Of course, when the STOL bug bit, even the MiG-25R was expected to take off from short runways. One option was VG:
This MiG-31 bomber concept lost out to the Su-24
For MiG-31 take 50% MiG-23, 50% MiG-25 and shake well 😉
Another delta MiG: this is an SSBJ design
Ye-8 4:
Ye-8 3:
Ye-8 2:
The Mikoyan Ye-8:
Heres the MiG-21I:
Well I thought- M-17 “Mystic”
Hey SOC I didn’t say the inlet matched.
Certainly some details are changed, but fairly small ones. Its quite achieveable with Photoshop.
Su-25 concept 4
Su-25 concept 3
Su-25 concept 2:
Su-25 concepts: