechDesignxyz&#x2F;status&#x2F;2041281689838584193

   1. greesil · 1790730810 · focus · HN ↗

      This has got to be a trump thing. &quot;Big beautiful ramjets!&quot; And so on

      1. c0nducktr · 1790731918 · focus · HN ↗

         Yeah it seems most likely it&#x27;s because someone connected to the administration just thinks they&#x27;re cool.

         Trying to find reason behind so much of this shit is a fools errand. Vibes based presidency.

         1. kridsdale1 · 1790747402 · focus · HN ↗

            I’d much rather have them invest in this than half the shit they’re doing

            1. actionfromafar · 1790753503 · focus · HN ↗

               While I agree, these &quot;military projects&quot; are probably grifts, Russia style.

               1. greesil · 1790811988 · focus · HN ↗

                  Por qué no los dos

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