MiG-25
A high-speed, high-altitude "interceptor":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interceptor_aircraft designed by the Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich bureau in the 1960s to counter the threat of [[xb-70|fast, high-flying intruders]].

The [b]MiG-25[/b] (NATO reporting name [b]'Foxbat'[/b]) is a large, heavy [[aircraft]] built mainly around its two massive turbojets. Recognition features include a long ogival radome, a small, streamlined canopy, rectangular air intakes, twin vertical fins, sharply raked tailplanes, and the presence of small ventral fins near the engine exhaust. 

Armament consists only of two to four R-40/AA-6 'Acrid' air-to-air missiles.

Despite its low maneuverability and primitive avionics is still considered the highest flying and fastest [[fighter jet]] ever built.

h4. See also

* [[MiG-31]]
* [[F-15 Eagle]]
* [[Viktor Ivanovich Belenko]]
* [[SR-71 Blackbird]]
* [[XB-70]]

h4. External links

* Wikipedia: "MiG-25":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-25
* Youtube: "Mikoyan MiG-25 Foxbat video":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJzFxSRa5y0
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