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From: christ@sci.ccny.cuny.edu (Chris Thompson)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: SR-71
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Date: 6 Feb 90 03:42:30 GMT
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From: christ@sci.ccny.cuny.edu (Chris Thompson)

I see in Saturday's paper that the Air Force has decided to ground the SR-71
fleet.  The rationale is that it costs too much ($200-$300 million/year for
the fleet) and that the KH-12 satellites being sent up now will replace the
planes admirably.  Any thoughts?  

Chris

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