This interesting image shows a Buran full size model being mated to the Myasishchev VM-T «Atlant» at Zhukovsky Airport before the delivery flight to Baikonur Cosmodrome (1984). 📸✈️🚀
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A Ukrainian drone captured the moment a Russian flanker (likely SU-35) did a quick pop-up and launched an R77-1 at a Ukrainian plane.
The Ukrainian jet evaded the missile.
Coming from a low altitude and trying to ambush targets is a well-known practice for Russian flankers.
The Buran and its people
Alexander Kapustin, senior engineer of the meteorological group at military unit 03079, against the background of the An-225 Mriya/Buran shuttle and the PUA-100 lifting and installation unit.
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