USSR contributed to the creation of an American strategic supersonic scout SR-71 BlackBird, which is considered the fastest aircraft in history, providing Titan for him, tells the National Interest.
The American magazine reminds that SR-71 BlackBird has a unique glider, 90 percent consisting of titanium, allowing you to withstand high temperatures. The publication notes that the United States lacked its own metal for the production of an aircraft, as a result of which the USSR needed.
Magazine writes that Washington purchased titanium from the USSR fraudulently, as a result of which the latter did not know what goals were leaving the metal. “This prompted the central intelligence management to start a program of the secret purchase of a metal, using the fake corporations and the third world countries as intermediaries,” the National Interest assures.
Magazine reminds that the United States built 32 units of SR-71 BlackBird, and admits – if the USSR knew about the purpose of the titanium sold, then it would not approve its purchase by the American side.
In November 2019, Edition The Aviationist wrote that J58 engine air intakes (JT11D-20) were a key feature of the American SR-71 BlackBird, allowing the aircraft to develop a record cruising speed of 3.2 Mach.
In November 2018, US Air Force awarded four Swedish flights by “air medals” for protecting SR-71 Blackbird from the USSR during the Cold War.
Plane Lockheed SR-71 BlackBird is considered to be top of aviation art. Removed with weapons In 1998, the reconnaissance belongs the speed record of 3.2 minutes of Mach with direct flight. Currently, the Skunk Works team from Lockheed Martin is working on the SR-72 hypersonic aircraft.