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Anything can match the SR-71 if you strap enough afterburners to it.
Found the Kerbal.
Nah, you need more than afterburners. The SR-71 had some very advanced nozzle inlets for its engines which allowed the plane to move and bounce the supersonic shockwave around in the engine inlet to generate extra compression and to keep the incoming air from just building up and flowing around the engine instead of through it. If you took a F22 and pushed it up to those speeds, it would flame out and stop working long before it got near the SR-71's too speed.
SO YOUZ SAYING WE NEEDA PAINT 'ER RED TOO OI, DEM BURNAS MAKE 'ER GO FASTA
Sometimes. The SR-71 has red paint on critical leading edge pieces to emit red and infrared radiation more effectively to keep the surfaces cooler in flight and awww I'm just fucking with you.
Dis wun iz smart. Dey understand how physics work. Red iz 'da fastest kolor.
Introduced in 1966 and people still feel this threatened by her sheer superiority. Incredible. That's why she's the greatest.