I love the FB-11H design!! Sort of like a swing wing TSR2.

Sure, wing loading would have been tremoendously high and thrust to weight ratio would be poor as hell, but it would be a fantastic long range striker.

ATI make some very good graphic cards. The Nvidia 8800, DirectX 10 compat card has just been released in time for MS Win Vista. Expect ATI to follow soon.

ATI have become part of AMD. This means that AMD can now play Intel at their own game AND perhaps do even better as they can combine AMD CPU’s with ATI chipsets and graphics for an integrated AMD / ATI solution.

Core 2 Duo is currently the fastest out there. Nothing wrong with AMD though. I use an AMD 3700+ CPU at the moment running at 2.2Ghz.

Intel now has a Quad core CPU out…..

Whatever the questions about the reconnaissance value the SR-71, in its own way, it put a massive burden on the Soviet economy

Well said.

I’m not sure an SR-71 would fly inside Soviet airspace anyway. It’s not just the threat from Mig 25’s and 31’s, but also SAMS.

Not to mention the fact that if a Blackbird suffered any sort of technical malfunction, say 100 miles inside the USSR, causing the A/C to slow down to say Mach 2 or worse, subsonic, thats where it would be in trouble.

Imagine the crew of an SR-71, forced to bail out deep behind “enemy lines”. The Soviets would have a field day!!!! They’d have wreackage of one of America’s most top secret A/C, its sensors and perhaps 2 surviving pilots in their hands.

I would reprint the comic myself. HOWEVER, I’d also allow people to see the original to see and judge for themselves.