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Originally Posted by indianguy4u
Above Mach 3 speeds, its engine used to get destroyed, so its flight envolope was restricted to under this, to reduce maintaince costs.
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That’s just a spoof, no such thing as Foxbat engines exploding. The IAF wouldn’t have had those planes for quarter of a century penetrating regions deep in the North West and far off Indo-China. Neither would Russia be operating Foxbats with PVO Home Defence. More countries operate the Mig-25 than the F-15 or F/A-18. In my thinking, I’m sure it was Russia that planted this notion in the west about Foxbat’s engines burning out only to deter the US from producing their own version of the Foxbat, then selling the ‘golden goose’ cheaply affordable trisonic worldwide. Regardless of what the west thinks, I’m sure Russia and the IAF know better, cos they’re the only ones actually flying beyond Mach 3.
To do the Mach 3 talk, you gotta do the Mach 3 walk
