Re:What we know about Lockheed Martin's mysterious SR-72
by localhostdotdev on Sunday May 05, 2019 @11:00PM
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> for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) and strike missions (wikipedia)
for the strike part, wouldn't it be better to use a satellite-based system, I would think it could reach any place on earth much faster given the initial velocity of being in orbit.
e.g. missiles/drones would be launched from a satellite at 8000m/s (17000 mph, 3/4 times faster than the SR-72), and they could be distributed globally. I'm just unsure about the descent phase but sounds like it would work out.
for the strike part, wouldn't it be better to use a satellite-based system, I would think it could reach any place on earth much faster given the initial velocity of being in orbit.
e.g. missiles/drones would be launched from a satellite at 8000m/s (17000 mph, 3/4 times faster than the SR-72), and they could be distributed globally. I'm just unsure about the descent phase but sounds like it would work out.