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The US sourced SR-71 Blackbird titanium from Russia via CIA front companies — to build the plane that spied on Russia
The United States sourced titanium for the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft from the Soviet Union via CIA ...
National Security Journal on MSN
85% of the SR-71 Blackbird’s airframe was built from Russian titanium that the CIA secretly bought through shell companies
The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird was the United States’ most advanced Cold War spy plane. It was designed to fly over Soviet airspace at Mach 3+ above 80,000 feet. At those speeds, skin temperatures could ...
Inside the fastest jet that ever flew.
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