The MIG Story

Russian fighter MIG is probably best known Russian military jet. It acts at many movies as a typical Russian warfare and is often recognizable by even non professionals. Here is a short story of MIG evolution. The one above is the first MIG ever - MIG-1.

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Thrust Vectoring Planes

On the video you can see a Russian jet fighter implementing thrust vectoring technology. The pilot explains in English its advantages. In general this is a technology that uses jet engines which can rotate their nozzles in any direction and also change the size of the nozzle for precise thrust control which gives unbelievable maneuver ability.

And below you can see the shots from the plant in Russian Siberia where they build those engines. They call it “the only plant in the world with serial mass production of thrust vectoring jet engines” and that NATO countries buy those engines to equip their planes.

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