lol so random

Fuck the steamroller, Miku's got a Russian MIG!

F-18 Hornet > MiG-29 Foxbat.

I can picture her singing the USSR anthem.

This reminds me of Ikarus in DJMax2.

Soyuz nerushimy respublik svobodnykh
Splotila naveki velikaya Rus'!
Da zdravstvuyet sozdanny voley narodov
Yediny, moguchy Sovetsky Soyuz!

razgrizflight said:
F-18 Hornet > MiG-29 Foxbat.

The Hornet is a boring aircraft when contrasted to the two giant engines that deliver more thrust than Jesus' penis and the flying sheetmetal brickhouse named MiG-25 that was built around them.

Besides, if you want to compare, compare it with other period aircraft like the F4 II or F15.

F-18 is a boon doggle, just like almost everything else we fly.

Road roller is so passe...all hail the interceptor jet!

Muey said:
The Hornet is a boring aircraft when contrasted to the two giant engines that deliver more thrust than Jesus' penis and the flying sheetmetal brickhouse named MiG-25 that was built around them.

Besides, if you want to compare, compare it with other period aircraft like the F4 II or F15.

The Hornet is much more capable than the (Correction from my earlier post) MiG-25 Foxbat. The Foxbat can't turn worth a crap. Hell. A B-52 can turn inside of a MiG-25. The Foxbat was designed for high altitude interception of American bombers, (Mostly the B-52). The Hornet on the other hand can turn sharply, be loaded out for multiple missions, and its much more advanced.
Now to compare the Foxbat with a airplane of its time. The F-15 Eagle was designed before the Foxbat. The Russians made the Foxbat as an answer to the American Eagle. The Eagle outperforms the Foxbat in almost every aspect. Save for the maximum speed and altitude. Other than that, the Foxbat is only used for high speed passes, much like its more advanced brother the MiG-31. But all that said, the F-15 can always outperform a MiG-25.

razgrizflight said:

Now to compare the Foxbat with a airplane of its time. The F-15 Eagle was designed before the Foxbat.

You have it backwards. The Foxbat was introduced first, and freaked out the US Air Force so badly that they made the F-15 to compete with it, not knowing the thing was a flying freight train with a radar powerful enough to cook a rabbit from 150 feet away.

I'll say that I did have it backwards. Thanks for pointing that out Arael.
Yeah, the Foxbat's radar was designed to burn through radar jamming, but that made it an even BIGGER target to begin with. Not to mention how HUGE of a radar/infrared cross section it had.

Kyuun kyuun, kyuun kyuun~

MiG-31 > F-18. =)
Incidentally, in 1991 during Operation Desert Storm, Iraqi MiG-25 shot down F/A-18, it is proven fact.

razgrizflight said:
Not to mention how HUGE of a radar/infrared cross section it had.

Because it is not a furtive interceptor, like most modern fighter aircraft are. Btw, both the Mig-25 and Mig-31 are still used by several countries...

The MiG-25 also holds the world speed record for a combat aircraft, slightly faster than the SR-71. One Mach 3.2 flight resulted in the destruction of both engines on the aircraft.

Miku shall tame both Rin and Len...with a sad song....FOR MOTHER RUSSIA!

Arael said:

You have it backwards. The Foxbat was introduced first, and freaked out the US Air Force so badly that they made the F-15 to compete with it, not knowing the thing was a flying freight train with a radar powerful enough to cook a rabbit from 150 feet away.

Except until the U.S. got a hold of an actual working Foxbat and found out how primitive it actually was - fast as hell but only in a straight line, turned as badly as the Titanic, vacuum tubes as part of the electrical systems, and a steel frame that was already starting to RUST.

The Foxbat is only good at one thing and one thing only - firing those four semi-active radar-guided missiles at incoming NATO bombers. No other weapons besides.