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The USSR was brilliant at doing more with less (advanced technology). That was brought home to me in a documentary I watched about the Mig-29, the US/Nato avoi
by noir_lord 9y ago
The USSR was brilliant at doing more with less (advanced technology).
That was brought home to me in a documentary I watched about the Mig-29, the US/Nato avoided FOD (Foreign Object Damage) by scrupulously walking the runway/apron every day and cleaning up.
The USSR just put air intakes on the top for taxiing so crap didn't get sucked into the main inlets.
It was such a simple design and yet the advantages in a war situation operating from crappy debris strewn airfields where obvious, they had Mig-29's taxing over rough dirt berms and all sorts of crazy things (at least from a western viewpoint).