The Soviet MiG-25 “Foxbat” was a feared and mysterious super-interceptor, a “paper tiger” whose myth was shattered by the ...

Although the aircraft could theoretically reach speeds of Mach 3.2, doing so would risk damaging the engines. The MiG-25's avionics included the Smerch-A2 pulse-Doppler radar, which was one of the ...

According to Belenko’s testimony, while possible, the ability for even the MiG-25 to shoot down the Blackbird, which was traveling at 3,600 feet-per-second, that’s faster than a speeding ...