MIG -25 FOXBAT RUSSIAN SUPER

INTERCEPTOR AIRCRAFT

INTRODUCTION
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 (NATO reporting name: Foxbat)
is a supersonic interceptor and reconnaissance aircraft that
was among the fastest military aircraft to enter service.
It was designed by the Soviet Union's Mikoyan-Gurevich
bureau.
The first prototype flew in 1964, and the aircraft entered into
service in 1970.
It has a top speed of Mach 2.83, and features a powerful radar
and four air-to-air missiles.

DESIGN
The MiG-25 is a twin-finned, high-wing monoplane with slightly
swept wings and a variable-angle tail plane.
To improve the aircraft's longitudinal stability, and to avert stall
at steep angles and subsonic speed, there are two shallow
upper-surface fences on each wing.
The high-wing monoplane configuration together with lateral
air intakes have the effect of reducing the loss of aerodynamic
efficiency resulting from wing-fuselage interference.

AVIONICS
The MiG-25 is fitted with electronic equipment including:
Smerch-A2 radar sight (Nato codename Fox Fire); Identification
Friend or Foe (IFF) transponder; aircraft responder to maintain
communications with guidance and landing radars operating in
active radio-location mode; and radar warning receiver.
The flight control and navigation equipment includes ARK-10
automatic radio compass, RV-4 radio altimeter and Polyot-11
navigation-landing system.

ENGINE
The aircraft is powered by two R-15B-300 single-shaft turbojets,
arranged in the tail section of the fuselage.
The engines develop 11,200kgf of thrust with fully selected
afterburner.
The engines provide a maximum speed of 3,000km/hour at
high altitude.
The range at altitudes between 9-11km with speed of Mach
0.85 is 1,950km.

SPECIFICATIONS
Crew: One
Length: 19.75 m (64 ft 10 in)
Wingspan: 14.01 m (45 ft 11.5 in)
Height: 6.10 m (20 ft 0.25 in)
Weight: 20,000 kg (44,080 lb)
Maximum speed:
High altitude: Mach 3.2 (3,470 km/h, 2,170 mph)
Ferry range: 2,575 km (1,390 nmi)
Rate of climb: 208 m/s (40,950 ft/min)

REFERENCES
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-25
http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/mig25/
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