MiG-25BM / 02M

The goal of this project was to develop (from the MiG-25RB) an aircraft capable of destroying the enemy’s air defenses, especially ground radars. Ordered by a decree of the council of ministers in 1972, the 02M product was equipped with powerful electronic countermeasures and Kh-58 antiradiation missiles. Those missiles took the place of the bombs under the wing pylons, and the elongated nose housed the ECM equipment. The cockpit instrumentation, the aircraft’s power supply, and the air-conditioning system had to be modified because of the new missions.

The weights and performance of the MiG-25BM were practically identical to those of the MiG-25RB. After passing its certification tests, the aircraft was produced in the Gorki factory between 1982 and 1985.