mig-25

Other names: mig-25

A high-speed, high-altitude "interceptor":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interceptor_aircraft designed by the Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich bureau in the 1960s to counter the threat of fast, high-flying intruders.

The MiG-25 (NATO reporting name 'Foxbat') is a large, heavy aircraft built mainly around its two massive turbojets. Recognition features include a long ogival radome, a small, streamlined canopy, rectangular air intakes, twin vertical fins, sharply raked tailplanes, and the presence of small ventral fins near the engine exhaust.

Armament consists only of two to four R-40/AA-6 'Acrid' air-to-air missiles.

Despite its low maneuverability and primitive avionics is still considered the highest flying and fastest fighter jet ever built.