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To: Brumar89 who wrote (110303)	8/7/2003 4:05:42 PM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (1) of 281500

Hi Brumar89; Re "Buried plane shows Russia violated UN ban on arms sales". These are old aircraft. The administration is, as usual, making a big deal out of something that was already widely known, if not actually lying. MIKOYAN MiG-25 ... Design started 1959 as Ye-155P supersonic high-altitude interceptor to counter all potential threats, from cruise missiles to A-11 (SR-71A reconnaissance aircraft) under US development; programme launched officially February 1962; Ye-155R reconnaissance version designed and built 1961-62; Ye-155R-1 first to fly 6 March 1964; Ye-155P-1 interceptor prototype flew 9 September 1964; the two Ye-155s had R-15B-2-300 engines; Type 99 (Ye-155M) experimental aircraft had D-30F6 turbofans; early history in previous editions of Jane's; production, as MiG-25/25R series, completed mid-1980s. Interceptor versions replaced by MiG-31s in Russian Air Force. ... CUSTOMERS: Russia retains 40 for reconnaissance and ECM; Algeria (`Foxbat-A/B'); India (`Foxbat-B/C'); Iraq (`Foxbat-A'); Libya (`Foxbat-A/B/E'); Syria (`Foxbat-A/B'). ... iron-eagles.tripod.com -- Carl

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