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As far as I'm aware, the MiG-25 is not a surface-to-air missile. There were no MiG-25s in Vietnam either. The SR-71 was fast enough to avoid surface-to-air mis
by sudosysgen 5y ago
As far as I'm aware, the MiG-25 is not a surface-to-air missile. There were no MiG-25s in Vietnam either.
The SR-71 was fast enough to avoid surface-to-air missiles, but it was much too slow to avoid the air-to-air missiles carried by a MiG-25.
- zip1234 5y agoOn paper, yes, it would seem a MiG-25 would work against an SR-71, but those are max characteristics and not sustained performance. Mach 3.2 was best case while testing. Real world speed is more like Mach 2.5, especially when carrying missiles. The AA-6 was huge and massive drag on performance. Further, the AA-6 had very limited targeting and engagement electronics, which meant that the MiG-25 was not very effective against the SR-71.