IS THE PERFORMANCE OF THE MIG 25 FIGHTER GOOD?

High-altitude high-speed interceptor, the performance is not advanced, but the speed is fast.

High-altitude high-speed interceptor. Designed for SR71. The emphasis is on high-altitude and high-speed performance.

However, dealing with modern air combat is outdated. The MiG-25 "Foxbat" (MiG-25 Foxbat) is a high-altitude and high-speed fighter developed and deployed by the Soviet Union in the 1960s, and is the world's first fighter with a speed of more than Mach 3. The development of the MiG-25 is mainly to deal with the XB-70 bomber and the A-12 SR-71 "Blackbird" high-altitude high-speed reconnaissance aircraft in the United States, the maximum speed of this reconnaissance aircraft also reaches Mach 3, and ordinary interceptors cannot catch up at all, let alone track, monitor, and intercept, only the MiG-25 can easily follow behind the SR-71 to monitor its course at any time, and warn it when it has misdeeds.

In the early days of equipping the Soviet army, the MiG-25 has always attracted the attention of the Western world due to its extremely high performance parameters, and the West even speculated that the Soviet Union's military aviation manufacturing technology has been ahead of the world. It was not until September 6, 1976, when Soviet pilot Lieutenant Belenko defected to Japan in a MiG-25 aircraft, that the Western world truly unveiled the mystery of the aircraft. After a thorough inspection, 70 percent of the parts of the aircraft were made of stainless steel, and although the ultimate speed was very high, the technical performance was not as terrible as imagined, and in terms of overall performance, it was only equivalent to the F-4 "Phantom" fighter of the United States, and the F-15 "Hawk" and F-16 "Fighting Falcon" fighters that the United States was developing at that time were far from each other.

But in any case, Soviet engineers were able to use relatively backward technology to produce fighters with outstanding performance in certain aspects, and some design concepts are still admired by the world today. The MiG-25 shot down various fighters during its service, and there is even news that the MiG-25 shot down the US F-18 Hornet fighter during the first Gulf War. The MiG-25 is available in 4 variants:

Type A is a volley type, Type B is a reconnaissance type, Type C is a trainer type, and Type D is an electronic countermeasure type. The MiG-25 combat interceptor has a total length of meters, a fuselage length of meters, a wingspan of meters, a height of meters, an empty weight of 20,000 kg, and a maximum take-off weight of 36,200 kg. The aircraft is equipped with two PD-31 turbojet engines with a thrust of 9,300 kg and an afterburner thrust of 12,250 kg.

The maximum sustained flight speed at high altitude is number, and the flight speed at sea level is at ultra-low altitude. The maximum climb rate is 12,480 mmin, and it takes 2 minutes and 30 seconds to go from sea level to 11,000 m. Practical ceiling 24400 meters.

The take-off run distance is 1380 meters, the landing run distance is 2180 meters, and the combat radius is 1130 kilometers. Satisfied.

The maximum speed of the MiG-25 fighter is 3,494 kilometers per hour, and the maximum flight speed is Mach.

The MiG-25 has broken a number of world records for flight speed and flight altitude, and can continue to fly at a speed of 24,000 meters, with a maximum flight speed of land preparation, and is one of the only three aircraft in the world that has broken through the "thermal barrier" (the other two are the American SR-71 and the Russian MiG-31).

On the eve of the outbreak of the Fourth Middle East War in the autumn of 1971, four Soviet MiG-25R reconnaissance planes were stationed in Egypt and went to the skies over Israel from time to time to conduct reconnaissance. The Israeli Air Force sent the best fighter of the time in the West, the F-4 Phantom developed by the United States, to intercept it.

The MiG-25P turned on the afterburner, and after a while, it put aside the tail chase and hurriedly launched the AIM-9 "Sidewinder" short-range air-to-air missile, trying to chase the MiG-25 with the missile. At this time, the Israeli ground station found that the speed of the MiG-25 exceeded that of Mach.

The maximum speed of the MiG-25 fighter is Mach.

Mikoyan MiG-25 is a high-altitude and high-speed interceptor fighter developed by the Soviet Union's Mikoyan Design Bureau in the late 60s of the 20th century, and is the world's first fighter with a maximum flight speed of more than Mach 3.

The prototype of the aircraft made its first test flight in 1964, and in 1969 it began to equip the troops. The MiG-25 uses a large number of stainless steel structures, emphasizes high-altitude and high-speed performance in design, and has broken a number of world records for flight speed and flight altitude, and is one of the only three manned aircraft in the world to break through a thermal barrier.

The highest MiG-25 is now a Mach, set during an overrun escape, and later it was reported that the engine of the MiG-25 burned out, one hour later, but by then it had landed.

The MiG-25 Soviet Union developed a high-altitude high-speed interceptor in the fifties and sixties, which was the world's highest flying fighter, flying at an altitude of 40,000 meters without load, and it is still the absolute altitude record of the fighter, and the Soviets claimed to have reached Mach 3 (the actual flight speed, which was unprecedented for fighters at that time.

At the beginning of the design of the MiG-25, it was mainly aimed at the American SR-71 Blackbird high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft, but it turned out that this air combat thinking entered a dead end, the MiG-25 in addition to having high altitude and high speed, other performance is very poor, for the sake of high speed sacrificed maneuverability and range, the MiG-25 engine is very powerful, but extremely fuel-intensive, in order to load more fuel has to squeeze the space of radar and airborne equipment. So the MiG-25 actually did not have any advantage when competing with contemporaries.

For a long time, the West speculated that the Soviet Union had developed a super-aircraft, with super maneuverability, super long range, advanced radar and fire control, and it was not until Belenko defected that the West figured out that the MiG-25 was just a second-generation aircraft with a high-power engine.

Typical Russian-made third-generation aircraft, high speed, even to the point of tuning some missiles, slightly inferior in performance to the YF-12, a typical interceptor, as said upstairs.

The MiG-25 fighter (MiG 25) is a high-altitude and high-speed interceptor fighter developed by the Mikoyan Design Bureau of the former Soviet Union. It was the first fighter in the world to reach speeds of more than Mach 3. NATO gave it the nickname "Foxbat".

Personally, I feel that his speed is very good, so I like it, the speed of Mach 3 is not a joke, because the speed is fast, so the quality of his fuselage is better than the average aircraft.

Actually, the MiG-35 is not bad.

Not very good, although the Soviets used ordinary stainless steel to make a fighter with excellent high-altitude and high-speed performance, which surprised the West, but since Belenko defected to Japan, the Americans dismantled the MiG-25 and studied it carefully, only to find that there is nothing to be desired in other places except high speed. Moreover, the advantage of high speed is also squeezed out by compressing the life of the engine, and the West has been relieved since then.

Maximum practical height: 10,000 meters.

Maximum practical speed:

Air-to-air missiles: 4 medium-range air-to-air missiles (high-altitude volley status).

To put it simply, the MiG-25 has outstanding high-altitude and high-speed performance, but its maneuverability is not good, and it is very suitable for use as a reconnaissance aircraft or interceptor, but it is not very suitable for use as a fighter, but it is rumored that in the first Gulf War, Iraq used it to shoot down an American F18 fighter, which may also be Iraq's only air combat record.

Crew 1 person. Length meters.

Wingspan meters. Height meters.

Wing area in square meters.

Sweep angle 40° (near wingtips) 42° (inside).

The aspect ratio is 15,000 kg empty.

Maximum take-off weight 37,500 kg.

Power system 2 R-15B-300 afterburner turbojet engine.

Engine thrust maximum thrust: 2 kN.

Afterburner thrust: 2 kN.

Maximum flight speed Mach.

There is no built-in cannon, 4 pylons under the wing with 4 AA-6 air-to-air missiles, two on the inside are infrared-guided, two on the outside are semi-active radar-guided, and two AA-7 and AA-8 air-to-air missiles can be carried. Wingspan meters, aircraft length meters, mega height meters in the aircraft, wing branch area in square meters, leading edge sweep angle (near the wingtip) 40 degrees, (inside) 42 degrees, aspect ratio. The empty weight is 15,000 kg, the normal take-off weight is 36,000 kg, the maximum take-off weight is 37,500 kg, and the fuel load (in the aircraft) is 14,000 kg. The maximum level flight speed (with missiles), the practical ceiling is 24,400 meters, the maximum climb rate (at sea level) is 208 meters and seconds, the combat radius is 1130 1300 kilometers, the range is 3,000 kilometers, the take-off and running distance is 1,380 meters, and the landing and running distance is 2,180 meters.

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Performance Parameters Model F PFM PFM MF BIS Length m M Wingspan M Aircraft Height M Wing Area 23 Empty Weight 4819 kg 5700 kg 5750 kg 5900 kg 6050 kg Normal takeoff weight 6850 kg 7750 kg 7820 kg 8250 kg — Maximum take-off weight 8376 kg 9100 kg 9100 kg 9600 kg 9680 kg Maximum level flight speed Mach Mach Mach Mach Mach Practical ceiling 18700 m Rate of climb 135 m sec 140 m sec 150 m sec 170 m sec Range 1300 km 1670 km 1300 km 980 km Bomb load 1000 kg Engine 1 R11F-300 turbofan 1 R11F2-300 turbofan 1 R11F2S-300 turbofan 1 R13-300 (P25) turbofan 1 R25-300 turbofan Thrust 5750 kg 5950 kg 6175 kg 6600 kg 7500 kg Electronic equipment RP-9-21 interceptor radar "Tiangong-1" automatic guidance system Automatic guidance system Part of the data**.