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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 facts for kids

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Russian MiG-25

The MiG-25 Foxbat is a fast fighter plane made to attack enemies at high speed made by Russian airplane company Mikoyan It first flew in 1964 and was introduced in 1970. In 1976, a Soviet MiG-25 pilot left the Soviet Union and flew his plane to Japan, where it was looked at. It is very fast, and can go Mach 3.2 (3.2 times the speed of sound). But going at this speed can destroy the engines. It can carry 4 radar guided missiles and 4 heat seeking missiles. It is now being replaced by the MiG-31 Foxhound, but is used a little in other countries.

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  • Mikoyan-Gurevich Ye-152 and Ye-152M top-view silhouette comparison

    YE-152 and YE-152M experimental interceptor

  • Ye-155

    Ye-155R3 Reconnaissance prototype with a 5,280 L (1,390 US gal) drop tank under the belly, 1964

  • MiG-25RB cams

    Surveillance cameras of the MiG-25RB

  • Mig-25

    MiG-25RBSh with markings of 2nd Sqn/47th GvORAP (Guards independent recce Regiment)

  • MiG-25PU rvb 2

    MiG-25PU

  • Air-to-air right underside rear view of a Soviet MiG-25 Foxbat aircraft

    A Soviet MiG-25

  • Defense.gov News Photo 990528-O-9999M-011

    Post Operation Desert Storm assessment photograph of an Iraqi aircraft bunker with the remains of a MIG-25 after being attacked with a 2,000 pound laser-guided bomb.

  • Ex IAF Mig-25

    MiG-25R of No. 102 Squadron IAF on display at the Indian Air Force Museum, Palam

  • Libyan MiG-25 in flight c1985

    MiG-25 of the Libyan Air Force

  • Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25RB, Russia - Air Force AN2195954

    Russian Air Force MiG-25RB

  • Mikoyan MiG-25PU-SOTN Foxbat-C 02 blue (8605743456)

    MiG-25PU trainer

  • Russian Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25RU Pichugin-1

    MiG-25RU trainer in September 2008

  • MiG-25 Operators

    MiG-25 operators in 2022 (former operators in red)

  • MiG-25 fig2agrau USAF

    Russian MiG-25BM

  • Iraqi MiG-25

    Iraqi MiG-25RB at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio. October 2007. Found buried in Iraq in 2003.

  • MiG-25RBS 2007 G1

    MiG-25RBS at the Ukrainian Air Force Museum in Vinnytsia

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