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[Prophet of the Pimps]

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This is the A-12, a supersonic spy plane that was the precursor of the SR-71 —and according to the CIA, even while they look similar, in some ways it was more advanced than the famous Blackbird. It's one of the ten 10 survived the 15-plane OXCART program, one of which is in the USS Intrepid in Manhattan. This one was unveiled today by our dear friends at the CIA in an official ceremony at their Langley HQs. The story of this Mach 3.2 technological wonder starts in 1957 and, like all secret flying things full of gadgets, it's fascinating.

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[Alias]

Link isn't working...

[Ilves]

That's all not true.
A-12 is:
a) sub-sonic
b) an assault ATG plane (we call it 'sturmovik')
c) project begint in 80's
c) closed in 90's

[Prophet of the Pimps]

Alias, on 21 Sep 2007, 23:30, said:

Link isn't working...

The link is being anal. Looks like the site is facing bandwidth issues.
So till that link gets up you can wiki this shit up
http://en.wikipedia....iki/A-12_OXCART

[narboza22]

AL_Hassan, on 21 Sep 2007, 13:12, said:

That's all not true.
A-12 is:
a) sub-sonic
b) an assault ATG plane (we call it 'sturmovik')
c) project begint in 80's
c) closed in 90's

Hassan, the A-12 is the same airframe as the SR-71. The A-12's were later turned into SR-71's. They were capable of mach 3 flight, they were interceptors equipped with a long range missile similar to the AIM-54, and the project was canceled when they realized that a Mach 3 interceptor really had no use.

[Ilves]

Ah, sry, I just have confused with other A-12 (which is a sturmovik):

[Whitey]

I actually have a picture of me in front of an A-12 down in Huntsville, Alabama. They get pretty hot in teh sunlight

[Strategia]

Boidy, on 21 Sep 2007, 23:42, said:

I actually have a picture of me in front of an A-12 down in Huntsville, Alabama. They get pretty hot in teh sunlight

No shit, considering the fact that they're black