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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
By Alexander Mladenov and Adam Tooby
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The MiG-21 (NATO reporting name Fishbed) firmly holds the title of the world's most widely built and used jet fighter, with more than 10,000 units rolling off the lines of three plants in the former Soviet Union. The type was also built under license in India and Czechslovakia, and without license in China until the late 2000s. Designed as a Mach-2 light tactical fighter, its original prototype, the Ye-6/1, was first flown in 1958. The first production variant of the type, designated the MiG-21F, appeared in 1960 and its improved sub-variant, the MiG-21F-13 (Type 74, NATO reporting name Fishbed-C), was made available for export by 1961. It was a simplified daytime short-range, clear-weather interceptor and tactical fighter.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A one point during the Cold War this one of the most feared jets in the Soviet Union's stable of fighter aircraft. The MiG was originally designed as a short range interceptor. Its was meant to shot down American bombers if the Cold War ever went nuclear. The plane became the AK 47 of planes. It became the Soviet Unions's biggest export. This book examines in great detail the technical and flight characteristics of the MiG 21. It also explores this plane's operational (battle) record in in the India /Pakistan War, the Vietnam War, Arab Israel Wars, and its use as a ground attack platform during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan.
This book is must for model builders and war buffs. The sections on its combat history are worth the price of the book.