From: "Rich Gauszka" 

But then the Israelis couldn't have sold our missile technology to China (
what a tangled web we weave )


"Adam Flinton"  wrote in message
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> Rich Gauszka wrote:
>> I thought the Israelis tried a few times also during the 1973 Yom Kippur
>> war when Moshe Dayan hinted at playing the nuclear card and the SR71 was
>> sent to detect nuclear 'material' while  flying over Israel's nuclear
>> facility at Dimona in the Negev desert.
>>
>
> It was but they didn't. It would be unfortunate if a Hawk was used to down
> a 71. It might affect future US missile sales to Israel.
>
> Adam
>
>
>>
>> "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
>> news:429f8fe9$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>  >
>>
>>>The only cite on the web that I could find about trying to shoot down an
>>>SR-71 was that North Korea tried to shoot them down regularly, they never
>>>managed to.
>>>
>>>- Bob Comer
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>

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