The YF-12 Could Fly at Mach 3 and Blast Russian Bombers from the Sky. Why Did It Never See Action?

In a September 1965 test, a YF-12 successfully launched a quarter-kiloton atomic missile, from an altitude of 75,000 feet at Mach 3.26.

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