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What Is The Difference Between The MiG-25 Foxbat Vs. MiG-31 Foxhound Fighter Jets?
Both the MiG-25 and MiG-31 are Cold War-era ... but not without drastically reducing its engines' lifespan. Considering military aircraft aren't cheap, the USSR didn't want to prematurely burn ...
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How the U.S. Got Its Hands on the Mighty Soviet MiG-25
The Mig-25 Foxbat was designed to directly ... were much lower than expected and its engines were deemed to be unstable. Additionally, the jet lacked a look-down shoot-down radar capable of ...
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Big Wind Is The Meanest Firefighting Tank You Ever Saw
In place of the original gun turret, it instead sported a pair of Tumansky R-25 turbojets, as used in the MiG-21 fighter jet and producing 27,000 pounds of thrust. Each engine was then fitted with ...