US spy planes hunt for intel on Mexican drug cartels as surveillance flights surge near border
The US military has significantly increased its surveillance of Mexican drug cartels over the past two weeks, with ...
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Turning A Spy Plane Into A Mach 3 Fighter Jet - The YF-12
Skunk works department of Lockheed, tasked with black projects throughout the cold war, was already working on A-12. This was ...
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Cold War’s best kept secret: Spy satellite that stayed hidden for 30 years
Launched in utter secrecy, Parcae’s orbital triads tracked Soviet warships in real-time, offering a vital edge at the height ...
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The SR-71 Blackbird Is Remembered for More Than Speed and Stealth
As the Cold War between the United States and USSR ... the Soviets’ advanced air defense systems. The resulting spy plane was the U-2. Nicknamed the “Dragon Lady,” this airframe successfully ...
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2 FBI agents died tracking Soviet spy on Minnesota’s Iron Range in 1977
When a small plane nosedived into an Iron Range lake in ... it was first revealed in the 2000 book “Cassidy’s Run: The Secret Spy War Over Nerve Gas.” “The bureau could not afford to ...
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Flight Map Shows US Spy Planes Doubling Up Against China and North Korea
A pair of United States spy planes were tracked ... the armistice of the Korean War in 1953. In addition to Tuesday and Thursday flights, the Combat Sent aircraft was tracked flying over the ...