Posted on Sep 8, 2018
42 Years Ago Today: The Daring Defection of The Secret Soviet Super Fighter
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It's funny to read how, years later, the now defected Mig 25 pilot accidentally ate a can of cat food and said that it still tasted better than food he had Russia. I'm sure he was happy to talk to Chuck Yeager and find out what really good food it's supposed to taste like. This jet used vacuum tube technology. Could that have helped in defending against electronic magnetic pulse?
42 Years Ago Today: The Daring Defection of The Secret Soviet Super Fighter
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LTC (Join to see) If the Legend is to be believed "We Want Our Plane Back" "Of Course" (Piece by Piece after it was disassembled and each Piece Photographed by the Intelligence Services).
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Didn't the Chinese with the same thing when our electronic warfare P3 Orion plane landed in tinian Island after colliding with a Chinese fighter plane that was intercepting it?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hainan_Island_incident
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hainan_Island_incident
Hainan Island incident - Wikipedia
The Hainan Island incident occurred on April 1, 2001, when a United States Navy EP-3E ARIES II signals intelligence aircraft and a People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) J-8II interceptor fighter jet collided in mid-air, resulting in an international dispute between the United States of America and the People's Republic of China (PRC).
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From what I remember, the US was completely surprised by the simple engineering of the plane.
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One of Clint Eastwood's most underrated films. I really liked it when I was a kid. "Firefox" is an espionage thriller with a rousing climax reminiscent of "T...
I'm wondering if the movie Firefox was Loosely based on the fox bat being flown to Japan.
https://youtu.be/Y0BmrPrEm7g
https://youtu.be/Y0BmrPrEm7g
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Remember this well. State of the art for the day was still vacuum tubes for many of our aircraft as well. Don't think that would have made any difference on EMP. I actually remember training on dealing with EMP in early 70s when our B-52s were still vacuum tube avionics.
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Thank you, John, for your pilot expertise. I wouldn't have known this. Another reason I enjoy rallypoint so much!
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