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I don't know the full veracity of this piece, but IIRC the Foxbat once acquired a lock on it: https://theaviationist.com/2013/12/11/sr-71-vs-mig-31/ https://the

• ceejayoz 8y ago
  Plenty of things acquired a lock on it, including ground-based SAM sites. That's the easy part.
  • adolph 8y ago
    The USSR pilot claims: “Had the spy plane violated Soviet airspace, a live missile launch would have been carried out. There was no practically chance the aircraft could avoid an R-33 missile.”
    • ceejayoz 8y ago
      The pilot also claims the lock was from 120km, which is the maximum range of the R-33 at the time, so I'm a bit dubious of the idea without a practical demonstration. I do suspect the "surround from all directions" approach detailed later would've worked, but that's why we moved off to stealth and satellites.
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