How Soviet Pilot Stole USSR’s Fastest MiG-25 Jet — America Paid $100K & Found Tech 10 Years Behind

In 1976, Soviet Air Force pilot Viktor Belenko did the unthinkable. Flying the USSR’s top-secret MiG-25 Foxbat, he crossed the Sea of Japan and landed at Hakodate Airport — shocking both superpowers. The West had feared this jet for years, believing it to be unstoppable. But when the CIA examined it, they discovered a truth more shocking than any Cold War secret: the Foxbat was made of steel, vacuum tubes, and outdated systems — a decade behind American technology. This is the story of one man’s escape from the Soviet Union, the myths he shattered, and how his single act reshaped Cold War strategy forever.

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