Foxbat

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Foxbat is the NATO reporting name for the Soviet-era Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25, a high-speed, high-altitude interceptor and reconnaissance aircraft developed during the Cold War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NATO reporting name
airframeMaterial nickel-steel alloy
stainless steel
titanium in limited areas
armament air-to-air missiles
bombs on reconnaissance-strike variants
category jet aircraft
military aircraft
supersonic aircraft
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
crew one
two on trainer variants
designedFor high-speed interception of high-altitude targets
designedToCounter Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
linked to: SR-71 Blackbird

high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft
high-speed bombers
developedBy Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau
enteredService late 1960s
era Cold War
firstFlight 1964
hasVariant MiG-25P
linked to: MiG-25

MiG-25PD
linked to: MiG-25

MiG-25PU
linked to: MiG-25

MiG-25R
linked to: MiG-25

MiG-25RB
linked to: MiG-25
introduced 1970
length about 23.8 meters
maxSpeed around Mach 2.8 in operational use
over Mach 3 in emergency conditions
maxTakeoffWeight around 36,000 kilograms
NATOReportingNameFor MiG-25P interceptor variant
MiG-25R reconnaissance variant
notableEvent defection of Viktor Belenko to Japan in 1976 in a MiG-25
powerplant two Tumansky R-15 turbojet engines
range around 1,200 kilometers without external tanks
refersTo Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25
linked to: MiG-25
role interceptor aircraft
reconnaissance aircraft
serviceCeiling over 20,000 meters
status in limited service in some countries
retired from Russian service
usedBy Algerian Air Force
Indian Air Force
Iraqi Air Force
Libyan Air Force
Russian Air Force
Soviet Air Forces
Syrian Air Force
wingspan about 14.0 meters

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MiG-25 NATOReportingName Foxbat