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...Belenko, 29, last week pulled off one of the most daring escapes of the cold war. In the view of U.S. Air Force and intelligence experts, it was also one of the most significant; Belenko was flying the MIG-25, which has never been examined by Western specialists. Called "Foxbat" in the NATO code, it is the world's fastest weapons-carrying warplane, having attained a record speed* of 1,852.6 m.p.h. and a test altitude of 118,000 ft.-outrunning and outclimbing even the newest U.S. fighter planes. Thus a study of the MIG-25's complex...
...rely on the neutral Swedes for so important a component of their national arsenals. This left the French and Americans, whose planes are comparable in size, speed and cost. All three compete favorably with the Soviet Union's new MIG-23 Flogger and even with the MIG-25 Foxbat at altitudes up to 50,000 ft. Still, there are major differences (see chart...
...only plane equipped to carry the Phoenix missile, which in turn is the sole U.S. defense system capable of knocking out the new high-altitude Soviet MIG-23 (NATO code name: Foxbat...
...been spotted and tracked during a number of test flights from the Ramenskoye test center near Moscow. At the same time, intelligence sources report that the Soviets are well along in the design of the MIG-25 and MIG-27; they are potential successors to the MIG-23 "Foxbat," one of the most advanced fighters in the world...
...defense because 1) it is a launching platform for the Navy's air-to-air Phoenix missile, the key to future fleet protection against enemy aircraft, and 2) no other Navy plane will be a match for the Soviets' newest interceptor, the MIG-23 Foxbat. In addition, Navy men point out, advanced models of the F-14 will use the same engine as the Air Force's F-15 fighter, which is being built by McDonnell-Douglas. Thus, cancellation of one craft might well price the other out of reach. A decision on whether...