A two-seat trainer version of the MiG-25 flies over forested land. (Leonid Faerberg (transport-photo.com), GFDL 1.2)
We Are The Mighty: The fastest fighter jet in the world is over 50 years old
Fastest jet in the world? That's easy. Most people know it's the SR-71, the reconnaissance plane so fast it could outrun missiles. But the fastest fighter jet? Well, the Soviets created a fighter jet to chase down the SR-71 Blackbird, and it was so fast that it's still the fastest fighter jet ever built. And it's still in service today.
The MiG-25 Foxbat looks ungainly and boxy next to fourth and fifth-generation fighters. Its younger sibling, the MiG-29, is much sleeker, and the aggressive-looking F-35, F-22, and even the Su-57 make for way better wall posters than the Foxbat.
By comparison, the Foxbat looks almost like a box truck. If you're feeling generous, you could compare it to something like an old Chrysler LeBaron, instead.
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WNU Editor: A fighter jet faster than the SR-71. Wow. That is a fast fighter jet.
2 comments:
The article specifically reads that the Mig-25 was the fastest fighter jet. Which is probably true. But the Mig-25 was not faster than the SR-71 - which wasn't a fighter.
The SR-71 was able to cruise at mach 3+ for thousands of miles. Hours upon hours of sustained Mach 3 speeds. he Mig was able to reach near mach 3 for brief bursts, but not able to sustain it for any length of time. In fact the strain of mach 3 speeds destroyed the Mig's engines.
The SR-71 was able to conduct its missions unharrassed by anything. Including ground launched missiles. The altitude and speed of the SR-71 was such that it simply outran ground based defense systems.
The scenario that the Soviets worked out was to stage a three ship flight of Mig-25's in the path of an SR-71 and launch air-to-air missiles in succession.
This scenario either never worked or was never seriously attempted. No SR-71 was ever shot down.
Besides, I always though that the Mig-31 Foxhound was faster...
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