BOB URZ wrote in message ...
robert arndt wrote:

http://vayu-sena.tripod.com/info-su30mki.html

Please note photos of rear-firing missile and the statement about
"near-zero airspeed" at high AOA.

Rob

to quote the site:

The Su-27 markedly enhanced the Soviet Air Force?s combat potential.
NATO immediately saw the difference. In the
previous years, the SR-71 reconnaissance aircraft often flew into Soviet
airspace over the Kola Peninsula to check
readiness of the Soviet Air Defense. The Su-27, with its high flight
performance and perfect multichannel avionics system,
sharply changed the situation, intercepting SR-71 aircraft in Soviet
airspace.

So, it was the SU-27 that caused the retirement of the SR-71?

Bob

Why not MiG31? although I have seen a couple of reports of
sucessful SR71 ambushes by several Su-27 over Kola Peninsula,
still it was job for MiG31 interceptors rather than for
airsuperiority fighters Su27.

Michael




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