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From: v059l49z@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu
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Subject: Re: D-21 drone
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Date: 3 May 91 23:15:19 GMT
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From: v059l49z@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu


[Same quote deleted.  --CDR]

You and/or the show are mistaken.  The D-21 drone was carried by the SR-71
to an area near the subject of the mission.  It was release near the target
where it did its thing, then flew to a friendly area for recovery (I'm
sure not by the SR-71 but I could be wrong about it.)

Then engine of the D-21 was closer to a pure ram-jet than those of the
SR-71.

The D-21 program ended partially because it was for areas the '71's couldn't
go into, but the Air Force found it could go anywhere they wanted it to.
There are stories of tail-chases by missiles, but they couldn't touch the
SR-71.

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