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30th Jul 2014, 04:00

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Brian Abraham

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One Blackbird collected a very small piece of shrapnel in 1967 over Hanoi from an SA-2 (at least eight were fired at him) at some 80,000 feet. Only time one was hit.

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No air breathing aircraft is safe from these threats

Quite correct.