[CCCV]

I don't think the MiG-25 can go Mach 3.
When I was in the USAF there was a scare about this aircraft because it was clocked at Mach3 somewhere in the middle east. (If my memory is correct it was Egypt) A little while after we got the report that it in fact had been clocked at mach3 but that it was a result of something called afterburner run-on and the aircraft came apart. I understand the principle but not being a jet engine guy, I never understood why they couldn't just shut off the fuel. Anyway, I have no idea it it was true or not, but it was told through official channels.

[Pyro7480]

This sounds sort of like the scare involving early Soviet nuclear subs. There was an incident where an aircraft carrier was being tracked by a Soviet sub, and the sub was able to keep up with the carrier, which was going 30+ knots. The only reason that they were able to go that fast was because the Soviet shipbuilders cut back on radiation shielding, and because of that, many of the sailors who served on such subs got cancer.

[Pyro7480]

This sounds sort of like the scare involving early Soviet nuclear subs. There was an incident where an aircraft carrier was being tracked by a Soviet sub, and the sub was able to keep up with the carrier, which was going 30+ knots. The only reason that they were able to go that fast was because the Soviet shipbuilders cut back on radiation shielding, and because of that, many of the sailors who served on such subs got cancer.

[Pyro7480]

This sounds sort of like the scare involving early Soviet nuclear subs. There was an incident where an aircraft carrier was being tracked by a Soviet sub, and the sub was able to keep up with the carrier, which was going 30+ knots. The only reason that they were able to go that fast was because the Soviet shipbuilders cut back on radiation shielding, and because of that, many of the sailors who served on such subs got cancer.

[Pyro7480]

Sorry for the triple post.

[LasVegasMac]

I remember something about that, I thought it was Israel. What struck me, though, was that they said the speed was M3+ and that they could tell the engines were trashing themselves in the process.

Must a been one heck of a ride.

LVM

[El Gato]

Mach3 somewhere in the middle east. (If my memory is correct it was Egypt)

Actually on a shuttle mission from/to Egypt and Syria. It PO'd the Israelies that they couldn't get in position fast enough to get a missile into the right "basket". It was just barely possible, and they finally managed it, IIRC.

[lepton]

I understand the principle but not being a jet engine guy, I never understood why they couldn't just shut off the fuel.

As I understand, the engine would not be capable of re-starting, due to its deteriorated state. They get great fuel-milage for a while as the lining of the engine becomes part of the reaction.