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  • I think the A-12 just barely beats it for speed. The SR-71 had better range, could carry more sensors, and allowed a crew of 2. So in a lot of ways it was more capable, but not quite as fast. Though they are both so absurdly fast that I think it is pretty irrelevant.

    Edit: But I do love that story. And I love that plane. Just bleeding edge engineering, and solving so many issues people weren’t even aware of when they started the design.