Lockheed U-2 | Why Is It Still Flying & Still Spying 65 Years On?

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The Lockheed U-2 might well have been created in the 1950s for the coldwar but it's still going 65 years on and has seen off the Lockheed SR-71 and spy satellites. This is the story so far of the spy plane that still flying and still spying 65 years on.

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