The SR-71 wasn't all that stealthy. Its main defense was that it moved too high for flak and too fast for SAMs. It was retired when interception capabilities improved to match it.

That was on purpose, They knew it wouldn't matter, it was never shot down. It's like they built the Titanic in the 80's and decided to name it "200% more unsinkable". Pure hubris

Hm, I like the story of the U-2 better, in which Kelly Johnson, the plane's designer, tells the CIA the Soviets won't be able to shoot it down BUT that they are massively ramping up their capabilities and will have caught up by 1960. The plane was eventually shot down on May 1, 1960 to the great embarrassment of president Eisenhower.

Happy May Day, Mr. Krushchev!

Kinda hard to read something moving at mach 2+ though right?

Source? I did a quick websearch and didn't see anything on that

More like the F-117 Nighthawk getting shot down whilst bombing Yoguslavia because the flight path became too predictable