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Great article - SR-71 Blackbird...
HK wrote:
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On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:47:07 +0000, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
There has been some speculation that the oft rumored "Aurora" is really
a revamped, updated SR-71 design with a hybrid jet/scram jet engine
capable of extra-atmosphere flight.
It's also been rumored that the Aurora was canceled in the '90s, due
to the expense.
Man, that has got to be a ride and a half.
What, a contract actually cancelled because of expense? Is that allowed?
What galls me as a taxpayer is that the government is willing, no,
eager, to spends hundreds of billions of dollars and unlimited amounts
of manpower on military hardware, but is unwilling to pursue diplomacy
until there is absolutely no hope of diplomacy working.
"Jaw, jar is better than war, war," a quote attributed to Churchill, has
more meaning today than ever.
You seem to constantly forget that a strong military helps tremendously
with the talking part of diplomacy.
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