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Science question of the day: Why was the SR-71 Blackbird painted black?
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<blockquote data-quote="Silverstrike" data-source="post: 16289780" data-attributes="member: 4781"><p>No the MiG 31 could never achieve Mach 3 it is only capable of doing a Mach 2.8 dash of about 5 minutes, unless you don't throttle back then engine damage would occure past that time, the Recon MiG-25 though could do sustained Mach 3 and 3.2 in brief dashes, the Interceptor MiG 25 though could never do it as it was specifically red lined at Mach 2.8. Belenko (which defected to Japan in 1976 with his MiG-25) stated when the CIA told him of Israeli F-4's trying to intercept MiG-25's over the Goland Hts on how the MiG's would always throttle up and go past Mach 3 every time their RWR's went off when a Phantom achieved a lock. He flat out stated that those engines would of been junk and would need a total overhaul, it also explained why his unit started to have supply of engine problems as they was being diverted to a Middle East nation, at the time there was only 3 MiG-25 operators outside of the USSR, that being Libya, Algeria, and Syria. And Syria never had any recon 25's in their fleet until the Bekka Valley incident in 1982 so all of those run ins was with the interceptor MiG-25's between Israel and Syria in the late 70's.</p><p></p><p> But what made the MiG-31 a real terror was the data link system it employed. Where a 4 ship formation of MiG-31's going against 8 air targets would communicate electronically between themselves. Where the flight lead would pick 2 targets and it would be sent to the other three then his wingman would pick another 2 that wasn't picked out by the lead and it would continue to the other element and his wingman to where all 8 would be locked up and engaged and fired on without breaking radio silence! NATO did not find this ability out until a Soviet spy defected to the west in the spring of 1988.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silverstrike, post: 16289780, member: 4781"] No the MiG 31 could never achieve Mach 3 it is only capable of doing a Mach 2.8 dash of about 5 minutes, unless you don't throttle back then engine damage would occure past that time, the Recon MiG-25 though could do sustained Mach 3 and 3.2 in brief dashes, the Interceptor MiG 25 though could never do it as it was specifically red lined at Mach 2.8. Belenko (which defected to Japan in 1976 with his MiG-25) stated when the CIA told him of Israeli F-4's trying to intercept MiG-25's over the Goland Hts on how the MiG's would always throttle up and go past Mach 3 every time their RWR's went off when a Phantom achieved a lock. He flat out stated that those engines would of been junk and would need a total overhaul, it also explained why his unit started to have supply of engine problems as they was being diverted to a Middle East nation, at the time there was only 3 MiG-25 operators outside of the USSR, that being Libya, Algeria, and Syria. And Syria never had any recon 25's in their fleet until the Bekka Valley incident in 1982 so all of those run ins was with the interceptor MiG-25's between Israel and Syria in the late 70's. But what made the MiG-31 a real terror was the data link system it employed. Where a 4 ship formation of MiG-31's going against 8 air targets would communicate electronically between themselves. Where the flight lead would pick 2 targets and it would be sent to the other three then his wingman would pick another 2 that wasn't picked out by the lead and it would continue to the other element and his wingman to where all 8 would be locked up and engaged and fired on without breaking radio silence! NATO did not find this ability out until a Soviet spy defected to the west in the spring of 1988. [/QUOTE]
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