23-08-2016 03:53 via popsci.com.au

Will The U-2 Cold War Spy Plane Get A Laser?

Lockheed Martin's U-2 is an anomaly of an airplane. Delivered on time and under budget, the spy plane had a starring role in much of the early Cold War, with one shot down in Russia and another taking the pictures that sparked the Cuban Missile Crisis. And then, quietly, the plane disappeared back into the shadows, a workhorse of American intelligence-gathering for decades.
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