Boeing Unveils ‘Son of Blackbird’ Hypersonic Aircraft That Could Go Five Times the Speed of Sound

Boeing Unveils ‘Son of Blackbird’ Hypersonic Aircraft That Could Go Five Times the Speed of Sound
The Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird is displayed at the Smithsonian Institute's Udvar-Hazy Air and Space Museum in Chantilly, Virginia. on Aug. 23, 2006. Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images
John Smithies
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Boeing has revealed a potential successor to the legendary Blackbird SR-71 spy plane and the company says it could travel at over five times the speed of sound.

The plane, which some have nicknamed ‘Son of Blackbird’, would travel at such velocity that enemies would have no time to react.

John Smithies
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