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"Sept 21, 1976 - Japanese and U.S. Specialists Dismantling MIG‐25"
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Sept 18/19, 1976 - MIG‐25 Is Described As Unsophisticated
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TOKYO, Sept. 18 (Reuters)—The Soviet M1G‐25 that landed at Hakodate airport in northern Japan last week is less sophisticated than had been believed, bearing a resemblance more to a “manned rocket,” informed sources said today.
The sources said that the plane lacked any ejection gear to throw the pilot free from the cockpit and allow him to parachute in an emergency. Its electronic equipment was described as “relatively unsophisticated.”
The plane, described as a high‐altitude, high‐speed interceptor rather than a fighter, was flown to Hakodate by First Lieut. Viktor I. Belenko of the Soviet Air Force, who has since been given political asylum In the United States.
TOKYO, Sept. 18 (UPI)‐Japan today ordered the dismantling of the Soviet MIG. Nearly 20 United States Air Force experts are expected to assist in separatiig the win wings and vertical tails. from the fuselage.
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