USAF Developing New "SR-72" Supersonic Spy?

Kadin2048 writes "According to an Air Force Times article, the famed Lockheed Martin 'Skunk Works' may be hard at work on a new supersonic spy plane (with 'artist concept') for the U.S. military, to replace the SR-71 'Blackbird' retired a decade ago. Dubbed by some the SR-72, the jet would be unmanned and travel at about 4,000 MPH at as much as 100,000 feet, with 'transcontinental' range. Some have speculated that new high-speed spy planes could be a U.S. response to anti-satellite weapons deployed by China, in order to preserve reconnaissance capabilities in the event of a loss of satellite coverage. Neither the Air Force nor Lockheed Martin would comment on the program, or lack thereof."

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Movie stealth

[asadodetira]

"In the near future, the Navy develops a fighter jet piloted by an artificial intelligence computer. The jet is placed on an aircraft carrier in the Pacific to learn combat manuevers from the human pilots aboard. But when the computer develops a mind of its own, it's the humans who are charged with stopping it before it incites a war" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0382992/

SR-Thuper-Thecret-Thpyplane

[MrKaos]

Lockhead Martin also refused to comment on a recent purchase 10 million $5000 toilet seats, 52 million boxes of $1000 dollar tissues, and 19.7 million $10000 dollar hammers.:-P It would be a cruel twist of fate it the project was outsourced to china.

Now I wonder scramjet + non-existant unmanned stealth spy plane, and massive development budget hmmmm.