It got enough range for it specific job of taking off and burn fast and high. Tu-128 hover yes, a long range, better suit for patrol duty, but it lacks in speed and ceiling in comparison to MiG
All in all, I think we should drop discussion of MiG-25 and how useful it was in the thread for MiG-29. There should be a suggestion thread for MiG-25 tho
For God’s sake, how many times do I have to repeat it — nobody was flying up there at high altitude. Even B-52 crews had been trained to fly at 150 meters since the 1960s.
Pretty sure there is, I remember reading that somewhere. But anyway I assume the 9.13S would be better
Edit: yep just checked, the 9.12S was 9.12 upgraded to 9.13S standard
Not really sure, but the USSR tech tree is one of the next candidates to get a rank 8 premium, so it would be kinda funny if we finally get a new MiG and it ends up being a 80$ premium.