India christened the MiG-25 after the Hindu mythological eagle king Garuda and deployed the squadron at an ultra-secret location. The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) code-named it Foxbat ...

The MiG-25's avionics included the Smerch-A2 pulse-Doppler radar, which was one of the most advanced radar systems of its time. ... including India, Algeria, and Syria.

PART I: MiG 25: The Fighter who Shot Differently There is an interesting story about one of the missions flown over Pakistan in the late nineties. After the photographic evidence was gathered, the ...

The MIG 25’s lenses have captured photographs across the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir and the Line of Actual Control with China that have often changed military thoughts in India since the ...

The MiG 25, which was built in both reconnaissance and interceptor versions, is the fastest combat aircraft ever built, apart from the US Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird spyplane. It was designed in the late ...

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While serving in the USSR’s 513th Fighter Regiment, 11thAir Army in 1976, Belenko flew his MiG-25 Foxbat fighter jet to Japan, where he later successfully defected to the West.

The MiG-25 Foxbat had up to four air-to-air missiles at its disposal, two radar-guided AA-6 and two R-40T that were infrared-guided weapons. The MiG-31 Foxhound can accommodate more weapons, ...

The Soviet MiG-25 was a Mach 3 capable interceptor, and the United States believed it to be a lightweight, agile fighter, which was in fact far from the truth.

NEW DELHI, May 1: The Indian Air Force on Monday retired its four aging Mig-25 spy planes and said military satellites will take over the role of the Soviet-era aircraft, local media reported.