Message posted by Mark on September 16, 2014 at 18:58:49 PST:

Hand raised here also! Intelligence is too important to trust solely to satellites that can too easily be monitored and their flight paths predicted. The SR71s would not have been retired without replacement asset being available. Even if they weren't on a regular basis a few of them would have been kept in flight condition for emergencies.

In Reply to: Re: To VernM - Aurora posted by Eagle Scout on September 15, 2014 at 20:02:22 PST:

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