The Soviet MiG-25 Spooked the U.S. MilitaryThe Americans hurried to develop the F-15WIB air October 23, 2018 Robert Farley 
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The MiG-25 Foxbat was one of the most awesome, yet most misunderstood, fighters of the Cold War. Envisioned as an interceptor designed to destroy U.S. supersonic bombers and high-flying spy planes, the Foxbat also put its high speed to good use as a reconnaissance aircraft and, to less good effect, as a fighter-bomber.
The Foxbat also became a mainstay on the global export market, eventually serving in the air forces of more than a dozen countries and seeing combat in Lebanon, in the Syrian Civil War, over Egypt, in the Kargil War and in the Iran-Iraq War, the Persian Gulf War and the Libyan Civil War.
The MiG-25 was a magnificent aircraft in many ways. It was capable of flying in excess of Mach 3 and at altitudes few aircraft could reach. The formidable performance parameters of the Foxbat were soon apparent, and as early as 1965 prototype models were claiming world records in speed, climb and altitude.
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