Here was an aircraft with large air intakes ... while the wide intakes hinted at massive engines for crazy speeds. There were even concerns that the MiG-25 was made out of lightweight titanium.

When pilot Viktor Belenko defected 40 years ago, he did so in a mysterious Soviet plane – the MiG-25. BBC Future investigates the far-reaching effects of one of the Cold War’s most intriguing ...

When the U.S. government got its hands on spy shots of an early prototype of the Russian MiG-25 Foxbat, there was a bit of a panic. The U.S. assumed this massive fighter aircraft they were looking ...

Their aircraft are still in use today. One of the bureau’s iconic aircraft was the MiG-25 “Foxbat.” This bird was conceived in the late 1950s as a response to the U-2 spy plane. Moscow was ...

However, in hindsight, it's almost funny to think that this was the aircraft that spurred the creation of the F-15. There's no denying that the MiG-25 is a fast plane, as it remains one of the ...

His name was Lieutenant Viktor Belenko. He was there to defect, he said, along with his jet, a supersonic interceptor called an MiG-25. The plane had stoked fear among Western militaries for years.