What is the SR-71 blackbird's replacement?

Answer 1

Well it is the Lockheed RQ-170 Sentinel it was declassified id December 4th 2009 and it was deployed to Afghanistan for reconnaissance and operated by the 30th reconnaissance squadron but it is a UAV but some people ask why it is not manned because if a spy plane was manned it must be at very high altitude so a rocket will not shoot it down but in 60,000 feet and going mach 5 there is very less air and with air friction it must have a lot of life support so the pilot will not die also some rockets could reach space but they cost a lot so maybe a high altitude rocket may strike it down and the pilot could eject at 60,000 feet (if possible) but it will be too freezing so the suits reconnaissance pilots wear cost a lot with a lot of equipment on the spy plane so it may reach to millions to develop one so the RQ-170 will not be manned so if an rocket strikes it down there is no person dead but currently there are only a few specs released others are classified including the max speed and the max altitude and it will replace the U-2 according to a south Korean daily newspaper it will be permanently replace the U-2 in 2010 and that means replacing the Blackbird because it is retired and the U-2 in service so this also means replacing the older replacement that is retired but some people argue about the alleged hypersonic Aurora aircraft but with no evidence the Aurora seems to be fake because it is believed to go mach 20 in top speed by some but most mach 6-8 for top speed but in 87,000 feet (where the Aurora is thought to cruise) it is easy to die because meteors don't disintegrate at this layer so it is going to be struck by meteors but once in the mesosphere most of it disintegrates and once in stratosphere it is gone so the Aurora is probably a fantasy.