MIG-25 - Garuda
Origin: Russia.
NATO Codename: Foxbat.
Indian Name: Garuda (Mythological Eagle King).
Type: All weather, high-speed reconnaissance aircraft.
Current versions in IAF service: MiG-25R; Single-seat, high-speed reconnaissance.
..........................................MiG-25U; Dual-seat, used for conversion training.
Design Features: The MiG-25U trainer, which had first flown in 1973 and entered service soon after, differed from the single-seat MiG-25 variants in having a totally redesigned forward fuselage component containing two separate cockpits. This trainer version has no SLAR (side-looking airborne radar) nor any reconnaissance capability and is solely used for conversion training.
Accommodation: Pilot on zero/zero ejection seat in A/C and pressurized cockpit.
Avionics: The MiG-25R is equipped with a number of electromagnetic-spectrum sensors along with a larger and a more capable side-looking airborne radar (SLAR). It is fitted with two left-to-right rotating cameras of a focal length of 650mm and 1300mm that can be fitted in the three interchangeable camera bays located in the nose cone of the aircraft.
The two cameras shoot through two port and two starboard windows, and a vertical camera with a shorter focal length is located under the cockpit to make the horizon to horizon linking shots.
Armament: Can carry short & medium range air-to-air missiles for self protection.
Engine: Two Tumansky R-15BD-300 engines each rated at 10,210 kg. of max. thrust.
Maximum Speed: Mach 3+
Service Ceiling: 70,000+ feet
G limit: ?
Maximum Range: ?
Self Defence: ?
Comments: With an inventory of 10 MiG-25R and 2 MiG-25U, they form the No.102 Trisonics Squadron at Bareilly AFB. An indigenous life extension on the MiG-25 is being studied and reportedly the IAF has received preliminary good results.
Indian Name: Garuda (Mythological Eagle King).
Type: All weather, high-speed reconnaissance aircraft.
Current versions in IAF service: MiG-25R; Single-seat, high-speed reconnaissance.
..........................................MiG-25U; Dual-seat, used for conversion training.
Design Features: The MiG-25U trainer, which had first flown in 1973 and entered service soon after, differed from the single-seat MiG-25 variants in having a totally redesigned forward fuselage component containing two separate cockpits. This trainer version has no SLAR (side-looking airborne radar) nor any reconnaissance capability and is solely used for conversion training.
Accommodation: Pilot on zero/zero ejection seat in A/C and pressurized cockpit.
Avionics: The MiG-25R is equipped with a number of electromagnetic-spectrum sensors along with a larger and a more capable side-looking airborne radar (SLAR). It is fitted with two left-to-right rotating cameras of a focal length of 650mm and 1300mm that can be fitted in the three interchangeable camera bays located in the nose cone of the aircraft.
The two cameras shoot through two port and two starboard windows, and a vertical camera with a shorter focal length is located under the cockpit to make the horizon to horizon linking shots.
Armament: Can carry short & medium range air-to-air missiles for self protection.
Engine: Two Tumansky R-15BD-300 engines each rated at 10,210 kg. of max. thrust.
Maximum Speed: Mach 3+
Service Ceiling: 70,000+ feet
G limit: ?
Maximum Range: ?
Self Defence: ?
Comments: With an inventory of 10 MiG-25R and 2 MiG-25U, they form the No.102 Trisonics Squadron at Bareilly AFB. An indigenous life extension on the MiG-25 is being studied and reportedly the IAF has received preliminary good results.
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