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Lockheed Martin

Acquired

CHAPTER

The U2 Spy Plane

The U2 spy plane looks crazy. It has a hundred foot wingspan. So they're flying higher than any plane has ever flown before. They're using a different type of fuel. People are flying in spacesuits for the first time. Feels like to be a reconnaissance aircraft. You would also need one other key component in order to achieve the mission of spying on the enemy. Yeah, to take photos you need a camera. And you would need an all new type of camera with all newtype of lens capable of taking photographs of something 70,000 feet away from you through, you know, a whole bunch of atmosphere. Indeed.

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