Why were ridiculously fast planes like the SR-71 built, and why hasn’t it speed record been broken for 50 years?
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The replacement for those spy planes is top secret. We won’t know about them for another 30 years, if ever. I’ll bet there are aircraft out there right now that have Radar and optical stealth and are going in and out of sovereign airspace at will. They may or may not be manned.
As other people have pointed out, satellites can be planned for. There will always be a need to put eyes on a target from the air.
The alternative would be to send in special forces with drones. Either way, satellites cannot be the final answer.
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