The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 (NATO reporting name: "Foxbat") is a Soviet-era interceptor jet. It was among the fastest jets when it came out still close to the SR-71 Blackbird. One notable trait on it was the fact that the plane's engines would possibly gain irreparable damage if they were used at speeds above Mach 2.8.
MiG-25 Specifications[]
- Crew: One
- Length: 19.75 m (64 ft 10 in) g
- Wingspan: 14.01 m (45 ft 11.5 in)
- Height: 6.10 m (20 ft 0.25 in)
- Wing area: 61.40 m² (660.93 ft²)
- Empty weight: 20,000 kg (44,080 lb)
- Loaded weight: 36,720 kg (80,952 lb)
- Powerplant: 2 × Tumansky R-15B-300 afterburning turbojets
- Dry thrust: 73.5 kN (16,524 lbf) each
- Thrust with afterburner: 100.1 kN (22,494 lbf) each
- Maximum speed:
- High altitude: Mach 3.2[10] (3,470 km/h, 2,170 mph); Mach 2.83 (3,200 km/h, 1,920 mph) continuous engine limit[10]
- Low altitude: 1,200 km/h[89] (648 knots, 746 mph)
- Range: 1,730 km (935 nmi, 1,075 mi) with internal fuel
- Ferry range: 2,575 km (1,390 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 20,700 m (67,915 ft) with four missiles; over 24,400 m (80,000 ft) for RB models
- Rate of climb: 208 m/s (40,950 ft/min)
- Wing loading: 598 kg/m² (122.5 lb/ft²)
- Thrust/weight: 0.41
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