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This sentence agrees with the statement I made. By "production" I mean an aircraft which has a designated and routine strategic military or commercial mission, not just research.

Well, if by "into" you mean 65,000-90,000 feet above... :) Lots of info on the wikipedia site. I actually am more impressed by the MiG-25 than the Blackbird for many reasons, not the least of which is that they manufactured well over 1,000 of them and exported them to other countries, while only...

Maybe because the X-15 was an experimental aircraft that never made "production" status. The SR-71/YF12A and Mig-25 were made in numbers that allowed them to be operational warplanes, which is truly remarkable in both cases.

I believe the old Soviet "competitor" to the YF-12/SR-71 the Mig-25 Foxbat, would be the next fastest plane. Look at those engines.... My goodness, talk about power. I don't think you could call the Shuttle a plane, but it cruses at something like 30,000 mph I believe. Edit: oops -...