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 Post subject: Re: MiG-25
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For those who didn't view the whole video, we owe it to Russian Victor Belenko for defecting with a MIG 25 Foxbat to Japan so we could get our hands on one.

The honorable Japanese returned the jet to the Russians; disassembled, and packed in 30 crates, charging the Russians $40,000 for "shipping and handling." :D
I met Victor at a bar in Mojave, CA back in the 90’s when we were doing maint on the 727 there. He was quite a character and had some stories to tell.


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 Post subject: Re: MiG-25
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In Russia, they build 'em like tractors...In America, we build 'em like exotic cars.
It's a little more nuanced than that. The usual example used to illustrate the difference is the far greater time needed to change an engine on a US plane than Soviet, but that misses the detail that the Soviet engines would be changed far more often, for problems that would be diagnosed and fixed on the plane in the US. The US philosophy assumes well-equipped forward bases far from the factory while the Soviet philosophy stemmed from their experience in the Great Patriotic War and kept expensive diagnostic and support equipment and crews back at factories and depots while forward bases could be spartan. And there wasn't much point in building a long service life into things that would be destroyed quickly when the shooting started, better to focus instead on building more. That philosophy also meshed well with their export goals, enticing their customers with low upfront costs while making them dependent on the USSR for regular back-to-the-factory major work.

The US builds stuff that with adequate maintenance will last indefinitely. The Soviets built stuff that with minimal maintenance would last long enough.


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https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/why-supersonic-soviet-mig-25-interceptor-was-joke-188489



Why the Supersonic Soviet MiG-25 Interceptor Was a Joke


No joke for the F-18 pilot the Foxbat shot down during Desert Storm.
Yes, the Foxbat was a one-trick pony, but a very effective one. It was meant to go after the B-70. Another comment was made about the radar earlier. While crude by Western standards (vacuum tube tech), it had tremendous power to burn through the expected noise jammers of the incoming bombers. Pilots had to be careful not to turn on the radar on the ground as it could kill small animals and probably not be particularly beneficial to ground personnel. Also, during bench testing at Nellis, they could not get the radar (from Belenko's jet) to break. It worked every time they turned it on. I wish the same could be said for the APG-63 in the F-15.

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