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   On Monday, September 10, 2018 at 8:20:28 PM UTC-4, Wolffan wrote:   
       
   > How much is it gonna cost? I suspect that we’re rapidly approaching the    
   > time when the entire Pentagon budget buys one aircraft: the Air Force flies    
   > it Mondays and Thursdays, the Navy Tuesdays and Fridays, the Army Wednesdays    
   > and Saturdays, and Marines Sunday mornings, so that they can get back to   
   camp    
   > in time to watch football Sunday afternoons.   
      
   I am dealing with a medium-future interplanetary society, and the main goal of   
   air to air combat (as opposed to nuking it from orbit) is to "peacefully"   
   reclaim rebelling territories. Cost isn't really a factor since there are far   
   more expansive fusion    
   torches flying around.    
      
      
   On Monday, September 10, 2018 at 10:44:56 PM UTC-4, Greg Goss wrote:   
      
   > I remember a Campbell editorial where he claimed that the Powers plane   
   > was higher than Soviet missiles could reach, and that anyone shot by a   
   > missile at that altitude would be dead dead dead.   
   >    
   > So his theory was that Powers had engine trouble and that the American   
   > gov't let the Soviets claim a shoot-down for reasons of their own.   
      
   That was a U2, which while flying high, was lacking in speed. I'm talking   
   hypersonic speeds AND stratosphere here.   
      
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