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Developed under weapons system designation MX-1965 , the XB-59 was to have a crew of three, and would be powered by four Pratt & Whitney J57 or General Electric J73 Turbojet engines, mounted in the roots of the 73 foot span wings. The landing gear would be similar to that of the B-47 and B-52 . The XB-59 was cancelled when the XB-58 was declared the winner of the design competition in August 1952 . This was partially due to a lack of funding to develop both projects, and also due to the (disputedly false) perception that high-speed/high-altitude penetration was no longer viable in an age of Surface-to-air Missiles . EXTERNAL LINKS RELATED CONTENT
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