U2 Spy Plane shuts down computer system

[Grey Ghost]

Don't you sometimes wish you were in the Top Secret loop for stuff. I didn't even think they had these planes flying anymore.

U-2 spy plane caused widespread shutdown of U.S. flights: report (http://news.yahoo.com/u-2-spy-plane-caused-widespread-shutdown-u-233439324--sector.html)

[RED-85-Z51]

60,000 feet up.....damn.

[Skia]

Oppsey

[Allan]

See boss, I told you it would work!

[RED-85-Z51]

Arent these things supposed to be undetectable? Seems like a whole lot of fail..seeing how many were easily shot down..

[Kevin_73]

Arent these things supposed to be undetectable? Seems like a whole lot of fail..seeing how many were easily shot down..

:nono:
The U2 was never intended to be "undetectable". It was originally designed to fly so high that it would be out of range of known Soviet anti aircraft weapons.
The Soviets eventually designed the SA-2 missile which had enough range to reach it. That is what they used to shoot down Francis Gary Powers over Russia on May 1rst 1960, and I believe that is what was used to shoot down the other U2 over Cuba during the Cuban missile crisis two years later. As far as I know, those were the only two U-2's that were shot down by enemy fire.

The U-2's successor, the SR-71, was built to fly high and very fast (mach 3+), and it had a low radar cross section. No SR-71's were ever shot down by enemy fire.

[RED-85-Z51]

Blackbird was a bad motherfker.

The SR-71 Blackbird, F-117 nighthawk, A-10 Warthog, B-52 Stratofortress..my favorite planes.

[ZipZap]

Arent these things supposed to be undetectable? Seems like a whole lot of fail..seeing how many were easily shot down..

It was on a flight plan, so it had the transponder on.

[mrvette]

I have a full color T with the SR71 on front.....

neat plane....one of my best T shirts....


:seasix::hurray:

[DukeAllen]

Blackbird was a bad motherfker.

The SR-71 Blackbird, F-117 nighthawk, A-10 Warthog, B-52 Stratofortress..my favorite planes.

YF-12A. Fighter version of the Blackbird. Bad ass.
http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/060731-F-1234S-018.jpg

http://www.wvi.com/~sr71webmaster/yf12a1.jpg

[CertInsaneC5]

Computers at the center began operations to prevent the U-2 from colliding with other aircraft, even though the U-2 was flying at an altitude of 60,000 feet and other airplanes passing through the region's air space were miles below, NBC reported
Sounds to me like that bonehead move set off some kind of counter measures routine in the U2. :slap: :D

[VITE1]

YF-12A. Fighter version of the Blackbird. Bad ass.
http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/060731-F-1234S-018.jpg

http://www.wvi.com/~sr71webmaster/yf12a1.jpg

The F14 Phoenix Missile was taken from this program.:seasix::shots:

[Nox]

U2s have been flying over the Southland for the last 50 years without causing these issues. The U2 overflight is more than likely a cover story for what was probably a "black project" flight.

[onedef92]

After all, military secrets are the most fleeting of all....

[dwjz06]

U2s have been flying over the Southland for the last 50 years without causing these issues. The U2 overflight is more than likely a cover story for what was probably a "black project" flight.I hope it is the SR-71 Replacement:D:cert:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jzwAK_Rgkw
Does the Aurora exist?

[Nox]

I hope it is the SR-71 Replacement:D:cert:

Black Projects: Does the Aurora exist? You Decide - Aurora Black Project photos - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jzwAK_Rgkw)
Does the Aurora exist?

The U2 has a cruising speed of about 400 knots. That's doesn't seem fast enough to cause the separation conflicts described in the news, since many commercial aircraft go just as fast or faster. I'm thinking it was an aircraft going much faster, and passing above the airspace of many aircraft.

"Computers at the center began operations to prevent the U-2 from colliding with other aircraft, even though the U-2 was flying at an altitude of 60,000 feet and other airplanes passing through the region's air space were miles below, NBC reported."

[Grey Ghost]

Ahhh! It was just a coincidence! :lol: :leaving:

Pentagon says U-2 spy plane flew over Los Angeles on day of glitches (http://news.yahoo.com/pentagon-says-u-2-spy-plane-flew-over-214118455--finance.html)

[DukeAllen]

Ahhh! It was just a coincidence! :lol: :leaving:

Pentagon says U-2 spy plane flew over Los Angeles on day of glitches (http://news.yahoo.com/pentagon-says-u-2-spy-plane-flew-over-214118455--finance.html)

Well then it must be true.:yesnod:

[burtonbl103]

i saw the SR71 in dulles Was awesome !

[dwjz06]

The U2 has a cruising speed of about 400 knots. That's doesn't seem fast enough to cause the separation conflicts described in the news, since many commercial aircraft go just as fast or faster. I'm thinking it was an aircraft going much faster, and passing above the airspace of many aircraft.

"Computers at the center began operations to prevent the U-2 from colliding with other aircraft, even though the U-2 was flying at an altitude of 60,000 feet and other airplanes passing through the region's air space were miles below, NBC reported."Yeah, but I can't wait to see someone snag a pic of the SR-71 Replacement. It took over 10 years before the public saw the F-117.:D It was flying long before that:cert:

[DukeAllen]

Yeah, but I can't wait to see someone snag a pic of the SR-71 Replacement. It took over 10 years before the public saw the F-117.:D It was flying long before that:cert:

I'm sure someone can come up with a pic.
http://beforeitsnews.com/contributor/upload/38227/images/fake_ufo-s500x375-20525.jpg

[onedef92]

Wonder if there's any connection between recent Russian flights near Calif. and Guam?

Russian Planes Fly Near California And Guam In Possible Show Of Force

Reuters
May 6, 2014, 6:28 AM3,89014

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russia has increased its air activity over the Pacific Ocean since the start of the Ukraine crisis, including flights near the California coast and the U.S. Pacific island of Guam, the head of U.S. air forces in the Pacific said on Monday.

General Herbert "Hawk" Carlisle said the number of long-range Russian patrols around the Japanese islands and Korea had also increased "drastically" and there had been "a lot more ship activity as well".

"We relate a lot of that to what's going on in the Ukraine," Carlisle said at Washington's Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank.

Carlisle showed a slide of a U.S. F-15 fighter jet intercepting a Russian "Bear" aircraft, the Cold War NATO name for Russia's Tupolev Tu-95 strategic bomber, over Guam.

"Certainly what's going on in Ukraine and Crimea is a challenge for us and it's a challenge for us in Asia Pacific as well as Europe," Carlisle said.

Russia's state-run news agency Itar-Tass quoted an unidentified senior ministry official as saying the flights were not sabre-rattling and had nothing to do with Ukraine.

"To consider Russian air force flights over neutral Pacific Ocean waters a challenge to the United States is strange to say the least," Itar-Tass quoted the official as saying.

Carlisle said Russian flights in the area were aimed "to demonstrate their capability to do it" and to gather intelligence, adding that the surveillance had included observation of military exercises involving U.S. forces in South Korea and Japan.

"There are things that are concerning with respect to how they operate and how transparent they are with other nations in the vicinity," he said of Russia.

Carlisle gave no details of the incidents and the Defense Department and the U.S. Air Force and Navy in the Pacific did not immediately respond to a request for more information.

Mike Green, senior vice president for Asia at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington-based think tank, said the frequency of incidents was up and described them as being "evocative of the Cold War".

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced in 2007 that Russia was resuming sorties by its strategic bomber aircraft near NATO airspace that were suspended in 1992 after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Putin, who made the announcement during a joint military exercise with China, said the move was necessary to guarantee Russia's safety and that other nations had not followed Moscow's example in suspending such flights.

(Reporting by David Brunnstrom; Additional reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin in Moscow; Editing by Peter Graff)

Read more: Russian Planes Fly Near California And Guam In Possible Show Of Force - Business Insider (http://www.businessinsider.com/r-us-russian-planes-flew-near-california-guam-in-upped-activity-2014-05#ixzz30wefsX6W)