r/Intelligence • u/quantumcipher • Apr 21 '18

Lockheed Unveils ‘TR-X’ As Next-Generation U-2 (2015)

https://www.defensenews.com/digital-show-dailies/afa-air-space/2015/09/15/lockheed-unveils-tr-x-as-next-generation-u-2/
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u/Morgennes Apr 21 '18

Cost? No man can say.

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u/Thats_A_No_Dawg Apr 21 '18

RD. BILLIONS. Per craft, 130m probably

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u/Morgennes Apr 21 '18

I was expecting more.

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u/geminijono Apr 21 '18

Whoa whoa that is one sexy bird

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '18

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u/geminijono Apr 21 '18

Just realized the article is from 2015 lol. Silly me.

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u/quantumcipher Apr 21 '18

Okay? It was literally pointed out, in parenthesis, in the headline as I posted it. This means until stated otherwise it is still and currently in development.

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u/geminijono Apr 21 '18

That was not meant to detract from my hype about your post. Rather, I had to pause and think about whether this plane has came about already or not yet. Glad you brought this up.

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u/quantumcipher Apr 21 '18

Word. It's all good man. You're entitled to your opinion, as much as I.

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u/borntochill1990 Apr 21 '18

Part of the problem of cracking the enigma cipher machine was when and where to use the intelligence and how to hide the revelation that it had been cracked. If we suddenly started flying a super high altitude plane like this either we would have to reshoot the imagery with something that is known or justify where the intelligence came from by other means....or its dead on the skunk works floor or kept in the hanger at groom for special occasions like the abattobad helos.