4,000 Missiles Couldn't Touch the SR-71 - Here's Why

Over 4,000 missiles were fired at the SR-71 Blackbird. Not one ever hit. This full-length documentary tells the complete story of the fastest air-breathing manned aircraft in history: the U-2 shootdown that started it, Kelly Johnson's Skunk Works and the titanium secretly bought from the Soviet Union, the A-12 and Area 51, the J58 engines and JP-7 fuel, life in a pressure suit at 85,000 feet, the missions over Vietnam, North Korea and the Middle East, the physics that made it untouchable, the records that still stand, the budget battle that killed it — and why, half a century later, nothing has replaced it. CHAPTERS 00:00 4,000 missiles, zero hits 02:55 The U-2 shootdown 06:10 Skunk Works & Soviet titanium 09:40 The machine 13:15 Born secret: A-12 & Area 51 16:45 Flying the sled 20:20 Missions 23:50 Why nothing could touch it 27:40 Records and legends 31:30 The real killer: budgets 35:20 Aurora, SR-72 & the future 38:00 The plane that won without firing a shot #sr71 #blackbird #aviation