LEADER 02694nam 2200529 a 450 001 9910781404403321 005 20230721020513.0 010 $a1-60086-731-6 010 $a1-60086-730-8 035 $a(CKB)2550000000072656 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000551325 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11345722 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000551325 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10537953 035 $a(PQKB)10761797 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3111685 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3111685 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10516790 035 $a(OCoLC)922979133 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000072656 100 $a20090805d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFrom RAINBOW to GUSTO $estealth and the design of the Lockheed Blackbird /$fPaul A. Suhler ; Ned Allen, editor-in-chief 210 $aReston, Va. $cAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics$dc2009 215 $axvi, 284 p. $cill 225 1 $aLibrary of flight 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 1 $a1-60086-712-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $a"In 1956, the shock of the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the horrors of the war that followed were still fresh in the minds of America's leaders. When the Soviet Union exploded its own atomic bomb in August 1949, the sense of vulnerability increased, with the realization that the next surprise attack could destroy American cities and kill millions of people. Deterring an attack required knowing Soviet capabilities and intentions. To gather that information, the U-2 spyplane had begun photographing large sections of the Soviet Union, flying at altitudes far above the reach of their air defenses. But while the U-2 could go where it wanted, the Soviets could track it from border to border. It was only a matter of time before their interceptors or missiles would be able to knock it out of the sky. The only hope was to make the U.S. aircraft invisible to their air defense radars. And if it couldn't be made invisible, then a new aircraft would be needed. This is where the story of stealth and the Blackbird begins."--Publisher's description 410 0$aLibrary of flight. 606 $aSR-71 Blackbird (Jet reconnaissance plane) 615 0$aSR-71 Blackbird (Jet reconnaissance plane) 676 $a623.74/67 700 $aSuhler$b Paul A$01513831 701 $aAllen$b Ned$01473600 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781404403321 996 $aFrom RAINBOW to GUSTO$93748489 997 $aUNINA