The Jet That Broke Soviet Air Power — Mirage 3 Documentary

Описание: In June 1967, a French fighter jet that every expert had written off as obsolete systematically destroyed 400 Soviet-designed aircraft in just three hours. The Mirage 3 had no radar worth mentioning, a combat radius that was laughable, and handling characteristics that violated every principle of sustainable air combat.

It shouldn't have worked. The fact that it did reveals more about Soviet air power limitations than any NATO intelligence assessment ever could.

This documentary explores:

► The desperate design constraints that forced Dassault to build a "compromised" fighter
► Why the MiG-21 was superior on paper but failed repeatedly in combat
► The fatal flaw in Soviet Ground Controlled Intercept doctrine
► Minute-by-minute breakdowns of actual 1967 and 1973 air engagements
► How 90 seconds of combat exposed decades of flawed assumptions
► Why specifications don't fight wars — and what actually does
► The economic trap that helped bankrupt a superpower

⏱️ CHAPTERS:
0:00 - The Impossible Morning
2:30 - A Nation's Desperate Gamble
7:00 - The Delta's Dark Secret
12:30 - The MiG-21: Engineering for Empire
18:00 - The Invisible Flaw
23:00 - The Three-Hour War
28:00 - 90 Seconds Over Sinai
33:00 - The Doctrine Gap
38:00 - The Second Test (1973)
43:00 - The Expensive Lesson
48:00 - What Specifications Can't Measure
53:00 - The Alignment Principle
58:00 - The Economic Trap
63:00 - Strategic Reverberations
68:00 - The Accidental Masterpiece

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