The MiG-25 offered a potent radar system of its time, but the MiG-31 far outpaces it. In fact, the MiG-31 was the first of its kind with an electrically scanned N007 Zaslon phased array radar.

The Soviet Union's MiG-25 was a big, scary, high-speed fighter. That is, until Western governments got their hands on it, thanks to Soviet Flight Lieutenant Viktor Ivanovich Belenko. This post is ...