Interview: MiG-31 piloot intercepte diverse SR-71 Blackbirds

[Stratofreighter]

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“If the SR-71 had violated Soviet airspace,
a live missile launch would have been carried out.

There was practically no chance that the aircraft could avoid an R-33,”
Major Mikhail Myagkiy, retired Soviet MiG-31 pilot

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Laag, lager, laagst is overigens ge'updated:
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[pjotrtje]

So, 16 minutes after the alert, and then it takes another 5 mins to be st the SR-71’s altitude... That Blackbird was not going to be harmed, I guess.

[Bennie]

So, 16 minutes after the alert, and then it takes another 5 mins to be st the SR-71’s altitude... That Blackbird was not going to be harmed, I guess.

The speed of an R-33 missile beats that of an SR71.....