Re: US Spy Plane Crashes In Iran
The last plane to publicly be announced out of the Skunk works was the F117, which is 1970's technology in a 1980's platform. I can't imagine that the creators of the worlds most sophisticated aircraft would just stop and twiddle their thumbs.
The SR-71 would have still been useful over North Korea, Iraq, and Iran, it is very unusual for the US to just give up a plane that was unmatched in performance just because it was expensive. That just does not happen in the military. I was at an air show years ago and they had an SR-71 fly over. Very spooky, and it was loafing at sub sonic speeds.
I just think it is very unusual for the US military to be so out front on this announcement. U2's are an intelligence asset. They would not have disclosed a crash publicly without a reason.