Early Soviet Interceptors Were INSANE : The Horrible History of Russian Fighter Jets

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In loving memory of John Dadimarchy.

Hey everyone, one last present for 2025! You all thought it would be eight months until the next part of Soviet Aviation... well you would be wrong! On the contrary 2026 will be the YEAR OF THE SUKHOI... we will get to that jet if it kills me, which lets be honest it most likely will.

In this episode we follow the epic saga of the various design bureaus as they fight desperately to design an interceptor able to counter the new B-47 Stratojet... little do they know however that the worlds angriest aircraft is approaching over the horizon... with the arrival of Grandpa Buff (played very kindly by my friend ‪@habitual_linecrosser‬ ) how will our comrades cope with this new threat?

So strap in, forget about Trump's battleship, forget about the tragic loss of Rob Reiner, hell lets just forget about 2025 in general. And come on a journey as I regale you with an epic tale...

Of Interceptor Insanity.

| Sources |

‪@CombinationK‬ and her witch like ability to find Soviet documents

The Collective Works of Yefim Gordon and Dmitry Kommissarov including:

Heavy Soviet Interceptors
Lavochkins Last Jets
Soviet Aircraft Weapons Since WW2
OKB Yakovlev - A History of the Design Bureau and its Aircraft
OKB Mikoyan - A History of the Design Bureau and its Aircraft
OKB Sukhoi - A History of the Design Bureau and its Aircraft
Soviet Air Defence Aviation 1945-1991
Yakovlevs Tactical Twinjets

Other Works:

Bill Gunstons Encyclopedia of Soviet AeroEngines
The Soviet Aircraft Industry - Peter G Dancey
Soviet Cold War Fighters - Alexander Mladenov
Mikoyan MiG-15, MiG-17, MiG-19 - Greg Goebel

Plus an assortment of old web forums/blogs/history pages translated from Russian for the most esoteric stuff.

Music:
Red Army Choir - Pre-1970s recordings in public domain
Workers and Resources Soviet Republic
And of course the legendary Karl Casey of ‪@WhiteBatAudio‬