MiG-25 Key Points and Summary - The Soviet MiG-25 "Foxbat" was a feared and mysterious super-interceptor, a "paper tiger" whose myth was shattered by the 1976 defection of pilot Viktor Belenko.

In the late 1960s, the USSR debuted what appeared to be the world’s deadliest fighter. The MiG-25 (NATO term “Foxbat”) could outrun any fighter in the air, and indeed any military aircraft other than ...