Faster Than The SR-71 - The MiG 41 Foxbat 2.0
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Flying at the edge of space at four times the speed of sound, is a new Russian interceptor, armed with a frightly modern arsenal of weapons.
And it is perhaps the last chance for the legendary Mikoyan and Gurevich bureau to survive
Since the late 50s, Soviets and Russians have been developing interceptor aircraft to cover their vast territory and respond to any threats to their almost 60.000 km-long border.
Interceptors always had a special status in Soviet and Russian air forces, with legendary MiG-25 and its successor - MiG-31, being always somewhat of a mystery and a serious threat to the West.
But now, the time has come for the next generation of interceptors.a new jet projected to surpass in speed and a maximum altitude of even that of the legendary SR-71.
This is the story of the new Russian thunder, screaming across the horizon - The PAK-DP.
These new CGI jets are getting faster and faster. Amazing
At the same time new US CGI jets become stealthier and stealthier, so even CGI is classified.
@@alexanderbelov6892 Bro the F35 is real
As usual, even if Russia can afford to build the aircraft at all, they'll build one squadron, if that, before they run out of money. That's not nearly enough to pose any real threat to NATO or the U.S.
@@skookapalooza2016 Russia built 350+ fighters of 4/4++ gen in the last 15 years. How it could happen Russia did not run out of money after that?
@@alexanderbelov6892 BRUH THEY ARE LITERALLY PLANES FROM THE 80S
Yes hypothetical planes are always faster than real ones. I imagined a plane yesterday that can do Mach 20
Not when that hypothesis is coming from Mikoyan itself.
@@Heshem_Joel if my entire existence relies on generating foreign sales, I'll be engaged in some optimistic reporting myself.
@@mignik01 In which Mach 20 is quite an optimistic imaginary feat I should say.
@@Heshem_Joel that's what the space shuttle does
@@mignik01 Are we on Mikoyan PAK DP or the Space Shuttle?.
I hope MiG gets a chance - they are one of the most iconic aircraft design bureaus on the planet. I would be sad to see them go.
Good riddance. Let them all burn, and humiliate Russia in the process.
MiG and Sukhoi did merge in 2021 under the UAC ( united aircraft corporation ) which is part of Rostec . Each design bureau keeps their employees but now instead of competiting each other they share technologies and are assigned to specific projects . MiG has been assigned to design the successor of the MiG-31 , so there is no chance needed so to speak , there is no competition the next stealth interceptor will be a MiG.
Would you be happy to see Putin go?
@@alekseiruin6772 Cope some more it clearly aint enough hahahahah . Cry Putin a river Russians love him !
Bring them to the US lol
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This reminds me a lot of those "Secret Aircraft of the Fill-in-the-Blank" documentaries they used to show on the History Channel before it switched to an all hillbilly crab fishermen lineup. You know what I mean, the sort of program that shows how Germany or Japan could have won WWII if only they'd developed CGI.
The difference though is that this project is actually going to materialize. It is not an optional fantasy for Russia, the country does need a successor to MiG-31 even though it gets upgrades. It will take years though: for example, F-35 was started in 1993 and by now, almost thirty years later, is still not combat approved by the military. But it will be approved eventually.
@@StrangerHappened If F35 is approved in 1993 ,what was approved later
@@1021132 I did not write "approved", I wrote started. Yes, the project is that old. It takes a long time. This MiG-41 thing was actually started years ago from now even though it is still not publicly presented. And it will take years from now before it will be operational.
@@StrangerHappened Yes indeed these things will take long time to go from Paper to an actual product. There are lot of technical challenges involved.
hahahahahaha
The ability to build an aircraft capable of going faster than the SR-71 has been around for a while. The reason why nobody has bothered building an interceptor with that capability is because there isn't much use for such a thing.
This it will just knock itself out of the air as soon as it launches a missile since its going so fast. Planes like these are just targets in the air since missiles now go faster than the speed they are hopping this can go.
Also the fuel... with engines that big whilst having such small wings along with a small fuselage the operational range would be small. It would take off and have to come back 10 minutes later.
I was wondering the same thing: what do they want to intercept at such speeds? Aurora (if it even exists)? Maybe they could use ramjets to accelerate for a ballistic hop out of the atmosphere and launch a missile at a low-flying spy satellite near its perigee?
@@Karackal 不是 Aurora. 是 'NGAD' , it is already in flight stage so therefore the new programme for the USAF has been in a head start for the 6th gen bomber/interceptor/air-dominance role aircraft. Although it seems Russia will be achieving finalised production in the 2030s along with UK, America already seems to have passed selection stage so the prototype will be finalised and in production within 2024-2025
Yeah but if we get a conventional weapon race going with some proper "who's bigger" energy behind it we might see unmanned sr71-esque vehicles as ridiculously huge cruise missiles with tons of ECCM.
Love the MIG25R AND THE MIG31 Interceptor
The latest news I've heard is that the MiG-41 prototype is going to have its first test flight later this year (i.e. 2023). I wonder if this video topic deserves an update?
It does need updating.... If this was a book in a public library, it would be in the Russian proproganda/fiction section.
I personally prefer Alexander Yartsev's interpretations which is basically a stealth mig 21. Most likely a lot less believable but aesthetically I like a lot.
That would be the new Checkmate fighter... Which is a single engine cheap 5th gen fighter that will fill that role.
@@paez4779 I'm talking design. The artist I mentined made an interpretation of the mig 41 with a similar nose intake to the mig 21. I'm referencing that, not combat roles.
For sure, it looks way better but being the interceptor, speed is the most important thing it has to have. So it means 2 engines and a bigger intake just like the model shown in the video.
@@MGZetta Indeed. especially considered it's supposed to be an evolution on the Foxbat/Foxhound airframe, this interpretation makes a lot of sense. That other artist rendition I mentioned is much older, likely before the real 41 was even announced. The only way it could be close to the real design would be if the russains somehow developed a super advanced hybrid ramjet or something that effect.
Yea I saw the stealth mig21 and I really loved it there was also a f117 style out there that was sexy that I want models of both the stealth mig21 and the Russian117
Flies at the speed of imagination.
31415927101 mph...
Everything starts with imagination. But the Russians have the knack of turning a fancied dream into a tangible reality. Especially today, when their jet fighters perform a lot better than their Western counterparts; and the West has no other sensible response than to treat Russian weapons with skepticism and disdain. Just like what they did in the Russia-Ukraine war with propaganda at first, and later, with a soft acceptance that all hope for Ukraine is lost.
Mach none
😆😆 Mach 4 actually half the speed of Zyrcon and anyways cannot be achieved by western countries... SR 72 is nowhere near that level of performances. You talk too much.!
That's what they said about MiG-25 until they clocked at over Mach 3. Russia has always been the one pushing speed on actual combat jets - 25 and 31 hold many records. It's just we're back the Soviet style no compromise demands, I'm hoping MiG pull this one off! Sad project 142/144 never went anywhere, though I don't blame the decision when 29 and Sukhoi jets of gen 4 are so good. Wasn't needed at the time. I miss new Mikoyan products though.
The operational costs are unimaginable! Mainly because the plane won't even operate.
Actually the SR71 did achieve Mach 3.5 in testing according to one of the test pilots and the Blackbird was only limited by the skins ability to not degrade from the heat. They said that they had lots of throttle left when flying at safe mach speed
Well, that was a different ending. Thank you for doing the research on this, nice job.
Love your videos! been subscribed since 25k. Its really fascinating what these crazy machines have to offer
Thanks for watching! you are a real OG
@@FoundAndExplained you're a fake living in a fantasy world.
@@FoundAndExplained -- this is a fake 3D-model created by a citizen of Ukraine in 2009 just for fun
I'm sure all four that are eventually built will be somewhat formidable.
If only cardboard and plywood could fly!!!
It only took Russia SIX DECADES to make a CGI to compete with the SR-71
As an interceptor it makes sense to only have frontal stealth as this machine’s primary mission is to defend the borders from attackers, meaning that the enemy will come from only one direction at a time.
Heat generated at those speeds makes stealth somewhat useless. Also RAM coating doesnt like heat.
You have no idea what you're talking about
I don't think it works like that
Indeed, this is exactly the scenario for MiG-25/31/41. Its goal is to quickly jump into high altitude and intercept its targets that can, indeed, go from roughly one direction. Hence it does not need more than frontal and a bit of sideways stealth and it does not need super manoeuvrability. A totally different plane from anything else currently in use worldwide.
I would agree with you if this were a cold war scenario. But unfortunately it wouldn't work to well in a modern setting. The biggest reason being that their enemies won't come from a single direction. Frankly we never have. Look at D-day. That was a many pronged front with fake outs on distant beaches. Now that said, a nation like the USA would certainly have many assets in the air searching for Russian interceptors and SAMs. This means our new friend the Mig-41 isn't getting pinged from just the front. Furthermore he would be up against stealth fighters and bombers as well. So unless he activates his active radar he will have just as hard of a time hunting us. And of course as soon as he does that every air and naval asset will have his location and it'll be less than minutes before he's parachuting over the eastern coast of Russia.
This reminds me of the book I read a while ago named Arctic Storm Rising that also mentioned the PAK-DP. Quite interesting to see a video regarding the aircraft tbh
In Russian, a mig is a time interval of less than a second. This is not an exact unit, it is used colloquial as a designation for a very small unit of time. Most likely, it's just a coincidence with the initials of the head of the design bureau.
You would not know if it's faster because, even to this day the SR-71s top speed is still classified!
The SR-71 is old as hell and nothing new. It's capabilities are absolutely known by now...
Here in Britain we clocked at Mach "Jolly quick!" That's a whole Mach higher than "Fairly swift!"
@@t.800XRstill not declassified
@@jakekn7304 still old as hell, still nothing new
@@t.800XR still doesn't change the fact it's capabilities are classified and unknown. We only know speculations.
Russian CGl fleet sure are getting larger and larger while their theoretical performance gets even better and better
@Johannes 黄皇唱 LOL If the Chinese think they can subdue the bear they got another thing coming.
@@CrossWindsPat Dudes crazy 🤣
@Johannes 黄皇唱 lol. China becoming No. 1 in terms of economy. What Chinese drug are you smoking?
@@CrossWindsPat At least Chinese soldiers are trained.
@@jaanikaapa6925 Ahahaha roasted
Big engines, lots of speed, one big problem - doesn't looks to me like it has much fuel capacity. Not saying it's a bad plane, Russian have lots of good aircraft. But, if this plane does and has all these things, including an internal weapons bay, it has sacrificed fuel space. Speed isn't everything if you can go Mach 3.5+, but only might have a combat range of 2 to 3 hundred miles?
You would think they learned that lesson with the Mig25. It was fast but only in a straight line and at it's max speed the engine started eating itself. It could carry fuel OR weapons but not both at the same time because of it's weight. It was so heavy that it's range was 350 milesish and that's if they didn't kick in the afterburners. Basically a useless aircraft. We found all that out when Victor Belenko delivered one to Japan. He went to Japan because that's as far as he could get on a tank of Smirnoff potato juice. Even then he was down to the peelings when he landed.
Interceptors dont need much range they are a defencive plane to intercept incomming enemies they dont need to go far
@@chopracer If that was true than why give it a top speed of Mach 3.5+? Your answer defeats itself.
@@williamprice3929 for propaganda maybe, the russians claiming they have a "3.5 mach interceptor" sounds better
Russia has always been good at making something with a seemingly massive advantage, but with a sacrifice elsewhere that negates it. Mig-25. Alpha class subs with amazing speed, but a steam locomotive noisy reactor that was dangerous. The list goes on.
They never stop evolving.
This thing looks absolutely awesome
The actual speed and altitude capabilities of the SR 71 are still classified. What you are quoting is just what the Defense Dept. was willing to admit to.
Yeah, archangel surpassed even the 71.
@@bonedoc4556 still classified SR 71 blackbird could do more than that even some source I read the missile fire at the SR 71 it could do 3.5 mach more than A12 3.3 mach and with altitude 85k/90k pretty high actually even the pilot say when you drive the SR 71 as long you want the top speed or go faster whatever you want is always have. It makes me smiles actually
Have spoken to a "toaster mechanic", what the SR71 was capable of far exceeded the release data. Had USSR actually know that they would have collapsed before 'SDI' bankrupted them. This is a last gasp/grasp for relevance, a "Pravda-esk" press release. Based loosely in facts yet consisting mostly of smoke-n-mirrors.
@@Zulu4impi if you genuinely believe Star Wars bankrupted the USSR you're delusional.
Not to mention how Russia always overhypes their tech not to mention is doubt this thing will be built yet again put in service this century or the coming century
I personally knew an SR-71 pilot. Corvettes where our Hobby, we both owned and showed several of them. I asked him once what do you do after you've been a SR-71 pilot? " You think about when you were an SR-71 pilot " I asked about the mig-31 and he stated.. "They have to guess where you will be at a certain point, and burn all the way to that point. We always knew when they were coming up, we had onboard equipment that let us know.. A simple 1.2° in any direction on any flight control surface.. would foil any attempt they had to even lock us on radar. As far as catching us, nobody ever found out one way or the other... never gave them a chance "
Exactly! Even though they apparently had a rearview mirror in the cockpit, they never had a reason to use it. Brian Shule mentioned it during his speaking tour days, while looking back at himself in it, inspired him to take what might have been the first selfie, from his personal camera on a 10 second timer looking back from his instrument panel during a training mission. As for the Mig they're going need to make some serious advances in engine technology, since both the 25 and 31 running balls out for maximum speed runs pretty much fubar the engines requiring immediate replacement. If that doesn't happen the next flight would be sketchy at best.
SR-71s never flew over USSR. They always flew along the border and at high altitudes to take pictures of the inside of the country. No Mig-31s were ever scrambled to intercept an Sr-71 ever, you are just talking shit lmao
@@WorldlyCoronet7 He never stated a course. Thousands of missiles were fired at the Sr 71. None of them ever caught one. Several intercept missions were flown by mig- 31 to intercept SR-71. These were flown over the Barrett sea. Major Mikhal Myagkiy flew a noted and documented mission to try an intercept. You are a very disrespectful young man. In a way I feel bad giving you any type of knowledge, for it's obvious you have gone through life as a mushroom.. You're just a foreign little commie lover.. Aren't you
@@WorldlyCoronet7 ah yes, because the u.s. is gonna declassify that kind of info unless it has too.
@@kirbyball97 Plane was retired 25 years ago
Sounds like a nice ride.
No? I justed imagined my new f75 Bluebird and it can go mach 25 and also have FTL engine so i can travel through space! it also carries anti matter missiles to spawn blackholes on whereever the missile hits!! its great man
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If the plane is meant to use the same "trick" that allows the Kinzhal it's extreme potential topspeed, well above mach 4 isn't nearly as impossible as it would most likely be otherwise. It would also greatly reduce fuel consumption at highspeed, which of course would be useful.
What trick? The Kinzhal is a missile, and for missiles this speed is nothing, since they don't need to breathe air. A WW2 V2 missile reached a maximum speed of mach 4.8 in flight, and anything from the 50s or later is significantly faster.
@@mephistoxd2627 "What trick? The Kinzhal is a missile, and for missiles this speed is nothing, since they don't need to breathe air." Wow... Maybe you should go look it up? "A WW2 V2 missile reached a maximum speed of mach 4.8 in flight" Yes? A V2 is a BALLISTICAL trajectory missile, using liquid oxygen instead of air and relying on completely different parts of physics than horisontal flight missiles. "and anything from the 50s or later is significantly faster." HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Your ignorance and idiocy is hilarious. Latest model of AMRAAM, topspeed of mach 4. Original AIM-7 Sparrow from 1958, topspeed of mach 2.5. Topspeed todays model, mach 4. AIM-54 Phoenix from 1974, mach 4.3. Just barely upped to mach 5 in the 1977 upgrade. Red hawk AAM from 1957, mach 2. Latest model Sidewinder, mach 2.5. Harpoon missile, topspeed mach 0.71. Yes, a Minuteman missile tops out at mach 23. In space. *lol*
The kinzhal is a rocket.. have you even seen it? It's basically an ICBM with a different warhead/navigation system.. And hitting the target means it came within 100 miles of where you were aiming.
@@rodshoaf "The kinzhal is a rocket.. have you even seen it? It's basically an ICBM with a different warhead/navigation system.." The same way that the Saturn V and a fireworks rocket is a rocket yes. No, it is absolutely not even remotely similar to an ICBM. It's not nuclear, it doesn't fly a purely ballistic trajectory, it doesn't come close to the reentry speeds of ICBMs etc etc... "And hitting the target means it came within 100 miles of where you were aiming." *lol* The Kinzhal was designed among other things to be a "one shot, one supercarrier destroyed" weapon. Do you understand? No, of course not. That means it was designed with the ability to hit POINT TARGETS even if they are MOVING. They have CEP of around 10m. Considerably less by some sources. Because, again, it's meant to be capable of reliably hitting a carrier moving at full speed and conducting evasive manevuering. It's a GUIDED MISSILE. It has a terminal guidance package.
It is not only the speed but also the ability and the skill of the pilot also matters
This plane will be a interceptor Linked to the russian iads ia control
Russian skill.. Anyone with any real talent left Russia when the communism fell. What you have left in Russia are alcoholics... 1 in 5 are addicted to alcohol.. Many of them in the military
That’s a beautiful design
man this is the most beautiful aircraft. I once imagine the foxbat got an upgrade with stealth. Maybe one day this design even manage to get airborne.
Doubt it, since Russia (Putin specifically) then got itself into a war with Ukraine, and been losing since. Their economy is plummeting fast and their ass is getting handed by the Ukrainians. And only god knows what fate will the country receive if they lose, considering the other countries, especially the ones in NATO will probably want to take something from Russia once the war ends.
For all the narrative of Russian design being simple, expedient and robust, their military aircraft (post ww2) have beautiful shapes. All of the SU27 group look fantastic. I find it interesting how much aesthetics plays a role in government contracts. A stark example would be the X-32/X-35 competition
I agree. The SU-27 is a beautiful example of a fighter jet. I often think about how much more advanced and beneficial our aerospace industry could be if our government's weren't so ignorant and corrupted with their greed for power and money.
@@AnonYmous-of8ep you're funny
I agree, Su-27 family is most versatile airframe in existence, from pure fighter and interceptor to ground attack, 27 have it all.
@@AnonYmous-of8ep f15 is a fighter more then anything
mig 29
Mig and sukhoi have now joined into one conglomerate.
Amazing, there are videos posted on line about s mythological aircraft from Russia when the SU-57 hasn't been able to go into mass production or even get into regular military service with the 19 units they have! Might as well make a video about what Asgards coming out with next!
Well you got to be a clown to not know Jets take over 20 years to make. A trash like F35 was developed longer with 3 trillion projected cost. Su57 can take its time to be good
Just like the F35s going down due to Lighting strikes hilarious 😂😂
You should make a video about a new advanced type submarine class Moskva. There was a rumor that it was seen in the black sea. Very advanced very super secret.
But we should make video on Javelins and NLAWs, super secret.
And you should make a video of how Ukraine will retake the Donbass and not lose Odessa to become landlocked 🤣🤣 Tell us also about the counterattack at Marioupol 🤣🤣🤣
@@Addi_Teacha509 when the war will end we ll see what videos to make. Russia hasn't got shit yet except war torn territory full of angry as hell people which will require 10000s of thousands of soldiers to control and keep. But the secret submarine Moskva is already doing its secret operations on the bottom of the sea now that is a fact!
@@zoyaelizavetahafeez2 Don't forget the new turretless T-90 tanks. SUper advanced.
@@Addi_Teacha509 No need. The Russians in Marioupol will simply starve to death
Be interesting to see how fast this thing can really go if it's ever built, and also for how long. The big thing about the SR-71 was not only its speed but how long it could maintain that speed for. The MiG 31 can only go over Mach 3 in very short bursts or it'll burn up its engines.
"Can only" ? While its true you find lots of claims that its limited to a mach 2.8 for use, honestly "can only" ? The thing sits out there on a runway, no hangar, you climb in turn the key and go, Its a daily flyer so to speak. The SR 71 is a one off specialty that costs god only knows how much, requires weeks of prep before every flight and weeks of service after every mission flown. The Mig is lucky if they paint more than once every 20 years. Its made of leadish like materials and they used a brick for its aerodynamic profile. The SR-71? well thats where I would say "can only" to me the Mig is ten times more impressive. That however I get is just tomato, tomato. I just thought it a strange way to look at this impressive beast!
@@TP-ie3hj And the Mig25 was the same way. It was fast for sure. But only for a VERY short time and only in a straight line and then, at max speed, it's engines started eating itself. It was too heavy to carry weapons AND fuel. You could carry one or the other but not both. We found all this out when Victor Belenko delivered one to us in Japan. Lol. He went to Japan because that's as far as he could get on a tank of Smirnoff potato juice. If that's impressive to you, I bet you wet your draws when you see the Big Bad Pooty Daddy shirtless on the back of a horse.
Since turbojets don’t work well above Mach three, the MiG-41 must be capable of running on ramjets to achieve Mach 4.
@@jamesstreet228 You don't cream your pants at images of Great Leader Kim Jong-Un riding hirses?
It's also a curiousity of mine, of how fast the SR-71 could really go, in such overload, burst speed settings. There are pilot reports of Mach 3.5 in the SR-71, and that's the highest publically available speed data. Engineering analsys on the shock cones of the engines, i vaguely remember showed full retraction and losing thrust past a certain speed... Even so, the true top end is a vague question mark, still. Russia was much more boastful with the Mig-31. It'll be exciting to see how far they can push the new aircraft, honestly, anything past the high mach 2's all require similar feats of engine tech wizardry, in terms of novel engineering solutions, as the SR-71 has. It is more a question, as i understand it, of what speed range they tune it for. The SR-71 is a slide-rule designed plane, from... what now, 50+ years ago? Surely, computers can help us do better than just the 3.2 mach in bursts of the similarly, not hyper advanced computer design aided engine engineering techniques that exist in the MiG-31.
Well I can tell y’all for a fact this jet will be impossible for the US to ever shoot down. Not just because of how fast it is but due to the fact that it’s impossible to shoot down a figment of the imagination.
haha
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That's not true at all. I started imaging bad scenarios to find myself in, so I started punching myself in the head until I went unconscious. Problem solved.
Just as the MiG-25 Foxbat, a figment of our imagination or is it the MiG-28 from Top Gun?.
Not really. The faster U fly the longer the turn radius. A 1/2 a dozen interceptors flying in at different directions (left & right & above & below & slightly behind of target) firing the fastest air 2 air 70's designed missiles at the rt angles & spaced at the rt timed intervals, 1 or more will hit. No matter how much juking the pilot trys, he's not agile enough. We found that out the hard way in war games with a friendly nato partner using slower 4th gen fighters. Our SR71 couldn't out fly geometry & physics. The problem the Mig 25 had with the SR71 was the Russians never could slow down enough 2 maneuver in the rt angle of attack. By the time they tried the SR71 was out of range. They even tried straight on attacks, the SR71 simply raised up or down, missiles flew rt pass. That's why the CIA & USAF stopped direct fly overs over hostile nations. We knew it was only a matter of time B4 hostile nations would stop using brute force & start using their brains. Hyper sonic planes R only good if they can evade detection B4 the enemy can react 2 shoot. Deliver their payload then try 2 get home with the bad guy knowing ur there. Hard 2 do now. Hyper sonic maneuverable low altitude nuclear cruise missiles is another story. That's the real threat now. PS - USAF shot down 1 of our dead satellites using a F15 back in the 80's.
Amazing & Best Stealth Sonic Jet In Future✨️✨️💯
Knowing just enough about the A-12 and SR-71 and what they had to overcome to make it happen, I am somewhat skeptical. Materials, electronics, and techniques have improved with time, but physics still applies. Keeping it in one piece and not melting from the heat is going to be a really neat trick. Turning something going that fast is also a tricky task. Lastly, let's not forget cost. Something like this would cost obscene amounts of money to develop, let alone to produce enough to be a real strategic or tactical threat.
They're already building hypersonic missiles, which are going at Mach 5+, so materials aren't a problem. But the question is can they keep a pilot alive in those conditions ?
Agreed but I'm a whole lot skeptical, skin seal issues, maneuverability, shooting itself down and other questions.
i mean sr71 was introduced in 1966 thats a pretty big timegap considering just by how much tech has improved since then xq
@@jeroboam4486 Missiles aren't planes and vice versa. Big difference in what a missile is expected to do and what a fighter jet carrying a pilot is supposed to do. Hypersonic missiles also are not going to be able to make any kind of hard turns. It's designed to go from point A to point B and blow up a target. Fighters are expected to turn, dogfight, etc. That ain't gonna happen at Mach 5 or Mach 3.5 for that matter. The plane will disintegrate. It was the same with the SR71 and MiG25. Neither of them could make sharp turns. But the SR71 wasn't a fighter either so it didn't really have to. MiG25s were designed to go after high flying US bombers. Go straight to target as fast as possible and launch missiles. But if you think the Russians have the capability to make this happen you're dreaming. They don't have the expertise nor the money nor the wherewithall to do it. Just like with the SU57.
@@jeroboam4486 Missiles that can't hit what they are aimed at. and the same missiles are being shot down right now over Ukraine. And as you point out how is the pilot going to survive.. it's a heck of a lot harder to designer a airplane than a missile.
Procrastination never has been so enjoyable. Love this channel.
Color me dubious. This plane either 1) Only exists on paper. Or 2), is vastly overstated. And by the way, the SR-71 top speed is still unknown. Mach 3.3 is what was released to the public. Several interviews with pilots over the years clearly indicated that the top speed was well over mach 4.
Would be cool to see this in AceCombat
Well, I must say real or not...the PAK-DP is one good looking jet interceptor. Russia really knows how to make sexy looking fighter jets.🥰 Oh and one more thing... Jets with laser weaponry? Good grief and heaven sakes, this is slowly getting closer to becoming a real life Ace Combat 7 here.... And that is so F**KING AWESOME!! LoL!😅😁😂
What's wrong with laser weapons? That's like being a Roman Legionarre, going up against Hun forces, being hit with cannons, rockets, and fire lances, and then making fun of them for using "magic fire". You won't be laughing when those fire lances and rockets become full fledged muskets and your Roman legions are cut down with out ever getting with in fighting range. Lasers are already powerful weapons. But give that technology more funding and watch it advance from a suped-up laser pointer to a death star.
@@Attaxalotl yep
@@pjduker05 No one has a problem with laser weapons, my man.. chill out.
I hope not because I hear that kind of thing all the time. And everytime I think "OK grandpa I bet your dad complained about the horseless carriage too." 😆
@@pjduker05 Laser weapons have that retro-future aesthetics in them. They will not be something real in the world of weaponry for a long time, because they cost much, spend an incredible amount of energy if you want to use them as weapons, and the protection is cheap.
interesting render really captures the feel of both mig-25 and su-57
Well, it looks really cool.
There is a saying,it goes like this-''the need is mother of all knowledge''.It is true for so many things,for this thing too...
Those intakes are gonna cause compressor stall at around mach 2.5 maybe it'll go a little faster but there's a reason the SR-71 had them weird lookin intakes It does look cool as hell tho
Unless there's some sort of variable intake ramp like the Concorde buried in there it ain't getting anywhere near the speed of the SR-71
plus the SR-71 had bypass ducts to feed the afterburners.. The Russians are still way behind the west in aircraft engine development..
every beer drinkin , burger eatin , school sh**tin murican thinks they're engineers at the skunkworks! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 this ain't no tom cruise movie 🤘🏼😁
Doesn't matter, the plane would melt at such speeds anyway.
@@docwolf1561 You're right, it isn't a Tom Cruise movie... Those actually get made.
That's a cool looking CG airplane. I see why this fictional aircraft based on speculation is a very real threat to current and very real 5th gen fighters.....
It will definitely cheaper to produce comparing to the F35A, B, and C have recently ended up in the bottom of the sea…So long to the $300 million dollars for those so called “stealth” fighters junk…Such a small change for the “best army in the world “, of course !!! 🤪🤪🤪
@@daivietnguyen7289 It and the aircraft carriers were enough to keep Taiwan independent
@@trajhenkhet02 …In your dream, of course !!! 🤪🤪🤪
@@daivietnguyen7289 Yes, me thinks you suffered a bout of Mandela Effect. Good try though🤡
@@trajhenkhet02 …You should take another pill to go into a deeper dream…🤪🤪🤪
Gotta love the mig 31 cosplaying as a 5th gen fighter, very cute
The MIG41 probably doesn’t have the fuel capacity to keep up or surpass the SR-71. The Blackbird’s whole body was essentially a fuel tank and it had RAM jets which is why it could fly at Mach 3 for a long period of time.
Thought they were scram jets not ram jets? Or are scram jets when it goes like Mach 7? And ram jets for Mach 3.
@@anthonyallencabrera I think they’re using SCRAM jets on the new Black Bird and it can go up to Mach 10.
@@anthonyallencabrera yeah the SR-72 is getting SCRAM jets, which can double as both regular thrusters for low speed and RAM jets for it's full Hypersonic speed. It has different air intakes for each
@@ItsTsuki yeah I heard something about it's intakes like they share the same entrance on the front of the jet but split into 2 separate intakes from the separate engines or something
@@anthonyallencabrera literally a miracle of modern aeronautical engineering, yeah.
The biggest problem with materials with the sr71 was getting the titanium without being suspicious from the very place this plane may be developed and built. Interesting but unlikely it will actually meet these specifications
Russia holds some of the world's largest reserves of Titanium
@@mongol311 - Top 3 titanium reserves are in China, Japan & Russia which is convenient for Russia. Japan will get leant on by the US to surrender its titanium if it becomes a heavily sought asset in the coming years. Ironically, Afghanistan and Iran's mountain ranges are laden with loads of sought after resources hence the warmongering in Afghanistan and against Iran (for the last 40+ years). Eurasia has a strong grip on sought after resources.
It was only hard to get the titanium because the U.S was getting it from... Russia. I don't think Russia will have this problem.
@@tbituner In one of the combat approved documentaries about latest submarine , they said as titanium is costly they used titanium and steel as combination. I didn't understand Russia has good titanium resources but why did he said costly
@@1021132 it's because titanium is harder and more expensive to refine and work with then steel
Reminds me of the 4' tall guy bragging about the 5' lift on his truck.
I Wish we had one of those MiG 41 FOXBAT Things.
Faster than the SR-71 my ass.
The SR-72, son of the Blackbird is already in development, the Mig-41 is still playing catchup.As well as the NGAD fighter has already flown. Enough said!💪💪💪💪
Mug41 isnt even real tbh
ok?
Looks like real one. Great job ruskie. Nice animation.
February: "Ha, all of Russian weapons are rusted away and all they have is peasant boys with old AKs!" March: "W-why are they having CRUISE MISSILES?"
The original MIG-25 Foxbat was a monster with capable pilots. Legend has it that an Iraqi MIG-25PD outrun FIVE F15s and their launched missiles!
rumors, but I doubt it as accurate. The US were able to get their hands on one after the defection of a soviet pilot along with his mig25. And their findings were that though the mig was fast, very fast. it had short legs, and less than desirable maneuverability. It was nothing more than a glorified missile platform. However, despite it' speed it would still lose to missiles traveling at mach 3 plus
@@bengee1040 The missiles have short range and lose speed fast. It is wished to be a rumor, but it is not. Also, the sample US got was a very early variant. The 25PD was more refined.
that’s a myth
Russian they built very good fighters and misle but they are able only to shoot passenger airplane .
@@vinloy23 the PD variant. You mean the one that used ballistic missile engines that had to be rebuilt after each mach 2+ flight? Sure...they refined it alright. And yes this entirely rumor. Yes the Mig-25 was faster than F15s, and a good deal faster, but they did not have anywhere near the range or payload, their missiles were less efficient, their cannon was all but useless at those speeds, they certainly couldn't turn and bank with the F15s anyway, and they would have been swatted out of the skies by the far superior F15s. Of course some F15s would go down too so it wouldn't be a 100% victory. But furthermore it's absolutely dumb to even compare the two aircraft. The Mig-25 is an interceptor. She's not designed for long range attacks and air superiority. She's designed to be launched from nearly any unprepared air field and intercept incoming bombers. The F15 is an air superiority fighter, more like the Flanker. Her job is to patrol the skies and make sure that the enemy is grounded. Comparing the two planes is about as silly as comparing a tank to a helicopter.
Everybody gangsta until hyper sonic SR-72 gets revealed
9:00 Try to open a door at Ma=4.0+ ;) And what willbi turn radius with acceptable"g"s?
Go fast... get shot down by another that turns fast. Great call
well with a service ceiling that exceeds the f35 by 15 miles and a speed that is almost double youd still be scared to know that was above you with that big of a radar. if you ran out of arms or had to run, you would be chased down and targeted with soon to be hypersonic munitions on the mig 31s
Just a thought… the identical mig 25 and 31 had a difference in number by 6. Same goes for the mig 29 and 35. If it’s related to the foxhounds… shouldn’t it be a mig 37?
Those numbers means actually nothing to external viewer, for instance designation of Mig 35 originally was planned to be used for Mig 1.44 (1.4X) project
Mig-37 was planned in 90's as low RCS interceptor, always appearing as concept arts in military aviation books at that time but cancelled before it could even be built into prototype. The plan was to have Mig1.42 as multi-role stealth fighter while Mig-37 as stealth interceptor with F-19 style rounded edge fins & wings.
man mig-11 mig-15 mig-21 mig-31 : is only role they is interceptor plane mig-29-mig-35 : same 30% different
I am really rather hoping that this will be developed and produced in the nearest future. I adore the MiGs, reaaly hope they will survive the crisis
From a NATO guy, I hope the same! Beautiful aircraft, and every country has the right to defend their borders!
@@MrGottaQuestion I feel the exact same way. There was something right in the world when it was _USSR vs NATO._ The rules were far more simple and both sides tremendously respected each other... (and with about a 1,000,000x nuclear overkill one tends to be respectful lol). The mighty MiG was a large part of it all and my God did they produce some incredibly beautiful and effective aircraft. The USAF had units that called themselves the 'MiG killers' because that was THE badass plane that the opposition flew. I really hope that proud aerospace corporation can make a big comeback. Being part of _United Aircraft Corporation_ helps... I guess.
@@donarthiazi2443 it’s good to know that our foreign friends understand our feelings!
@@4wardfr3ak23 Yes my friend, and I wish more people would understand, or at least TRY to understand. Our two powerful countries... _along with other countries of course_ .... have invented and created and explored Space and produced Nobel Laureates, fantastic writers, world-class athletes, musicians, artists, mathematicians & physicists and engineers, genius-level doctors, etc etc etc. My feeling is we should be *natural Allies* instead of rivals/opponents. I think a healthy competition between great powers is good. But it's heartbreaking when political differences destroy what should be a bond of brotherhood instead of the mistrustful past and of what exists today. Hopefully one day things will be much much better. Take care my friend. Stay safe
@@donarthiazi2443 I really appreciate your way of thinking! Hope more people support your opinion than I think. Yes, competition is a healthy thing for corporations, thanks to it many wonderful planes, tanks etc were developed. But we should not be opponents, that’s for sure. I wish you all the best. From Russia with love.
i think we would see a mission in Mars before the first MIG-41 rolls out.
That 41 means that the project was 41 years old with zero progress at the time of publication.
It is my understanding that the limiting factor of speed with the SR71 had more to do with keeping the plane held back in a zone where it wouldn't destroy itself from the stresses of flying at a velocity the airframe could reasonably manage to handle for a sustained amount of time... not too much because of the engines lacking the ability to push it faster. This same airframe limitation is also why they didn't try to build a carrier version SR71, they couldn't make it robust enough to land without worries... I would suspect, if the Soviets could develop a similar or better power plant as the SR71, then the top sustainable speed world probably also be limited by the abilities of the airframe... tricky problems pushing airplanes that fast, not as easy to do as a missle, and there are other factors the SR71 took advantage of that don't seem to be in the mix of the rendition of aircraft shown in this video... but who knows... and of course, good luck to building such an amazing plane! LOL
why would you even think of trying to land an SR-71 on a carrier flight deck... a plane that needs a parachute just to land in something like 2 miles of runway. Get out of here with thinking of landing it on a carrier.. there were never any ideas of putting something like that on the flight deck. Hell it's so heavy it can barely get off the ground and needs all of the runway at takeoff speed.
I have seen footage of them launching off a carrier. This presumably was just to see if it could be done, similar to seeing how the Hercules was also considered and tested for carrier landing. I also remember hearing someone discussing them looking into the possibility of what it would take to beef up the airframe enough to land an SR71 varient on a carrier, but this idea was scrapped as unfeasible... and the SR71 was serving quite adequately in it's normal capacity... this wasn't my idea, these were things that were actually done or considered for proposals.... the military loves to consider possibilities that sound good but aren't sound....
@@scottturcotte1860 No you haven't... Because it has never happened.. not even once
I must say, I liked the 3D animations. Very realistic. What software was used? As for aircraft itself, by the time it comes, US will probably have an answer. It is a very beautiful jet though.
Blender
Usa have no answer to mig29 in dog fight. Hahaha.
I graduated Texas A&M University in USA. Our Engineering Text Books had Russian authors like Timoshenko. I would encourage Russia to assemble Russian or Chinese Jets to be assembled in Bangladesh. We are a nation whose diet is predominantly fish. Fish eating people have sharper brains. I know many of my fellow Engineers are attending Technical Universities in Russia.
The packet double penetration? Nice👏😄
When talking about the SR-71 Blackbird, it is advisable to remember that it came out in the mid 1960's...over half a century ago. The narrator says the new planes allegedly outperform the SR-71...but I again caution everyone to remember that the Blackbird is an "historical" aircraft at this point.
its the same with every new "superweapon" the Russians/chinese come out with, the USA had one decades before
A historical aircraft, but it was always meant as a reconnaissance aircraft, if it’s true then the fact that the Russians have made an interceptor capable of outspeeding an aircraft meant solely for speed and altitude is insane, it’s like if a sports car outsped a drag racer
@@ravenof1985 The fact remains that if the MiG 41 goes into service with a speed of Mach 3.5 and a ceiling of 25 000 metres, Russia will have accomplished something the U.S are unable to, or at least do not have a similar aircraft under construction at this point. Russia will therefore be the first to achieve this.
Before electronic calculators even I mean those cats used a slide rule! Do people today even know what that is?! So far ahead not really even comparable.
@@HughMann989 The Soviets sent Mig 25's to intercept the SR-71 Problem was, by the time radar (of the day) picked it up, then the planes scrambled, the migs had to do flat out dashes to try to get to where they thought the SR-71 was going to be. It's one thing to claim straight line speeds that surpass another plane. It's another thing when the plane is incoming at 2000 mph, Your radar picked it up 400 miles away Its 100 miles of latitude away (not straight at you) and cruising at 120,000 ft (22 miles) Think up 22 miles and over 100. You have to get a pilot to his plane Fire it up from cold and blast off (5-6 minutes) If 6 minutes, it's travelled 200 miles towards you The plane itself doesn't have radar strong enough to reach more than 150 miles in a narrow beam, so you fly yourself in the general direction and hope your radar will pick it up. You're doing everything at full burner to try and get to his point ahead of him, meaning your range is just a few hundred miles. At 2000 mph your entire flight is just minutes long.
Man this channel is amazing, it’s everything I ever dreamed about. After Discovery and history channel let me down this has been my favourite.
this channel is paddling a lot of russian propaganda shit that will never fly in reality 🤣
only way to achieve this is the use of MHD and plasma for actuators and boundary layers.. russians have a pretty interesting experience producing plasma with jet engines by adding specific additives. the beauty of plasma is that it would litterally absorb any radar wave, making it invisible. sounds like sci fi but lets speculate a bit.
At H =40 km temperature, according Standard Atmosphere modeli is: 251 K So Stagnation temperature T0=T*(1+0,2 Ma^2) will be 866 K @ Ma=3,5 and "only" 1180 K.
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If a number of ASAT weapons are actually utilized space will be filled with debris, thereby denying space to satellites. Goodby to everything we take for granted, the internet we're using now, GPS, the list is endless.
most of the internet is through cable under the ocean.
Even with those typically enormous Russian engines, it hasn't got the aero for sustained Mach 3 flight. The engines don't even have an aero spike like the SR-71
Typically the temperature of the engine air inlet is the limiting factor. This was also the case for the SR - 71, which could have flown even faster but not with the engines it used.
I love it when highly educated specialists share their unmeasurable knowledge!!
And the plexiglass of the cockpit will melt long before it reaches Mach 4.
@@ajvanmarle Exactly ! The SR-71 windows were quartz. If the Russians aren't using quartz then they aren't going anywhere near as fast as the SR-71 ! The SR-71's actual top speed is still classified..😆
I've said it before that plane is a cross between a F-111 Aardvark and the F-22 Raptor
Is this airplane already in operation or they are working on it
As usual, Russian military is more rumor than reality. Really love this flat canopy... visibility must be great. Almost like thru window in roof :D
Yeah..hold my satan 2👈🏿😂
@@melgarezuniverse1217 the Satan II is just a ballistic missile. Sure it's big but it doesn't really change anything strategically. Russia can blow up the world, the US can blow up the world. It was that way in the 60's and its that way now. Satan II hasn't changed a thing. The question is can Russia actually field a capable, well trained military or are they just gonna threated to blow the world up every time they get in a conflict?
@@TheJimicus Do i have to remind you what is one of the greatest armies in human history….WW2…..the red army defeated one of the most powerful army in history…USSR did that…it costed up to 30 million people…and so we have that in our dna…it ain’t about tangibles it’s all about intangibles 💯👈🏿…america and Europe have always been soft …the first one loses every single major one and the second one get occupied all the time..Napoleon did that as well as Hitler…so don’t know what you talking about 👈🏿
@@melgarezuniverse1217 the red army that were Nazi allies? The ones that invaded Poland and Finland and were perfectly happy to be bad guys until Hitler attacked them? Yea I'm aware of them. Good thing the US was willing to give them billions in planes, tanks, trucks, food, etc since they couldn't equip themselves. Otherwise they wouldn't have lasted the war. You have an interesting memory regarding US wars. Take Afghanistan for example. The USSR was in Afghanistan for less than ten years and lost something like 15k men with another 25-35k wounded. The US was there twice as long and only lost around 2.5k. Seems obvious who's army was more capable right? Your army has been in Ukraine for like 2 months and you've lost what 15-20k? Good job! I guess that's the "intagibles" your talking about? How's thst Satan II helping out lol. Btw, you pointed out that Europe keeps getting occupied... By Europe. That doesn't make sense.
@@TheJimicus wrong 👈🏿read molotov -ribbentrop..Hitler broke this 👈🏿and went as far as 20 km from Moscow while killing millions…then we BEAT HIS ASS💯👈🏿..the rest of the players are just softies ….good things are on the way💯👈🏿
Mig 31 is impressive tho, yes its getting well past its sell by date but still dangerous and capable at same time.
It was really just a planes body strapped to two big engines. Before we captured one we were worried about them but once we got a closer look it was a pretty disappointing jet. It was way overhyped. Something russians have had a long history of doing.
I read in a book recently , the Russians are working on a hybrid attack fighter . “ Drakkor 15 “ with liquid rocket fuel auxiliary , used to exit- enter combat zone at extreme speeds .,....
Wait until the SR 73 comes out, it will be faster than the SR72
Actually the PAK-DP Project also known as the MiG-41 Russia's plan to build fighter which can bring the Hypersonic Missile (KH-47M2) and become a new generation of interceptor aircraft
Wow, they almost have it figured out just over 50 years later!
I know right !!😂 Its no lie, we are 50 years ahead of the rest of the world militarily. Most everyone else's "modern aircraft" and "aircraft carriers" look like what we used during Vietnam. We stopped using sloping decks on carriers in WW2 for god sakes!
We did not have "sloping" flight decks in WW2.
@@gregoryfuller1136 : Yeah, your right. I thought the 2 converted training carriers that were used by the Navy on the Great Lakes only had this type of deck.
Fighters and interceptors may find use from a laser system used for defense, however it is my opinion that they lack the electrical power output required to use said laser to destroy incoming missiles in the limited time frame presented for interception. It is my understanding that such laser systems would be primarily intended for the "dazzle/blind" function, however instead of targeting enemy fighters and other missile launch platforms, the laser would be targeted at the incoming missile's seeker head in the hopes that it is a long-range infrared guided missile (a "heat seeker"), such as the AIM-9X Sidewinder. Sufficient power should be available to cause damage to the sensing elements inside this seeker head, potentially permanently blinding it with only a short pulse of laser emission, limiting the ability of adjacent systems to detect the use of this infrared missile countermeasure system. This works like flares, except that instead of ejecting the flare away from the aircraft, you PROJECT the flare directly on to the IR sensor elements of the thermal homing missile, the aim is to inflict damage or destruction upon one or more of those sensing elements sufficient to cause the missile to lose lock or be led off course. If you just want to lead the missile away from the targeted aircraft, you can use a laser that is (when compared to a laser sufficient to effect physical destruction of the incoming missile) comparatively weak and low power output. If the intent is instead to damage/destroy the ability of the seeker head to track the target, a much more powerful laser is needed, however the overall power requirements and time-on-target are still comparatively modest when set against power levels and energy expenditure required to physically destroy the missile. The downside is that it doesn't work against radar-homing missiles, for that you need a jamming and/or decoy pod that can mislead the missile into thinking the aircraft is somewhere other than its actual physical location (decoys are typically towed behind the aircraft, jamming pods typically stay attached on a hardpoint).
It's beautiful
6:22 LOL yea right. Our current jets are limited in speed due to the RAM shedding from high speeds. To mitigate they artificially limit the speed in non war time. But Mach 3 even is silly. The RAM is ripped off at Mach + . Even if it has no RAM id guess this things max speed to be 2.7. I dont see them having the materials to accomplish mach 3+ on a mass made jet.
There is no way this jet is capable of Mach 3+. Too much forward surface area to push through that much air.
Тоесть для массового производства гиперзвуковых ракет материалы есть, а для массового производства самолётов нет? Перестаньте курить марихуанну
@@user-fp6mb9ci2e you don't need RAM on missiles, nor would it survive the flight speeds.
There's no way that Foxbat 2.0 is as fast as the MIG25 or the SR71. It's not about speed and power. It's about heat, it's also about using what little air exists at 100,000 ft. The PAK-DP just from it's current design wont meet or exceed Mach 3.2. The Fox bat did ONCE and broke part mid flight. The PAK-DP is a pipe dream, and useless in a Dog Fight where speeds rarely match Mach 2 (never mind the insane fuel consumption.)
Realy I like this powerful fighters jets
Wow a new fighter, niiiice, lol let's see how many they can build this time 😂
The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird. An advanced long-range strategic reconnaissance aircraft, capable of Mach 3 and an altitude of over eighty-five thousand feet!
yes and is retired & mig-31 active ?
*Russians:* Alright, SR-71, we got you now! In just 5 - 10 years we'll have a prototype jet that _might_ be able to catch you! *SR-71:* Um... I retired in the 90's guys. You'll have to talk to my grandson. And... you won't like it.
*Laughs in UAV going at Mach 6+*
The Migs in the 90s did intercept SR-71
@@gustavobarajas5877 no they didn’t. The SR-71 was never intercepted, because if it could, it would be shot down, and no SR-71s where lost due to hostile actions. Sure the new fancy MiG-31 could go Mach3 but it’s all about timing. The blackbird could be in and out before they even get up to speed and altitude. Besides. This entire comment thread is about the new SR-72! Your just trying to draw argument out of thin air xD
@@kentoncompton3009 The Mig was a response against the SR-71. Migs have the ability to climb 80,000 feet the same as a Black bird. Migs are still in use black birds are not. The Russians figured out that you don't need such a big plane to climb 80,000ft or more. As much as it hurts black birds could not out compete the Mig
@@gustavobarajas5877 but your complaining saying that they intercepted an SR-71 when none ever did lol.
We need this in *Modern Warships* ASAP 🕊️
This looks like a mix between the f22, mig 25, and f14 for some reason
Amazing...if it existed outside virtual reality.
America fans when prototype
Lmao another jet they might make one of 😂🤣 how’s that SU-57 production coming along?
Not so well, Andrei. We’re getting our asses walloped in Ukraine at the moment. We kill as many women and children as we can, firing missiles at hospitals, maternity wards and schools, but we’re just not making any headway. Signed: Vladimir Putin.
Cool, and my new millennium falcon can do the Kessel Run in 12 parsecs
Its purpose is to get as quickly as possible to the northern borders of the RF, where it is impossible to build bases. Launch long-range missiles and monitor the situation with the most powerful radar in the world for this category.
Which it will never do
Wow… Absolutely incredible!!!This plane is going to be faster than the one we designed and built 50+ years ago.
They found the limits of materials 50 years ago so it is an achievement
@@zyoungson215 No, they actually didn’t. I quite sure the US military and/or one of the Alphabet agencies has something far beyond the capabilities of the SR-71.
I wonder how good the fighting abilities of the SR 71 were. Could there be a difference between an interceptor and a spy plane?
@@jottka6410 Not much in terms of maneuvering performance. Anything with a human in it traveling in the neighborhood of mach 3 isn’t going to turn very well.
@@jottka6410 Yes there is a difference. A-12 was designed as an Interceptor. The SR-71 as a reccy (spy plane)