When the MiG-25 first appeared, it terrified the West. But when one pilot defected with the jet, the truth came out—and it shocked everyone. Discover how the Soviets built one of the fastest ...

According to Belenko’s testimony, while possible, the ability for even the MiG-25 to shoot down the Blackbird, which was traveling at 3,600 feet-per-second, that’s faster than a speeding ...

A steel gray fuselage with a bright red star painted on the side tail was about as ornate as the Soviets got when painting ...

But no aircraft is invincible and the Blackbird was no exception.With Soviet interceptors like the MiG-25 recorded achieving speeds as high as Mach 3.2 in 1971, and Soviet surface-to-air missiles ...