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From: military@cbnews.ATT.COM (William B. Thacker)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: B-70
Message-ID: <10406@cbnews.ATT.COM>
Date: 20 Oct 89 01:42:01 GMT
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From: att!dptg!ulysses!smb 
> The B-70 program was cancelled December 3, 1961, article states: "There was
> no ignoring the fact that Russian anti-aircraft missiles could hit and bring
> down any high flying target, no matter how fast or sophisticated." (note:
> I wonder about that......)

Remember when this happened, only a few years after a U-2 was shot
down over the USSR.  That wasn't really supposed to happen, either.
But Soviet missile progress outstripped U.S. expectations.  It
probably didn't to make the same mistake in judgement again.