The missiles were not yet available when the MiG-21 was first unveiled, so it was equipped with a 23mm cannon attached to its belly. As we shall see, this gun proved critical to its success.

MiG-19 (Shenyang J-6) was introduced to North Vietnamese People's Air Force in January 1969, more than three years after the ...

The MiG-21 (eventually dubbed “Fishbed” by NATO) would exceed Mach 2.0, with an internal cannon and the capacity to carry between two and six missiles (the Fishbed actually preceded the ...

The MiG-21s then closed in and fired a R-3S, but flares deployed by the F-104A diverted the missile. The MiG-21 then closed to 300 meters and secured a kill with the MiG’s cannon.

Compared to contemporaries like the American F-4 Phantom II, the MiG-21 was less complex and far cheaper to produce—but could hold its own against the more sophisticated American jet.

In that war, the MiG-21 had shot down the Pakistani F-104 Starfighters. IAF has several MiG-21 variants over the decades. Each offers different radar and missile capabilities.

Video Shows Dramatic Air Defense Missile Launches, Photos Show Claimed Crash. ... (LNA) MiG-21 they claim was shot down on April 14, 2019 outside the city of Tripoli. ...

Although the MiG-21's inferior in pretty much every way to their modern 4th generation fighter counterparts, Romania's MiG-21s are some of the most advanced versions of the type ever conceived.