The Soviets were obsessed with that train of thought actually, from the Saturn v “battle cruiser” to the blackbird, especially the public facing interceptor variant, and even the space shuttle.
it was pretty common for the soviets to assume the US space program was cover for shit like "space bomber" (shuttle), "cruiser" (saturn v), etc. Its why the soviets attempted to make ACTUAL space fighters like the Spiral and had secret cannons and shit on their space stations. they just assumed thats what space programs were for and that we were doing the same. It was projection. @@platiuscyndar9017
"How do we stop missiles from downing our planes?" "stealth" "counter measures" "radar jammers" "yeah how about we just make the plane go faster than the missile ooga booga caveman noises"
I saw one of this planes fly over my house when I was little. I lived in the Mojave for the first sixteen years of my life, pretty close to Edwards AFB. I drove past Skunk Works I don't know how many times going to Palmdale. B1 and B2 bombers, Hornets, Falcons, Raptors, C130s, tons and tons of planes and helicopters flew past. The only thing I miss about that desert shit hole is the aircraft that made our roof tremble and windows shake. Those planes instilled in me a love for aviation that has yet to fade.
everyone loves this plane, it is designed to be impossible to dislike. That made it immune to AA: nobody would be willing to shoot at it. That and it could just outrun the missiles.
I actually am blessed with the fact that I live pretty close to a museum that actually has one of the M-21's, drone and all. P.S. Given their long and storied histories, I think one these edits being done for either the C-130 Hercules or B-52 Stratofortress might be cool.
Washingtonian, while McMinnville's Evergreen Air and Space Museum does have an actual SR-71, I am referring to the Museum of Flight in Seattle, which has a complete M-21 with drone, though they do also have an SR-71 cockpit that you can sit in, it's pretty cool.
@@MetalFalcon99 I checked, and nope, Evergreen has SR-71A #61-7971. I also found out that the SR-71 cockpit at the Museum of Flight belongs to SR-71A #61-7977, the aircraft was actually lost 10OCT68 in what must have been a bad landing, as the cockpit (And front end of the fuselage) does survive.
It may be the highlight of my life, walking into the Hutchinson Cosmosphere and being able to touch the Blackbird on display. Absolutely titanic aircraft, it dominated a room full of rockets and spacecraft. Cut my hand on a rivet at the nose.
"I don't speak your Jesus Christo" slaps so hard for the Blackbird, a plane that flew so high and fast nothing could touch it and went "I see no God up here but me." "Dont'tcha try to catch me" "Living on the edge of the law" yeah this is the perfect song for the Blackbird
Love those fast asf iron birds, even more with good music Also, would you make a other countries military companies vídeo with like Dassault, Embraer, HAL and Chengdu?
I mean Chally 2’s predecessor the Chally 1 did break the record “A Challenger 1 from the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards destroyed an Iraqi tank at a range of 5,000 metres (3.1 mi). This was the longest recorded tank to tank kill in the history of armored warfare.”
The Challenger 2's fire control system and gun precision do make it seem like a sniper tank. It's been labelled that by the Ukrainian crews for a reason
@@ch-53esuperstallion76 Yeah but that was the Challenger 1 not the 2, besides I’ve heard people say that so much I’ve become numb to it like “that’s not the only redeeming feature of the tank!”.
@@codenamecrusade1083 and yet they haven’t used it at long range, only ever practising with it, and while yes the fire control system is probably good enough to make it a “sniper tank” the gun is the let down seeing as it’s a rifled gun.
@@NATOenthusiast the war in Ukraine is not like desert storm, tank to tank fight are very rare and tanks are mostly used as indirect fire support vehicle
just imagine seeing that be the super bowl flyover to some people it could be the most terrifyinng thing and to others it could be the most beutiful thing.
Fun fact: these things had to be refueled after launch, because they'd piss fuel through gaps in their panels. Why were there gaps? Because thermal expansion at Mach 3 would seal them back together, rather than cracking the airframe.
Americano by lady gaga (honestly just made a guess by listening to the lyrics and looking up a word from it in Spotify and listening to each song till I find a match)
What if the air force creates a missile like for air to air ground to air or air to ground missile that is the same speed as the black bird or even a ballistics missile
Imagine the spy who first saw one land and saw a fucking astronaut come out,"fuck, they have a SPACE FIGHTER!".
Good one, haha
The Soviets were obsessed with that train of thought actually, from the Saturn v “battle cruiser” to the blackbird, especially the public facing interceptor variant, and even the space shuttle.
@@Eshanasthe Saturn V WHAT
Where can I find more on this?
it was pretty common for the soviets to assume the US space program was cover for shit like "space bomber" (shuttle), "cruiser" (saturn v), etc. Its why the soviets attempted to make ACTUAL space fighters like the Spiral and had secret cannons and shit on their space stations. they just assumed thats what space programs were for and that we were doing the same. It was projection. @@platiuscyndar9017
@@platiuscyndar9017
Now, imagine what their reaction would've been to the orion nuclear pulsedrive dreadnought.
"How do we stop missiles from downing our planes?"
"stealth"
"counter measures"
"radar jammers"
"yeah how about we just make the plane go faster than the missile ooga booga caveman noises"
"Frank, your a genius"
@@jrezecordero7943 That one guy in the corner: Why not all of them?
@@alicorn3924that would be the SR-72
Speed and power!
God bless Skunkworks/LM
Out of all the "what-if?" questions engineers have asked, asking "what if we just went faster?" has to be the best one we answered.
If there is one thing that drives engineers it’s the need to go faster than before, give us a century and we’ll be going faster than light
MiG-25, SR-71 my beloved
I legit wonder if Index is just a military contractor and these videos are subtle adverts
Well they work
its all a psyop
Hey, if it works it works right?
Military contractor for both America and Russia (/the USSR?)?
subtle?
DOD: Okey how are we gone stop the Soviets form intercepting our recon aircraft?
Some madlad at skunkworks: SPEEEEED!
That maldad being Kelly Johnson
The God of skunkworks Kelly Johnson
I can hear Jeremy Clarkson going " SPEEEEED AND POWEEEEEERRRR"
This is going in the defense contractor playlist (i have every single one of your military videos in my playlist)
You mean Lady Gaga is going in your playlist.
Same, can you link yours tho?
Very good idea dude! I'm making one NOW
Uncatchable. Unmistakable. Unsurpassed.
I saw one of this planes fly over my house when I was little. I lived in the Mojave for the first sixteen years of my life, pretty close to Edwards AFB. I drove past Skunk Works I don't know how many times going to Palmdale. B1 and B2 bombers, Hornets, Falcons, Raptors, C130s, tons and tons of planes and helicopters flew past. The only thing I miss about that desert shit hole is the aircraft that made our roof tremble and windows shake. Those planes instilled in me a love for aviation that has yet to fade.
Wow!
I agree. I live near Andrews AFB and get to see C130s, AF1, Raptors, Hornets, and the occasional AWACS plane.
Blackbird? More like: Blackbeautifulgloriouswonderfulbird.
What a piece of work; a real beauty.
Glorius
The ''Dont you try to catch me'' part when the engine ignites goes hard af
everyone loves this plane, it is designed to be impossible to dislike. That made it immune to AA: nobody would be willing to shoot at it.
That and it could just outrun the missiles.
Fun fact: The United States airforce had to design an entire knew KC-135 Variant to be able to refuel the SR71 Blackbird
Yeah. That's true since the SR-71 used JP-7 fuel while other planes used JP-3
WE LOVE SPEED BIRD
Mommy, index just dropped a new vid.
I actually am blessed with the fact that I live pretty close to a museum that actually has one of the M-21's, drone and all.
P.S. Given their long and storied histories, I think one these edits being done for either the C-130 Hercules or B-52 Stratofortress might be cool.
You must be an Oregonian huh
Washingtonian, while McMinnville's Evergreen Air and Space Museum does have an actual SR-71, I am referring to the Museum of Flight in Seattle, which has a complete M-21 with drone, though they do also have an SR-71 cockpit that you can sit in, it's pretty cool.
@@bkam9794 I have to go there. But last time I checked Evergreen Air and Space museum did have an M-21
@@MetalFalcon99 I checked, and nope, Evergreen has SR-71A #61-7971. I also found out that the SR-71 cockpit at the Museum of Flight belongs to SR-71A #61-7977, the aircraft was actually lost 10OCT68 in what must have been a bad landing, as the cockpit (And front end of the fuselage) does survive.
@@bkam9794 Well either way thanks for telling me that the Museum of Flight has that cause now I know where to visit next.
Perfect music choice
It may be the highlight of my life, walking into the Hutchinson Cosmosphere and being able to touch the Blackbird on display. Absolutely titanic aircraft, it dominated a room full of rockets and spacecraft. Cut my hand on a rivet at the nose.
It demanded a blood sacrifice for your reverence.
This be hitting different🔥🔥🔥
BIG BLACK BIRD EDIT 😍
Is there really anything sexier than this?
"I don't speak your Jesus Christo" slaps so hard for the Blackbird, a plane that flew so high and fast nothing could touch it and went
"I see no God up here but me."
"Dont'tcha try to catch me"
"Living on the edge of the law"
yeah this is the perfect song for the Blackbird
Blackbird moment
“Dont you try to catch me”
Like that’s even possible
Keep up the edits my friend, they only get better and better.
Such an underated channel... you should be way bigger with that quality of content!
Index uploads make a bad day feel better
The legend is back
Such a beautiful plane
"Livin' on the edge of the law" is a great verse. As the Blackbird would fly juuuust outside of USSR airspace.
And barely scrapes the thermodynamic barrier..
Broke 4 world records on its way to the museum. True story.
Love those fast asf iron birds, even more with good music
Also, would you make a other countries military companies vídeo with like Dassault, Embraer, HAL and Chengdu?
yessir W blackbird
Yo i realy want to know were is the fotage of the pilots at 0:37 please, can you find them?
specificly the pilets walking out of the darkness in to the light it looks mega badass.
The Soviet programs that need Russian steel: 😭
The us black bird project:🗿
i agree with what you said in the description
The only spy plane that is more badass than fighters.
We are just built different💪
blackbird speeding through the dead of night♪
blackbird😍
It's the plane!!1
god I love this thing, who cares if it was like 25x more expensive than the U-2 to operate
I mean, of the two models only one has been shot down and it wasn't the Blackbird lol
Jet Fire moment
I would rather watch this when what I was watching before 🤢 stupid “war journalist” saying the Challenger 2 is a “sniper tank” 🤬🤬.
I mean Chally 2’s predecessor the Chally 1 did break the record “A Challenger 1 from the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards destroyed an Iraqi tank at a range of 5,000 metres (3.1 mi). This was the longest recorded tank to tank kill in the history of armored warfare.”
The Challenger 2's fire control system and gun precision do make it seem like a sniper tank. It's been labelled that by the Ukrainian crews for a reason
@@ch-53esuperstallion76 Yeah but that was the Challenger 1 not the 2, besides I’ve heard people say that so much I’ve become numb to it like “that’s not the only redeeming feature of the tank!”.
@@codenamecrusade1083 and yet they haven’t used it at long range, only ever practising with it, and while yes the fire control system is probably good enough to make it a “sniper tank” the gun is the let down seeing as it’s a rifled gun.
@@NATOenthusiast the war in Ukraine is not like desert storm, tank to tank fight are very rare and tanks are mostly used as indirect fire support vehicle
"Permission to buzz the tower?"
Sr71 go vroommmm
Nyoooooooom
fast
maybe??
✨️✨️ 𝙇𝙚 𝙁𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙨𝙩 ✨️✨️
I wish for SR72 And Lockheed keeps on teasing it like they are flipping game devs so we better see it soon
just imagine seeing that be the super bowl flyover to some people it could be the most terrifyinng thing and to others it could be the most beutiful thing.
YEEAAAAAAAAAAAARGH
Bird 🦅
ZOOM
Kelly Johnson is the greatest aeronautical engineer of all time.
They fly now? They fly now
I didn’t recognize the song until about 45 seconds in
As fast as it gets. (Excluding experimental aircraft but can you really say they count?)
We need a Hermeus edit
This might be the one that does it boys. 💀
Fun fact: these things had to be refueled after launch, because they'd piss fuel through gaps in their panels. Why were there gaps? Because thermal expansion at Mach 3 would seal them back together, rather than cracking the airframe.
I AM THE DARKSKIN DARKNIGHT DEATHSTAR BLACKBIRD.
u2 when
*BLACKBIRD*
Faster than a missile, and still going faster.
Way faster and higher than the advertised 3.2mach@85'000
song?
Lady Gaga - Americano
A plane engineered to be invulnerable
when saab
Me and the boys on our way to buy Russian titanium
Ermmm u forgot to put the song in the description ☝️🤓
Americano by lady gaga (honestly just made a guess by listening to the lyrics and looking up a word from it in Spotify and listening to each song till I find a match)
Fantastic aircraft. But let's not forget that the XB-70 was better. It gets a lot less press.
The last US made delta wing
Hey it’s my username
Praise you
me like fast
THREE WORDS: MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
What if the air force creates a missile like for air to air ground to air or air to ground missile that is the same speed as the black bird or even a ballistics missile
Penebak jitu pusat jakarta Bozts puya sihir bukan kyai,Trapi ptoses Taan
First
More nato "propaganda" please!
Song?