Why would the blackbird fly so high? I looked it up and it says they can fly up to 90,000ft.

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Why would the blackbird fly so high? I looked it up and it says they can fly up to 90,000ft.

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Answer 1

Long ago soviet rockets don’t have enough accuracy and range to hit anything flying 9x the sped of sound at 90,000ft. let alone chase it with their own aircraft