The MiG-25 Foxbat was the USSR’s answer to fast intruders: climb hard, sprint high, and intercept before they reached Soviet airspace. -First flown in 1964, it used two Tumansky R-15s and a mostly ...

When the U.S. government got its hands on spy shots of an early prototype of the Russian MiG-25 Foxbat, there was a bit of a panic. The U.S. assumed this massive fighter aircraft they were looking at ...

What You Need to Know: The Soviet MiG-25 “Foxbat” was a high-speed interceptor designed to counter U.S. spy planes like the U-2 and SR-71. With stainless steel construction and Tumansky R-15B-300 ...

The MiG-25 was a magnificent aircraft in many ways, capable of flying in excess of Mach 3 and at altitudes few aircraft could reach. The formidable performance parameters of the Foxbat were soon ...

The Soviet-developed MiG-25 "Foxbat" almost defies classification, as it can operate as an interceptor jet to counteract long range bomber planes or fighter jets and do double duty as a spy plane, ...