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[–] Sc00ter@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Kelly johnson designed the SR71 Blackbird because he was given the alien tech from rosswell new mexico to reverse engineer! No other way could the government trust 1 man with a blank check book and complete authority and have the plane designed and flying in such a short amount of time!

-my favorite conspiracy theory

[–] BootLoop@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

If it wasn't alien tech, we would've built a faster plane by now.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 5 points 1 day ago

(I get that you're playing into the conspiracy) the reason we haven't is speed isn't good enough anymore, you cannot build a plane that can outrun a missile

So the focus changed to stealth

[–] Sc00ter@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

That we know of