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SR-71 Blackbird Was So Fast It Outran Every Missile, MiG Fighter Jet Launched Against It

December 4, 2013 Dario Leone David Cenciotti

“The SR-71s taunted and toyed with the MiG-25s sent up to intercept them, scooting up to altitudes the Soviet planes could not reach, and circling leisurely above them or dashing off at speeds the Russians […]