Russkie Shoots Down His Own Wingman – IOTW Report

Russkie Shoots Down His Own Wingman

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A new report, citing a leaked Russian government document, says that a crash of MiG-31 Foxhound in Siberia almost two years ago was actually the result of a friendly fire incident during a botched training exercise. In addition, the summary of the mishap suggests that there could be dangerous problems with the aircraft’s Zaslon-AM radar and Baget-55 fire control system that might increase the risk of more accidental shootdowns occurring in the future. More

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  1. I took my Russian wife and her visiting sister to the Johnson Space Center near Houston yesterday to see the Saturn V rocket on display there. I had to endure listening to how America never went to the Moon and how it was a big nothing burger that we went there, all at the same time.

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