Anonymous commented at 2011-11-27 21:53:44 » #937242

I can't be the only one seeing problems with this....

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Anonymous commented at 2011-12-11 16:14:30 » #948713

And the problem would be what, exactly? That a MiG-25 (also looks a bit like a -31) could tag an SR-71? Hey, first time for everything, or have you forgotten an AA took out an F-117....

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Anonymous commented at 2012-12-15 03:50:49 » #1224614

aa? i thoght that it was a rifle or smth..

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Anonymous commented at 2013-01-02 23:22:37 » #1237663

how can a mig shot down a "mach 3+" airplane that can even catch up it's own missiles? with the cannon?
doubt it. one in a thousand odd, if you're lucky luke, with a railgun.

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Anonymous commented at 2015-05-15 19:05:25 » #1740658

"en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_F-117A_shootdown" is the incident you're looking for with the F-117.

I'm pretty sure this is a MiG-31, the MiG-25 has a more elongated nose. (Though since the MiG-31 was developed from the MiG-25 the visual differences are small enough that they might not come out in a drawing.) And since the introduction of the MiG-31 is what made them stop using the SR-71 over the Soviet Union...

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Anonymous commented at 2019-05-21 20:03:15 » #2381741

#1740658 -

*bzzzzzzt!*

Wrong guess, it's a MiG-25. Tell-tale trait is the anti-flutter weights on the main wings; MiG-31 didn't have those.
Also too, MiG-31 was designed for low level targets (look-down, shoot-down), so unlikely they used it against the SR-71. The radar wasn't setup for that. The MiG-25....the old, short-ranged, gas-guzzling hulk that it was...was better for chasing the Blackbird.

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