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Originally Posted by wasyoungonce
An ICBM's velocity is ~ 20,000 klms hr...why would they use an aircraft to fly in at 8,000 klms hr to deliver a strike that could be done at 21,000klms hr.
This thing is too expensive to risk...thus its a recon bird only.
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It would be flying faster than any missile it could launch, anyway.
And slowing it down to launch missiles would make itself vulnerable.