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Science question of the day: Why was the SR-71 Blackbird painted black?
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<blockquote data-quote="Silverstrike" data-source="post: 16289174" data-attributes="member: 4781"><p>Yes this was a little bonus when they did this on the black paint. I talked to quite a few ex Soviet SAM system operators everything from the SA-2 to the SA-10 (1971-89) and the Blackbird was one of the hardest targets to keep a constant lock on, as it would do a fade in and out, that was until you got to about 50 NM to it then if the radar was powerful enough it could maintain a lockon. </p><p></p><p>The worst position to achieve a lock on was dead astern because of the zig zag trailing edge radar deflectors the plane had back there. The only systems the Soviets had that could give a SR-71 fits was the SA-10, SA-12, and the MiG 31 with AA-9 Amos long range active guided missiles.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silverstrike, post: 16289174, member: 4781"] Yes this was a little bonus when they did this on the black paint. I talked to quite a few ex Soviet SAM system operators everything from the SA-2 to the SA-10 (1971-89) and the Blackbird was one of the hardest targets to keep a constant lock on, as it would do a fade in and out, that was until you got to about 50 NM to it then if the radar was powerful enough it could maintain a lockon. The worst position to achieve a lock on was dead astern because of the zig zag trailing edge radar deflectors the plane had back there. The only systems the Soviets had that could give a SR-71 fits was the SA-10, SA-12, and the MiG 31 with AA-9 Amos long range active guided missiles. [/QUOTE]
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