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Post by haughtney1 on Dec 9, 2013 21:31:37 GMT 12
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Post by suthg on Dec 9, 2013 21:40:34 GMT 12
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Post by haughtney1 on Dec 9, 2013 21:47:07 GMT 12
Speed ain't stealthy, but then again, if by the time you see it..its gone...wheres the difference?
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Post by suthg on Dec 9, 2013 22:03:35 GMT 12
That was their point that it would not just be for surveillance but also hypersonic weapons release as well, and unmanned, - and past any detection system before acknowledgement of its presence. The Lockheed Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2, or HTV-2, an unmanned, arrowhead-shaped glider, crashed into the Pacific Ocean in 2011 after flying for more than nine minutes and reaching speeds of Mach 20. Read more: defensetech.org/2013/11/04/lockheed-unveils-plans-for-sr-72/#ixzz2myEeLOle Defense.org |
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Post by nuuumannn on Dec 10, 2013 16:24:16 GMT 12
...that is if the US Air Force has an actual requirement for such a thing at this moment; they certainly don't have the budget to support such development. This is a Lockheed Skunk Works pipe-dream unless the air force can convince the Treasury of the necessity of such a thing and that it can be 'affordable', whatever that might mean to two different government departments with different interpretations of the term.
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Post by beagle on Dec 10, 2013 17:33:24 GMT 12
Would look pretty good in 75 Sqn markings.
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Post by beagle on Dec 10, 2013 17:38:36 GMT 12
The company’s Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2, or HTV-2, an unmanned, arrowhead-shaped glider, crashed into the Pacific Ocean in 2011 after flying for more than nine minutes and reaching speeds of Mach 20. (A similar flight in 2010 also failed.)
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Pentagon’s advanced technology laboratory, which funded the project, later concluded the HTV-2 aircraft went so fast that its exterior coatings peeled apart from the airframe, creating gaps that caused the vehicle to roll and ultimately break apart.
The SR-72 will draw on lessons learned from the HTV-2 project, but won’t push the hypersonic envelop as far.
someone used the wrong rivets or 500mph tape just didn't hack it.
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Post by machpants on Dec 10, 2013 18:22:55 GMT 12
They should have used duct tape and/or No 8 wire
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