Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 - Specifications (MiG-25P 'Foxbat-A')

Specifications (MiG-25P 'Foxbat-A')

Data from The Great Book of Fighters, International Directory of Military AircraftCombat Aircraft since 1945

General characteristics

  • Crew: One
  • Length: 19.75 m (64 ft 10 in)
  • Wingspan: 14.01 m (45 ft 11.5 in)
  • Height: 6.10 m (20 ft 0.25 in)
  • Wing area: 61.40 m² (660.93 ft²)
  • Empty weight: 20,000 kg (44,080 lb)
  • Loaded weight: 36,720 kg (80,952 lb)
  • Powerplant: 2 × Tumansky R-15B-300 afterburning turbojets
    • Dry thrust: 73.5 kN (16,524 lbf) each
    • Thrust with afterburner: 100.1 kN (22,494 lbf) each

Performance

  • Maximum speed:
    • High altitude: Mach 3.2 (3,600 km/h, 2,170 mph); Mach 2.83 (3,200 km/h, 1,920 mph) continuous engine limit
    • Low altitude: 1,200 km/h (648 knots, 746 mph)
  • Range: 1,730 km (935 nmi, 1,075 mi) with internal fuel
  • Ferry range: 2,575 km (1,390 nmi)
  • Service ceiling: 20,700 m (with four missiles) (67,915 ft; over 80,000 ft (24.4 km) for RB models)
  • Rate of climb: 208 m/s (40,950 ft/min)
  • Wing loading: 598 kg/m² (122.5 lb/ft²)
  • Thrust/weight: 0.41
  • Time to altitude: 8.9 min to 20,000 m (65,615 ft)

Armament

  • 2x radar-guided R-40R (AA-6 "Acrid") air-to-air missiles, and
  • 2x infrared-guided R-40T missiles

Avionics

  • RP-25 Smerch radar
  • A RV-UM or a RV-4 radar altimeter

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