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Cockpit difference between the MiG-21 and the Dassault Rafale
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The mig looks way better. Leave it to the French to be unable to make a high end fighter jet look cool.
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I unironically love the Mig-21. It's so shitty but also weirdly great in that it's technically a mach-2 interceptor but built as cheaply as possible. Kind of like those weird economy muscle car builds from the late 60s where you'd order a piece of shit Chevy Nova with a 350 and posi rear end
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It's enormous, it's heavy as shit (basically a huge hunk of welded steel lol), it can't maneuver at all, but it can go mach 2. Peak Soviet design.
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They don't know exactly how much they cost, but estimates are in today's money that during the peak production run of Mig-21s in the late 60s the Soviets were churning them out for under $1mil a piece in today's money. Insanely affordable.
Which is good because they have an overall losing k/d and basically just got annihilated in every conflict they participated in
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its missing the Big Gulp cup holder like in F-35s
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