How much gift did Berenko of the former Soviet Union give to Americans?

197 1 year, the war-torn Middle East was filled with smoke again, and a new type of big-headed fighter appeared in the Egyptian army. Israel's F4 ghost fighter was at a loss, which shocked the West. This kind of plane is the famous MIG -25 interceptor.

▲ MIG -25 defected painting

As we all know, MIG -25 is a product of mikoyan, with a length of about 22m, a wingspan of about 14m, a height of about 6m and a weight of about 15t. Equipped with an RP-25 radar and two R- 15B 300 engines, the maximum thrust is about 1 10t. MiG has more than 25 world records, all of which are here. Anyway, this plane, flying fast and high, also played a catalytic role in the birth of F- 15. MIG -25 also has two famous jokes, one is a stainless steel plane. This plane is indeed stainless steel, but it is stainless steel for rockets, not stainless steel for our kitchen knives and vegetable pots. Then the radar can cook rabbits. In fact, if you say 1 mature, 1 day, it will be ripe.

▲RP-25 radar

Since 7 1, MIG -25 has become a big worry in the west. I've always wanted to build one for research, but I got it without much effort! 1976 a complete MIG -25P was delivered to the door, which was the famous Belenko defection.

▲ Berenko when he was young

Victor belenko was born in 1947. His father was a miner and participated in World War II. He started out as a medical student. Later, influenced by his family and his love for aviation, he entered the local Almaville Aviation School. /kloc-0 graduated in/970 and was assigned to 5 13 fighter corps in 1974. He also got married and had a son. Anyway, he is the winner in life.

▲ Calm Almaville

Later, Berenko applied to be a test pilot at gromov College, but he was never approved, and his relationship with his wife became bad. He began to be decadent, and later transferred to Chuvjevka to be the deputy captain of the local air defense force. Everything went wrong in belenko, and he had an idea to betray his motherland and run to the flashy western world.

▲ rush to "freedom"

On September 6th, 1974, the air defense units of Chuvjevka were conducting routine exercises. During the exercise, Berenko suddenly dived into the clouds in his MiG -25P, and his wingman and air traffic controller lost contact with him. His comrades-in-arms thought that his plane went out of control and crashed into the sea, and 80% of them died. However, after diving, Berenko flew close to the sea and flew over Hakodate in Hokkaido. The local air defense radar found it and sent F4-J to intercept it, but MIG -25 ignored it and landed at the local civil aviation airport.

▲ Flying MIG -25

This little-known behemoth has attracted a lot of attention. The Japanese side began to think that the plane would appear here because it was broken or lost. However, Berenko asked to contact the US to know that the plane had defected. Later, Berenko was handed over to the United States in September 13 and was protected by the United States. The Soviet Union had to make the incident public.

▲ MIG -25 in the US military base

Berenko brought secrets of MIG -25 and the Soviet Air Force. At first, the United States thought that MIG -25 must have many high-end gadgets secretly developed by the Soviet Union. However, when they analyzed it, they found that it was an airplane pieced together with many backward parts for the United States, and they had to sigh the genius of Soviet designers.

▲ In Belenko, USA.

Berenko later had a new family and a new life, and now he is enjoying his old age.