When a MiG-25 Fired At An SR-71 Blackbird

On June 7, 1967, an SR-71 Blackbird was getting close to Vladivostok, the headquarters of the USSR's air defense. The SR-71 lit up all the radar systems in the area, but a MiG-25 Foxbat squadron was based just outside of Vladivostok, and soon the SR-71 crew realized that they had been locked, and it could only be the MiG-25 Foxbat.

[Crunch_dGH]

I just know that an SR-71 flew less than 50' over my position on San Fernando Rd. as it approached Burbank Airport's old Lockheed test strip, at the beginning of its last coast-to-coast speed record attempt ('89?). Once over the fence, it lowered to < 10', lit its afterburners with its shockdiamonded tail licking the tarmac, before being lost in the L.A. smog.

[dirkdaggerman]

This is wrong. The Mig 25 didn’t enter service until 1970…. 3 years after this supposedly occurred.

[seedroyalnebthetchiefpries]

The only defense system I ever heard about on the SR-71 was speed

[jimmywhitlow]

The Blackbird was my favorite plane as a child.

[sonofZeruiah]

In my lifetime thus far, I have seen 3 SR-71 blackbirds.

[unclebuzz]

So this amazing aircraft was built over 6 decades ago, Kelly Johnson was a visionary. So if it was so amazing 6 decades ago what CLASSIFIED AIRCRAFT DO WE HAVE TODAY ?IT'S GOT TO BE UNBELIEVABLE, UNSTOPPABLE AND SO FAST..😂😂😂😂😂😂

[willwinters]

It was considered a last ditch effort by the Soviets to use their own planes as preliminary radar targets for an initially unlockable target from the ground.
This was depicted in the movie "Firefox" where producers later stated that anonymous technical advisors "somewhat" confirmed this practice.

[grizzlycountry]

*The first Mig 25 prototype flew in 1964 and the aircraft entered service in 1970.*

[Bluelevitron]

Victor Belenko, who escaped from Vladivostok to Japan in his MIG-25 in 1976 stated that the Soviets had a plan to station MIG-25's in front of the SR-71 and to fire their missiles, but it never occurred. The MIG-25's radar was too primitive and the SR-71 flew at altitudes that the MIG-25 could not reach and was too fast.

[sirmalus]

Few people know the most dangerous routes flown by the SR-71 were often crewed by British pilots and 'back seaters'. Indeed, British crews flew dangerous routes on a regular basis.

[shroom]

The mig 25 couldn't actually catch the blackbird in any kind of sustainable flight. The soviets actually would look for the refueling tankers first just to get an idea where to focus their radars. They then had several pre-staged foxbats in various locations on ready standby so they could be launched almost like rockets just to be in the vicinity of the blackbird as it was cruising by them. Many soviet pilots later said that the foxbat was barely controllable at those altitudes and speeds. They certainly couldn't get a real lock and actually fire missles. One pilot supposedly got a lock but very doubtful since no missle was actually fired. If they missed their launch timing by 30 seconds they would miss the blackbird completely. It was just a hail mary to act like they had as good of technology as we did. Decades later, they still can't keep up with the US in anything. The US has created so many amazing weapons based on what Russia claims to have, then we find out later that they grossly exaggerated their capabilities. Same old story, just a different decade😂😂😂

[perrylc]

The Bird is the sexiest plane ever built.

[CrispyGrey]

If it wasn't for politicians, there would be no wars.

[patallen]

There is a released report from SR-71 pilot and WSO flying just outside Soviet airspace off narrative is that the pilots could see the MiG 25s attempting to reach their altitude but kept falling away unable to. The SR-71 just flew

[jomar]

The Blackbird was driven by Professor Xavier at that time. 😅✌️🙏

[TheOtherSteel]

When I search for a reference to this, I find nothing but this video. Please cite a credible reference.

[misterbig]

Did Victor Belenko fly a MiG-25 from Vladivostok to Hakodate, Japan?

[MrThreewarriors]

In 1981, an SR71 flew over Korea. Upon having missiles locked on it, the SR71 put out 3 phantom projections of itself. The missiles went after phantoms.

[malkuwon]

It is us new electronic warfare.
It can create the virtual image with almost same RCS with SR-71.Mig-25 are lock on this virtual wave and firing missiles.
😅

[wansh]

What complete BS is this??? Vladivostok is nearly 500km away from the Korean peninsula & it was never the HQ of their Air Defence, regional yes. And Foxbats came in the 70s, at least 3yrs after this report. And how did they know of the second lock if it wasn't on them. Americans will say any shit to make themselves look cool.