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Originally Posted by Dreadnought
Long before the Concorde SST there was a Mach 3 Bomber known as the Valkyrie an excellent delta dart design that achieved such speed by riding the shockwave its body created and folding wings with no defensive armament just pure speed. A beautiful plane to behold.
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Yeah, I know. But I didn't mention it because it never made it to service. The XB-70 Valkyrie beats both the Concorde and the Blackbird for style, tech and looks. But at least the Concorde and SR-71 made it into service and did their tasks. The XB-70 was canned after 2 tech demo aircraft. And the SR-71 was
still faster.
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Originally Posted by glyn
the requirement for a Mach 3 bomber was dropped. They would have been ruinously expensive to bring into service.
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And the B-2 is not ruinously expensive? How effective is the XB-70 vs. the B-2 and how do the price tags compare? Maybe this belongs in a different topic.