mig-25

A high-speed, high-altitude interceptor designed by the Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich bureau in the 1960s to counter the threat of fast, high-flying intruders.

The MiG-25 (NATO reporting name 'Foxbat') is a large, heavy aircraft built mainly around its two massive turbojets. Recognition features include a long ogival radome, a small, streamlined canopy, rectangular air intakes, twin vertical fins, sharply raked tailplanes, and the presence of small ventral fins near the engine exhaust.

Armament consists only of two to four R-40/AA-6 'Acrid' air-to-air missiles.

Despite its low maneuverability and primitive avionics is still considered the highest flying and fastest fighter jet ever built.

See also

• MiG-31
• F-15 Eagle
• Viktor Ivanovich Belenko
• SR-71 Blackbird
• XB-70

External links

• Wikipedia: MiG-25
• Youtube: Mikoyan MiG-25 Foxbat video