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by I_Am_Nous 1023 days ago
From what I've read, the SR-71 missile defense system was just to throttle up. Back when it was the fastest bird in the sky, this worked well, but we have supersonic missiles that can probably match its speed, and hypersonic missiles are even starting to be used in Ukraine.
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The MiG-31 largely stopped that approach from being viable. https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/16377/could-a-s...