News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on The SR-71 Spy Plane Was So Fast, It Outran Every Missile Fired at It. Parent comment

Re:The SR-71 Spy Plane Was So Fast, It Outran Every Missile ... by sandworm101 on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @04:15PM (#19505535)
That's not the information I've seen. From what I've read a fully-loaded takeoff and climb would burn so much fuel, far more than a typical profile, that it would still not have been able to break records set by the migs.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The SR-71 Spy Plane Was So Fast, It Outran Every Missile ... by jandrese on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @04:35PM (#19505741)
That sounds dubious to me. The SR-71 had some massive tanks and the idea that it couldn't accelerate to full speed on one tank seems unlikely. Even if you account for the burn in climbing to 50k feet ASL it seems like it has to be underselling the Blackbird quite a lot.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The SR-71 Spy Plane Was So Fast, It Outran Every Missile ... by avar on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @04:28PM (#19505681)
These two claims aren't mutually exclusive.
[ Parent | on HN ]