Here Are The Most Threatening Planes In All Of Military History

Published on 08/01/2019
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Boeing B-29 Superfortress

The Boeing B-29 was the most powerful heavy-bomber plane during WWII and always had the last word in fights. These planes carried 12,000 pounds of explosives over Japanese cities during WWII, but that’s not all. In August 1945, the B-29 was responsible for dropping the 15-kiloton Little Boy atomic bomb on Hiroshima. This act changed warfare as we knew it.


Boeing B-29 Superfortress


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Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird

This legendary plane was the fastest jet ever created, with capabilities of flying at 3.5 Mach, which roughly translates to 2,685 miles per hour! These planes were built in secrecy, and it ended up that they were able to fly too high and too fast for even Russian missiles to shoot down. These planes can reach up to 85,000 feet, which isn’t quite considered to be space, but because of the high altitude, pilots had to wear spacesuits when they flew these planes! This plane retired in 1999.

Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird

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