Unique Military Weapons

[Dayze]

Originally Posted by notorious

You have to watch some documentaries on the 70. The plane would be considered amazing even by today's standards.


It harnessed the shockwave between the wings (folded down) and used the energy to cruise (long distances) at Mach 3+.


Insane performance, but ultimately shut down due to SAM's.

wow. interesting. Never heard of the plane/prgram. I"ll have to read up on it. the Cold War era is my sick hobby.

[mikeyis4dcats.]

Originally Posted by Dayze

wow. interesting. Never heard of the plane/prgram. I"ll have to read up on it. the Cold War era is my sick hobby.

if you haven't read Red Eagles it's a great read