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#:
The
pilot
who
stole
a
secret
Soviet
fighter
jet
[1]
<>
Matukin
da
ya
saci
jirgin
yakin
Tarayyar
Sobiyat
[2]
#:
On
6
September
1976
,
[3]
<>
A
ranar
6
ga
watan
Satumbar
1976
,
[4]
#:
an
aircraft
appears
out
of
the
clouds
near
the
Japanese
city
of
Hakodate
,
[5]
<>
wani
jirgin
sama
ya
bayyana
cikin
girgijen
saman
birnin
Japan
na
Hakodate
,
[6]
#:
on
the
northern
island
of
Hokkaido
.
[7]
<>
da
ke
Arewacin
tsibirin
Hokaido
.
[8]
#:
It
’
s
a
twin
-
engined
jet
,
[9]
<>
Jirgi
ne
mai
tagwayen
injuna
,
[10]
#:
but
not
the
kind
of
short
-
haul
airliner
Hakodate
is
used
to
seeing
.
[11]
<>
amma
ba
dan
qaramin
jirgin
da
aka
saba
gani
a
Hakodate
ba
.
[12]
#:
This
huge
,
grey
hulk
sports
the
red
stars
of
the
Soviet
Union
.
[13]
<>
Babban
jirgin
,
mai
launin
toka
-
toka
mai
adon
jajayen
taurarin
tarayyar
Sobiyat
ne
.
[14]
#:
No
-
one
in
the
West
has
ever
seen
one
before
.
[15]
<>
Babu
wanda
ya
taba
ganinsa
a
Yammacin
Turai
gabanin
bayyanarsa
.
[16]
#:
The
jet
lands
on
Hakodate
’
s
concrete
-
and
-
asphalt
runway
.
[17]
<>
Wannan
jirgi
ya
sauka
a
titin
zaryar
sauka
da
tashin
jirage
na
Hakodate
.
[18]
#:
The
runway
,
it
turns
out
,
is
not
long
enough
.
[19]
<>
Titin
zaryar
ya
kasance
mara
isasshen
tsawo
.
[20]
#:
The
jet
ploughs
through
hundreds
of
feet
of
earth
[21]
<>
Jirgin
ya
bazu
tsawonsa
ya
kai
kafa
daruruwa
[22]
#:
before
it
finally
comes
to
rest
at
the
far
end
of
the
airport
.
[23]
<>
kafin
ya
zauna
daram
a
karshen
filin
jiragen
saman
.
[24]
#:
The
pilot
climbs
out
of
the
plane
’
s
cockpit
[25]
<>
Matukin
jirgin
ya
fito
daga
kebabben
wurin
zamansa
,
[26]
#:
and
fires
two
warning
shots
from
his
pistol
–
[27]
<>
sai
ya
yi
harbin
gargadi
sau
biyu
daga
qaramar
bindigarsa
-
[28]
#:
motorists
on
the
road
next
to
the
airport
[29]
<>
masu
motocin
da
ke
tafiya
a
kan
titi
a
kusa
da
filin
jirgin
[30]
#:
have
been
taking
pictures
of
this
strange
sight
.
[31]
<>
suna
ta
daukar
hotunan
wannan
abu
da
ba
a
saba
gani
ba
.
[32]
#:
It
is
some
minutes
before
airport
officials
,
driving
from
the
terminal
,
reach
him
.
[33]
<>
An
dauki
wasu
ministoci
kafin
jami
'
an
kula
da
filin
jirgin
saman
suka
tuko
mota
daga
wurin
sauka
da
tashin
fasinjoji
,
suka
same
shi
.
[34]
#:
It
is
then
that
the
29
-
year
-
old
pilot
,
[35]
<>
Daganan
sai
wannan
matukin
jirgin
mai
shekaru
29
,
[36]
#:
Flight
Lieutenant
Viktor
Ivanovich
Belenko
[37]
<>
Fulayit
Laftanar
Viktor
Ivanovich
Belenko
,
[38]
#:
of
the
Soviet
Air
Defence
Forces
,
announces
that
he
wishes
to
defect
.
[39]
<>
daga
rundunar
tsaron
sojan
saman
Sobiyat
ya
ce
yana
son
sauya
sheka
(
tserewa
daga
kasarsa
).
[40]
#:
It
is
no
normal
defection
.
[41]
<>
Ba
kasafai
aka
saba
sauyin
sheka
ba
.
[42]
#:
Belenko
has
not
wandered
into
an
embassy
,
[43]
<>
Belenko
bai
yi
tattaki
zuwa
ofishin
jakadanci
ba
,
[44]
#:
or
jumped
ship
while
visiting
a
foreign
port
.
[45]
<>
ko
shiga
jirgin
ruwa
a
lokacin
da
ya
ziyarci
tashar
jiragen
ruwa
a
kasar
waje
.
[46]
#:
The
plane
that
he
has
flown
400
-
odd
miles
,
[47]
<>
Jirgin
da
ya
tuko
ya
ci
har
mil
400
,
[48]
#:
and
which
now
sits
stranded
at
the
end
of
a
provincial
Japanese
runway
,
is
the
Mikoyan
-
Gurevich
MiG
-
25
.
[49]
<>
kuma
yake
tsaye
a
farfajiyar
titin
zaryar
Japan
,
shi
ne
kirar
Mikoyan
-
Gurevich
MiG
-
25
.
[50]
#:
It
is
the
most
secretive
aircraft
the
Soviet
Union
has
ever
built
.
Until
Belenko
’
s
landing
,
that
is
.
[51]
<>
Shi
ne
jirgin
sirri
da
tarayyar
Sobiyat
ta
taba
kerawa
.
[52]
#:
--
[53]
<> ---
[54]
#:
The
West
first
became
aware
of
what
would
become
known
as
the
MiG
-
25
around
1970
.
[55]
<>
Turai
ta
samu
masaniya
kan
irin
wannan
jirgi
kirar
MiG
-
25
cikin
shekarar
1970
.
[56]
#:
Spy
satellites
stalking
Soviet
airfields
picked
up
a
new
kind
of
aircraft
being
tested
in
secret
.
[57]
<>
Taurarin
dan
Adam
na
leken
asiri
da
ke
kai
-
kawo
a
filayen
saukar
jiragen
saman
Sobiyat
sun
dauko
hoton
wani
sabon
jirgin
sama
da
ake
gwajinsa
cikin
sirri
.
[58]
#:
They
looked
like
enormous
fighter
planes
,
[59]
<>
Fasalinsa
kamar
babban
jirgin
yaki
,
[60]
#:
and
the
West
’
s
militaries
[61]
<>
Kuma
rundunar
sojojin
Yammacin
Turai
[62]
#:
were
concerned
by
one
particular
feature
;
they
sported
very
large
wings
.
[63]
<>
sun
damu
matuka
game
da
siffar
da
suka
gani
mai
manyan
fuka
-
fuki
.
[64]
#:
A
large
wing
area
is
very
useful
in
a
fighter
plane
–
[65]
<>
Babban
fuffuke
na
da
matukar
amfani
ga
jirgin
yaki
–
[66]
#:
it
helps
generate
lift
[67]
<>
yana
taimakawa
wajen
dagawa
,
[68]
#:
and
it
also
decreases
the
amount
of
weight
distributed
across
the
wing
,
[69]
<>
kuma
yana
rage
nauyin
da
ke
bazuwa
kan
fuffuken
,
[70]
#:
which
helps
make
it
more
nimble
and
easier
to
turn
.
[71]
<>
wanda
ke
tallafa
masa
wajen
yin
hanzari
da
saukin
juyi
.
[72]
#:
This
Soviet
jet
seemed
to
combine
this
ability
[73]
<>
Wannan
jirgin
Sobiyat
ya
tara
wannan
karfi
[74]
#:
with
a
pair
of
enormous
engines
.
[75]
<>
tare
da
manyan
injuna
.
[76]
#:
How
fast
could
it
go
?
[77]
<>
Ko
yaya
nisan
gudunsa
yake
?
[78]
#:
Could
anything
in
the
US
Air
Force
or
other
militaries
keep
up
with
it
?
[79]
<>
Ko
akwai
kwatankwacinsa
a
rundunar
sojan
saman
Amurka
ko
sauran
rundunonin
soja
da
za
su
iya
yin
daidai
da
shi
?
[80]
#:
There
had
also
been
glimpses
in
the
Middle
East
.
[81]
<>
An
kyallo
irin
wannan
a
Gabas
ta
Tsakiya
.
[82]
#:
In
March
1971
,
Israel
picked
up
a
strange
new
aircraft
that
accelerated
to
Mach
3
.
2
–
[83]
<>
Cikin
Maris
din
1971
,
Isra
'
ila
ta
fito
da
wani
sabon
jirgi
da
aka
daga
kimarsa
zuwa
kirar
Mach
3
.
2
–
[84]
#:
more
than
three
times
the
speed
of
sound
–
and
climbed
to
63
,
000ft
(
nearly
20
kilometres
).
[85]
<>
gudunsa
ya
nunka
gudun
sauti
sau
uku
-
yana
kuma
cin
nisan
kafa
dubu
63
(
kimanin
kilomita
20
)
a
sama
.
[86]
#:
The
Israelis
,
and
US
intelligence
advisors
,
[87]
<>
Gwamnatin
Isra
'
ila
da
masu
bayar
da
shawarar
asiri
kan
harkokin
tsaron
Amurka
,
[88]
#:
had
never
seen
anything
like
it
.
[89]
<>
basu
taba
ganin
wani
abu
irin
wannan
ba
.
[90]
#:
Following
a
second
sighting
a
few
days
later
,
[91]
<>
Bayan
kwanaki
kadan
da
ganin
sa
,
[92]
#:
Israeli
fighters
scrambled
to
intercept
the
aircraft
but
couldn
’
t
even
come
close
.
[93]
<>
mayakan
Isra
'
ila
sai
suka
yi
kokarin
cafko
jirgin
amma
ba
su
iya
kai
wa
ko
kusa
da
shi
ba
.
[94]
#:
The
Pentagon
put
two
and
two
together
,
[95]
<>
Cibiyar
tsaro
ta
Pentagon
ta
hada
wannan
da
wancan
(
biyu
da
biyu
),
[96]
#:
and
came
up
with
a
Cold
War
crisis
[97]
<>
inda
ta
bijiro
da
rudanin
yakin
cacar
baki
.
[98]
#:
In
November
,
the
Israelis
ambushed
one
of
these
mysterious
intruders
,
[99]
<>
A
watan
Nuwamba
,
Isra
'
ila
ta
yi
wa
jirgin
baduhu
mai
kutse
kwanton
bauna
,
[100]
#:
firing
missiles
head
on
from
30
,
000ft
below
.
[101]
<>
ta
harba
makamai
masu
linzami
sama
zuwa
kafa
dubu
30
daga
kasa
.
[102]
#:
It
was
a
useless
gesture
.
[103]
<>
Babu
wani
tasiri
da
ya
yi
.
[104]
#:
Their
unidentified
target
streaked
past
at
nearly
three
times
the
speed
of
sound
–
[105]
<>
Abin
da
suka
yi
nufin
harbi
ya
wuce
da
gudu
da
kimanin
karfin
rubi
'
i
uku
na
gudun
sauti
–
[106]
#:
so
fast
the
jet
was
already
out
of
the
danger
zone
by
the
time
the
missiles
exploded
.
[107]
<>
tuni
wannan
jirgi
ya
fice
daga
da
'
urar
hadari
sannan
makami
mai
linzamin
da
aka
harba
ya
tarwatse
.
[108]
#:
The
Pentagon
put
two
and
two
together
,
[109]
<>
Cibiyar
tsaro
ta
Pentagon
ta
hada
wannan
da
wancan
(
biyu
da
biyu
),
[110]
#:
and
came
up
with
a
Cold
War
crisis
.
[111]
<>
inda
ta
bijiro
da
rudanin
yakin
cacar
baki
.
[112]
#:
They
were
suddenly
presented
with
the
prospect
of
a
Soviet
fighter
that
[113]
<>
Kwatsam
sai
aka
bijiro
musu
da
jirgin
yakin
Sobiyat
[114]
#:
could
outrun
and
out
-
turn
anything
in
the
US
Air
Force
.
[115]
<>
da
ya
sha
gaban
kowane
irin
abu
da
rundunar
sojan
saman
Amurka
ta
mallaka
.
[116]
#:
It
was
a
classic
case
of
military
misinterpretation
,
says
Stephen
Trimble
,
[117]
<>
Wannan
al
'
amari
na
rashin
fahimta
a
harkokin
soja
,
a
cewar
Stephen
Trimble
,
[118]
#:
the
US
editor
of
Flightglobal
.
[119]
<>
Editan
Mujallar
harkokin
sufurin
sama
na
Flightglobal
da
ke
Amurka
.
[120]
#:
“
They
seemed
to
overestimate
its
abilities
on
pure
appearance
,”
he
says
,
[121]
<> "
Sun
bashi
kimar
da
ta
zarta
karfin
ikonsa
bisa
la
'
akari
da
siffarsa
,"
a
cewarsa
,
[122]
#:
“
from
the
size
of
the
wing
and
the
huge
size
of
its
air
intakes
.
[123]
<> "
daga
girman
fuffuke
da
girmansa
wajen
zuko
iska
.
[124]
#:
“
They
knew
it
would
be
very
fast
,
[125]
<> "
Sun
san
cewa
yana
da
musifar
gudu
,
[126]
#:
and
also
thought
it
would
be
very
manoeuvrable
.
[127]
<>
kuma
za
a
iya
juya
akalarsa
ta
hanyoyi
da
dama
.
[128]
#:
They
were
right
about
the
first
one
,
but
not
so
right
about
the
second
one
.”
[129]
<>
Zaton
farko
ya
yi
daidai
,
amma
na
biyu
bai
zama
gaskiya
ba
."
[130]
#:
What
the
US
satellites
had
seen
,
[131]
<>
Abin
tauraron
dan
Adam
na
Amurka
ya
gano
,
[132]
#:
and
the
Israeli
radars
had
tracked
,
were
versions
of
the
same
aircraft
–
the
MiG
-
25
.
[133]
<>
da
na
'
urar
isra
'
ila
mai
gano
abubuwan
da
ke
wucewa
(
radar
),
samfurin
kirarsu
iri
daya
ce
da
MiG
-
25
.
[134]
#:
It
was
built
as
a
reaction
to
a
series
of
aircraft
the
US
were
preparing
to
bring
into
service
in
the
1960s
–
[135]
<>
An
kera
ne
don
shan
gaban
nau
'
ukan
jiragen
da
Amurka
ta
yi
kokarin
fito
da
su
cikin
shekarun
1960
–
[136]
#:
N
/
A
[137]
<>
wadanda
kimarsu
ta
kama
[138]
#:
from
the
F
-
108
fighter
plane
to
the
SR
-
71
spyplane
[139]
<>
daga
jirgin
yaki
kirar
F
-
108
zuka
kirar
SR
-
71
[140]
#:
and
the
massive
B
-
70
bomber
.
[141]
<>
da
babban
mai
luguden
bam
na
B
-
70
.
[142]
#:
These
aircraft
all
had
one
thing
in
common
–
[143]
<>
Irin
wadannan
jirage
suna
da
kamanceceniya
da
juna
–
[144]
#:
they
would
fly
at
three
times
the
speed
of
sound
.
[145]
<>
gudunsu
nunki
uku
ne
na
bazuwar
karar
sauti
.
[146]
#:
The
technological
leap
needed
to
take
an
aircraft
[147]
<>
Bunkasar
kere
-
keren
da
ake
bukata
don
daga
kimar
jirgi
[148]
#:
from
Mach
2
to
Mach
3
was
an
enormous
challenge
[149]
<>
daga
Mach
2
zuwa
Mach
3
babban
kalubale
ne
a
da
.
[150]
#:
In
the
1950s
,
the
Soviets
had
largely
kept
pace
with
the
leapfrogging
advances
in
aviation
.
[151]
<>
A
shekarun
1950
,
Sobiyat
ta
yi
matukar
samun
ci
gaba
a
hada
-
hadar
jiragen
sama
.
[152]
#:
They
had
bombers
that
could
fly
almost
as
fast
and
as
high
as
the
American
B
-
52
.
[153]
<>
Suna
da
masu
luguden
bama
-
bamai
da
ke
tashi
da
gudu
fiye
da
jirgin
Amurka
kirar
B
-
52
.
[154]
#:
Their
fighter
planes
–
[155]
<>
Jiragen
yakinsu
[156]
#:
many
of
which
were
made
by
the
MiG
design
team
–
[157]
<>
mafi
yawansu
gungun
kwararrun
da
suka
zayyana
kirar
MiG
suka
yi
su
–
[158]
#:
rivalled
their
American
counterparts
,
[159]
<>
al
'
amarin
da
ya
ba
su
damar
kalubalantar
takwarorinsu
na
Amurka
,
[160]
#:
though
their
radar
[161]
<>
duk
da
cewa
na
'
urarsu
ta
gano
abubuwa
(
radar
)
[162]
#:
and
other
electronics
weren
’
t
quite
so
sophisticated
.
[163]
<>
da
sauran
na
'
urorin
lantarkinsu
ba
wasu
cukurkudabbu
ba
ne
.
[164]
#:
But
the
technological
leap
needed
to
take
an
aircraft
from
Mach
2
to
Mach
3
was
an
enormous
challenge
.
[165]
<>
Amma
bunkasar
kere
-
keren
da
ake
bukata
don
daga
kimar
jirgi
daga
kirar
Mach
2
zuwa
Mach
3
babban
kalubale
ne
a
lokacin
.
[166]
#:
And
this
is
what
Soviet
designers
would
have
to
do
,
as
quickly
as
possible
.
[167]
<>
Kuma
shi
ne
abin
da
ya
kamata
masu
zayyanar
Sobiyat
su
yi
da
hanzari
yadda
yake
yiwuwa
.
[168]
#:
Led
by
MiG
’
s
brilliant
Rostislav
Belyakov
,
[169]
<>
Karkashin
jagorancin
mai
basira
Rostislav
Belyakov
[170]
#:
the
design
team
set
to
work
.
[171]
<>
gungun
masu
zayyana
suka
yi
aiki
.
[172]
#:
To
fly
so
fast
,
[173]
<>
Tashi
da
gudu
,
[174]
#:
the
new
fighter
would
need
engines
pushing
out
colossal
amounts
of
thrust
.
[175]
<>
sabon
jirgin
yaki
na
bukatar
injina
da
zai
bashi
karfin
keta
iska
.
[176]
#:
Tumansky
,
the
leading
engine
designer
of
the
USSR
,
[177]
<>
Tumansky
,
ja
-
gaban
masu
zayyanar
na
'
ura
a
Tarayyar
Sobiyat
(
USSR
),
[178]
#:
had
already
built
an
engine
they
believed
could
do
the
job
,
[179]
<>
tuni
ya
kera
injin
da
ake
da
tabbacin
zai
iya
yin
wannan
aiki
,
[180]
#:
the
R
-
15
turbojet
,
which
had
been
intended
for
a
high
-
altitude
cruise
missile
project
.
[181]
<>
wato
kirar
R
-
15
turbojet
,
wanda
aka
kera
shi
da
manufar
cillawa
nisan
samaniya
ya
kauce
wa
makami
mai
linzami
.
[182]
#:
The
new
MiG
would
need
two
of
them
,
[183]
<>
Wannan
sabon
jirgin
kirar
MiG
na
bukatar
irinsu
biyu
,
[184]
#:
each
capable
of
pushing
out
11
tonnes
of
thrust
.
[185]
<>
ta
yadda
kowanne
zai
iya
samun
damar
ketawa
cikin
iska
mai
nauyin
ton
11
.
[186]
#:
Flying
so
fast
creates
enormous
amounts
of
friction
heat
[187]
<>
Tashi
da
tsananin
gudu
na
haifar
da
dimbin
turjiyar
zafi
[188]
#:
as
the
aircraft
pushes
against
air
molecules
.
[189]
<>
a
lokacin
da
jirgin
ke
fafatawa
da
kwayoyin
sinadaran
iska
.
[190]
#:
When
Lockheed
built
the
SR
-
71
Blackbird
,
[191]
<>
Lokacin
da
Lockheed
ya
kera
jirgi
rirar
SR
-
71
Balackbird
,
[192]
#:
they
built
it
out
of
titanium
,
[193]
<>
an
kera
shi
ne
daga
cikin
sinadarin
titanium
,
[194]
#:
which
could
withstand
the
enormous
heat
.
[195]
<>
wanda
ke
da
juriyar
tsananin
zafi
.
[196]
#:
But
titanium
is
expensive
and
difficult
to
work
with
.
[197]
<>
Sai
dai
sinadarin
titanium
na
da
tsada
da
kuma
wahala
wajen
amfani
da
shi
.
[198]
#:
Instead
,
MiG
went
with
steel
.
[199]
<>
Sabanin
haka
,
MiG
an
yi
shi
ne
da
karfe
.
[200]
#:
And
lots
of
it
.
[201]
<>
An
dibge
da
sauran
abubuwa
.
[202]
#:
The
MiG
-
25
was
welded
together
,
by
hand
.
[203]
<>
Wannan
kirar
MiG
-
25
an
yi
masa
walda
(
injuna
)
da
hannu
.
[204]
#:
It
’
s
only
when
you
stand
next
to
a
MiG
-
25
–
[205]
<>
Sai
ka
tsaya
ne
kawai
a
kusa
da
MiG
-
25
–
[206]
#:
and
there
are
several
spending
their
retirement
parked
on
the
grass
at
some
of
Russia
’
s
military
museums
–
[207]
<>
za
ka
san
an
kashe
kudi
kan
wadanda
ke
tsaye
cikin
ciyawa
a
farfajiyar
gidan
adana
kayan
tarihi
sojoji
na
Rasha
,
[208]
#:
that
you
can
fully
appreciate
just
what
a
task
it
was
.
[209]
<>
ta
haka
za
ka
samu
tabbaci
kan
irin
aikin
da
ya
yi
.
[210]
#:
The
MiG
-
25
is
enormous
.
[211]
<>
Kirar
MiG
-
25
na
da
matukar
girma
.
[212]
#:
At
64ft
(
19
.
5m
)
long
,
[213]
<>
A
tsawonsa
na
kafa
64
(
mita
19
.
5
),
[214]
#:
it
’
s
only
a
few
feet
shorter
than
a
World
War
Two
-
era
Lancaster
bomber
.
[215]
<>
da
kadan
ya
gaza
kai
wa
tsawon
jirgin
yakin
luguden
bam
da
aka
yi
amfani
da
shi
a
yakin
duniya
na
biyu
, '
Lancaster
bomber
.'
[216]
#:
The
airframe
needed
to
be
this
big
to
accommodate
the
engines
and
the
enormous
amount
of
fuel
needed
to
power
them
.
[217]
<>
Girman
jirgin
da
ake
bukatar
dauke
da
injuna
mai
shan
mai
yawa
da
zai
bashi
damar
aiki
.
[218]
#:
“
The
MiG
-
25
could
carry
something
like
30
,
000lbs
[219]
<> "
Kirar
MiG
-
25
zai
iya
daukar
abu
mai
nauyin
laba
dubu
30
[220]
#:
(
13
,
600kg
)
of
fuel
,”
says
Trimble
.
[221]
<> (
kilogiram
dubu
13
da
600
),"
inji
Trimble
.
[222]
#:
That
heavy
steel
airframe
[223]
<>
Karfe
mai
nauyi
da
aka
kera
gangar
jikinsa
[224]
#:
was
the
reason
the
MiG
-
25
had
such
large
wings
–
[225]
<>
shi
ne
dalilin
da
ya
sa
kirar
MiG
-
25
ke
da
manyan
fuka
-
fuki
–
[226]
#:
not
to
help
it
dogfight
with
US
fighters
,
[227]
<>
ba
wai
don
ya
yi
artabu
da
jiragen
yakin
Amurka
ba
,
[228]
#:
but
simply
in
order
to
keep
it
in
the
air
.
[229]
<>
amma
kawai
don
ya
samu
tsayawa
tsaf
a
cikin
iska
.
[230]
#:
The
MiGs
were
designed
to
take
off
and
accelerate
to
Mach
2
.
5
,
[231]
<>
Kirar
nau
'
ukan
MiG
an
tsara
su
ne
yadda
za
su
tashi
da
gudu
kimarsu
ta
kai
ga
Mach
2
.
5
,
[232]
#:
guided
to
approaching
targets
[233]
<>
inda
ake
nusar
da
su
zuwa
ga
abin
da
ake
son
su
cimmmasa
da
karfi
,
[234]
#:
by
large
,
ground
-
based
radars
.
[235]
<>
ta
hanyar
sakon
na
'
urar
gano
abubuwa
masu
wucewa
da
ke
kasa
.
[236]
#:
When
they
were
within
50
miles
(
80km
),
[237]
<>
Idan
suna
daidai
mil
50
(
kilomita
80
),
[238]
#:
their
own
on
-
board
radars
would
be
able
to
take
over
,
[239]
<>
na
'
urarsu
ta
ciki
da
ke
hango
abubuwa
za
ta
karbi
aikinta
,
[240]
#:
and
they
would
fire
their
missiles
–
[241]
<>
sannan
za
su
iya
harba
makamai
masu
linzami
,
[242]
#:
which
,
in
keeping
with
the
MiG
’
s
enormous
size
,
were
some
20
-
feet
-
long
(
6m
).
[243]
<>
wanda
bisa
la
'
akari
da
girman
kirar
MiG
sun
kai
nisan
kafa
20
(
mita
6
)
[244]
#:
In
the
early
1970s
,
[245]
<>
Cikin
shekara
ta
1970
[246]
#:
US
defence
chiefs
[247]
<>
shugabannin
tsaron
Amurka
[248]
#:
knew
nothing
about
the
MiG
’
s
capabilities
–
[249]
<>
ba
su
san
komai
ba
game
da
karfin
aikin
kirar
MiG
–
[250]
#:
though
they
had
given
it
the
codename
‘
Foxbat
’
[251]
<>
kodayake
sun
yi
masa
laqabi
da
"
Foxbat
."
[252]
#:
As
a
counter
to
the
American
Blackbird
,
[253]
<>
Don
shiga
gaban
Blackbird
na
Amurka
,
[254]
#:
MiG
also
built
a
reconnaissance
version
,
[255]
<>
an
kera
MiG
bayan
da
aka
yi
bincike
kan
samufurinsa
,
[256]
#:
which
was
unarmed
,
[257]
<>
wanda
ba
ya
dauke
da
makami
,
[258]
#:
but
carried
cameras
and
other
sensors
.
[259]
<>
amma
yana
da
kyamarori
da
maganadisun
sunsune
-
sunsune
.
[260]
#:
Without
the
weight
of
the
missiles
and
the
targeting
radar
,
[261]
<>
Ba
don
nauyin
makamai
masu
linzami
da
na
'
urar
hange
,
[262]
#:
this
version
was
lighter
–
[263]
<>
wannan
nau
'
in
da
ya
zama
sakayau
(
babu
nauyi
) –
[264]
#:
and
it
could
fly
as
fast
as
Mach
3
.
2
.
[265]
<>
kuma
zai
iya
tashi
da
gudun
gaske
tamkar
kirar
Mach
3
.
2
.
[266]
#:
This
was
the
version
spotted
by
Israel
in
1971
.
[267]
<>
Wannan
shi
ne
kirar
samfurin
da
Isra
'
ila
ta
gano
a
shekara
ta
1971
.
[268]
#:
But
in
the
early
1970s
,
[269]
<>
Amma
a
farkon
shekara
ta
1970
,
[270]
#:
defence
chiefs
in
the
US
knew
nothing
about
the
MiG
’
s
capabilities
–
[271]
<>
jiga
-
jigan
harkokin
tsaron
Amurka
ba
su
san
komai
ba
game
da
karfin
aikin
kirar
MiG
,
[272]
#:
though
they
had
given
it
the
codename
‘
Foxbat
’.
[273]
<>
duk
da
cewa
,
sun
yi
masa
lakabin
'
Foxbat
."
[274]
#:
They
knew
it
only
from
blurred
photos
[275]
<>
Sun
san
shi
ne
kawai
daga
dushi
-
dushin
hotunan
[276]
#:
taken
from
space
and
from
blips
on
radar
screens
above
the
Mediterranean
.
[277]
<>
da
aka
dauko
daga
sama
ta
hanyar
wulkitawar
na
'
urar
hange
ta
saman
tekun
Mediterranean
.
[278]
#:
Unless
they
could
somehow
get
their
hands
on
one
,
[279]
<>
Sai
dai
kuma
in
wani
ya
shiga
hannunsu
,
[280]
#:
it
seemed
that
the
MiG
would
[281]
<>
don
haka
wannan
ke
nuni
da
cewa
kirar
MiG
[282]
#:
remain
a
mysterious
threat
.
[283]
<>
na
nan
da
cukurkudadden
al
'
amarin
barazana
.
[284]
#:
That
is
,
until
a
disillusioned
Soviet
fighter
pilot
hatched
his
plan
.
[285]
<>
Wannan
shi
ne
,
sai
bayan
da
matukin
jirgin
yakin
Sobiyat
da
takaici
ya
kama
shi
ya
aiwatar
da
manufarsa
.
[286]
#:
Viktor
Belenko
had
been
a
model
Soviet
citizen
.
[287]
<>
Viktor
Belenko
ya
zama
abin
koyi
ga
'
yan
kasar
tarayyar
Sobiyat
.
[288]
#:
He
was
born
just
after
the
end
of
World
War
Two
,
[289]
<>
An
haife
shi
ne
bayan
an
kammala
yakin
duniya
na
biyu
,
[290]
#:
in
the
foothills
of
the
Caucasus
mountains
.
[291]
<>
a
kasan
tsaunukan
sassan
kasar
da
ke
da
iyakar
tsakanin
Turai
da
Asiya
(
Caucasus
).
[292]
#:
He
entered
military
service
and
qualified
as
a
fighter
pilot
–
[293]
<>
Ya
shiga
aikin
soja
,
inda
ya
samu
kwarewa
a
matsayin
matukin
jirgin
yaki
–
[294]
#:
a
role
that
brought
with
it
certain
perks
[295]
<>
aiki
ne
da
ke
tattare
da
kwarin
gwiwa
[296]
#:
compared
to
the
average
Soviet
citizen
.
[297]
<>
idan
an
kwatanta
da
na
matsakaicin
dan
Sobiyat
.
[298]
#:
But
Belenko
was
disillusioned
.
[299]
<>
Amma
Belenko
ya
cika
da
takaici
.
[300]
#:
The
father
-
of
-
one
was
facing
a
divorce
.
[301]
<>
Mahaifin
guda
ne
da
ke
fuskantar
rabuwar
aure
.
[302]
#:
He
had
started
to
question
the
very
nature
of
Soviet
society
,
[303]
<>
Ya
fara
bijiro
wa
kansa
tambaya
kan
yanayin
al
'
ummar
Sobiyat
,
[304]
#:
and
whether
America
was
as
evil
as
the
Communist
regime
suggested
.
[305]
<>
da
kuma
ko
mummunar
illar
Amurka
ta
kai
ta
Gwamnatin
Kwamunisanci
.
[306]
#:
“
Soviet
propaganda
at
that
time
portrayed
you
as
a
spoiled
rotten
society
which
has
fallen
apart
,”
[307]
<> "
Farfagandar
Sobiyat
a
lokacin
ta
nuna
ku
a
matsayin
al
'
ummar
da
zuciyarsu
ta
gurbatatta
,"
[308]
#:
Belenko
told
Full
Context
magazine
in
1996
.
[309]
<>
kamar
yadda
Belenko
ya
bayyana
a
wata
hirarsa
da
mujalla
a
shekara
ta
1996
.
[310]
#:
“
But
I
had
questions
in
my
mind
.”
[311]
<> "
Amma
ina
da
tambayoyi
a
tunanina
."
[312]
#:
Belenko
realised
the
huge
new
fighter
he
was
training
in
might
be
his
key
to
escape
.
[313]
<>
Belenko
ya
fahimci
cewa
sabon
babban
jirgin
da
ya
samu
horo
a
kai
shi
zai
ba
shi
damar
tserewa
.
[314]
#:
He
was
based
at
the
Chuguyevka
Airbase
[315]
<>
A
lokacin
yana
aiki
a
sansanin
jiragen
saman
soja
na
Chuguyevka
Airbase
[316]
#:
in
Primorsky
Krai
,
near
the
far
eastern
city
of
Vladivostok
.
[317]
<>
a
Primorsky
Krai
da
ke
kusa
da
gabashin
birnin
Vladivostok
.
[318]
#:
Japan
was
only
400
miles
(
644km
)
away
.
[319]
<>
Kasar
Japan
na
da
nisan
mil
400
(
kilomita
644
)
daga
wurin
.
[320]
#:
The
new
MiG
could
fly
fast
[321]
<>
Sabon
jirgin
kirar
MiG
na
iya
tashi
da
gudu
,
[322]
#:
and
it
could
fly
high
,
[323]
<>
kuma
ya
cilla
koli
,
[324]
#:
but
its
two
giant
gas
-
guzzling
engines
[325]
<>
amma
manyan
injinasa
biyu
da
ke
shan
dimbin
gas
[326]
#:
meant
it
couldn
’
t
fly
very
far
–
certainly
not
far
enough
to
land
at
a
US
airbase
.
[327]
<>
na
nuni
da
cewa
jirgin
na
iya
yin
tafiya
mai
nisan
gaske
-
ba
lallai
ne
nisan
ya
iya
danganawa
da
sansanin
sojan
saman
Amurka
ba
.
[328]
#:
To
evade
both
Soviet
and
Japanese
military
radar
,
[329]
<>
Don
ya
kauce
wa
na
'
urorin
soja
hango
abubuwa
a
Sobiyat
da
Japan
,
[330]
#:
Belenko
had
to
fly
very
low
–
about
100ft
above
the
sea
[331]
<>
Belenko
ya
yi
tafiya
ne
kasa
-
kasa
-
kimanin
qafa
100
a
saman
teku
.
[332]
#:
On
6
September
Belenko
flew
off
[333]
<>
A
ranar
6
ga
Satumba
Belenko
ya
tashi
sama
[334]
#:
with
fellow
pilots
on
a
training
mission
.
[335]
<>
tare
da
abokan
aikinsa
da
suke
samun
horo
.
[336]
#:
None
of
the
MiGs
were
armed
.
[337]
<>
Babu
daya
daga
cikin
jiragen
MiG
da
ke
dauke
da
makamai
.
[338]
#:
He
had
already
worked
out
a
rough
route
,
and
his
MiG
had
a
full
tank
of
fuel
.
[339]
<>
Tuni
ya
sava
hanya
,
kuma
jirginsa
na
MiG
na
shaqe
da
mai
a
tankinsa
.
[340]
#:
He
broke
formation
,
[341]
<>
Ya
rabu
da
gungun
,
[342]
#:
and
within
a
few
minutes
he
was
over
the
waves
,
heading
towards
Japan
.
[343]
<>
kuma
cikin
mintoci
kad
’
an
ya
fice
daga
da
'
irar
karvar
saqonni
,
inda
ya
nufi
Japan
.
[344]
#:
To
evade
both
Soviet
and
Japanese
military
radar
,
[345]
<>
Don
kauce
wa
na
'
urorin
hangen
sojan
Sobiyat
da
na
Japan
,
[346]
#:
Belenko
had
to
fly
very
low
–
about
100ft
(
30m
)
above
the
sea
.
[347]
<>
Belenko
ya
tashi
ne
qasa
-
qasa
-
tsawon
kimanin
qafa
100
(
mita30
)
a
saman
teku
.
[348]
#:
When
he
was
far
enough
into
Japanese
airspace
,
[349]
<>
Lokacin
da
ya
nausa
sosai
cikin
sararin
samaniyar
Japan
,
[350]
#:
he
took
the
MiG
up
to
20
,
000ft
(
6
,
000m
)
[351]
<>
sai
ya
qara
daga
jirgin
MiG
zuwa
kafa
dubu
20
(
mita
dubu
6
),
[352]
#:
so
it
could
be
picked
up
by
Japanese
radar
.
[353]
<>
ta
yadda
za
a
iya
hango
shi
a
Japan
.
[354]
#:
The
surprised
Japanese
tried
to
hail
this
unidentified
aircraft
,
[355]
<>
Jami
'
an
Japan
sun
cika
da
mamakin
wannan
jirgi
da
ba
su
gane
kansa
ba
,
[356]
#:
but
Belenko
’
s
radio
was
tuned
to
the
wrong
frequencies
.
[357]
<>
amma
ga
shi
na
'
urar
rediyon
karbar
sakonnin
Belenko
ta
kama
wasu
tashshi
daban
.
[358]
#:
Japanese
fighters
were
scrambled
,
[359]
<>
Mayakan
Japan
sai
suka
fantsama
,
[360]
#:
but
by
then
,
Belenko
had
dropped
below
the
thick
cloud
cover
again
.
[361]
<>
amma
a
lokacin
Belenko
ya
yiwo
kasa
gajimare
,
inda
ya
samu
lullubi
.
[362]
#:
He
disappeared
off
the
Japanese
radar
screens
.
[363]
<>
Ya
bace
wa
na
'
urar
hange
ta
Japan
.
[364]
#:
All
this
time
,
[365]
<>
Duk
tsawon
wannan
lokaci
,
[366]
#:
the
Soviet
pilot
had
been
flying
by
guesswork
,
[367]
<>
matukin
jirgin
Sobiyat
na
tafiya
a
sama
ne
bisa
kintace
,
[368]
#:
on
the
memory
of
maps
he
’
d
studied
before
he
’
d
taken
off
.
[369]
<>
gwargwadon
abin
da
ya
iya
tunawa
daga
taswirar
da
ya
yi
nazari
kafin
tasowarsa
.
[370]
#:
Belenko
had
intended
to
fly
his
aircraft
to
Chitose
airbase
,
[371]
<>
Belenko
dai
ya
yi
nufin
zuwa
sansanin
sojan
sama
na
Chitose
ya
sauka
,
[372]
#:
but
with
fuel
running
low
,
he
had
to
land
at
the
nearest
available
airport
.
[373]
<>
amma
da
mansa
ya
fara
yin
kasa
,
sai
ya
nemi
filin
jirgi
mafi
kusa
.
[374]
#:
That
,
as
it
turned
out
,
was
Hakdodate
.
[375]
<>
Wannnan
shi
ne
dalilin
da
ya
sa
ya
sauka
a
Hakdodate
[376]
#:
The
Japanese
suddenly
found
themselves
with
a
defecting
pilot
–
[377]
<>
Kwatsam
sai
Jami
'
an
Japan
suka
samu
matukin
jirgin
da
ya
tsero
–
[378]
#:
and
a
fighter
jet
that
had
so
far
evaded
Western
intelligence
agencies
[379]
<>
da
jirgin
yakin
da
ya
shammaci
hukumomin
asirin
Yammacin
Turai
.
[380]
#:
Japan
only
really
knew
what
they
were
dealing
with
when
the
MiG
made
its
surprise
landing
.
[381]
<>
Japan
kadai
ta
san
abin
da
suka
rika
yi
wajen
tarairayar
saukar
ban
mamaki
da
jirgi
kirar
MiG
ya
yi
musu
.
[382]
#:
Hakodate
’
s
airport
suddenly
became
a
hive
of
intelligence
activity
.
[383]
<>
Kwatsam
kawai
sai
filin
jirgin
saman
Hakodate
ya
cika
da
jami
'
an
harkokin
asiri
.
[384]
#:
The
CIA
was
scarcely
able
to
believe
its
luck
.
[385]
<>
Hukumar
leken
asirin
Amurka
ta
CIA
ta
kasa
gaskata
wannan
sa
'
a
da
ta
samu
.
[386]
#:
The
MiG
was
exhaustively
examined
after
being
moved
to
a
nearby
airbase
.
[387]
<>
Wannan
jirgi
kirar
MiG
an
yi
masa
bincike
yadda
ya
kamata
,
bayan
da
aka
matsar
da
shi
zuwa
sansanin
sojan
sama
da
ke
kusa
.
[388]
#:
“
By
disassembling
the
MiG
-
25
and
inspecting
it
piece
-
by
-
piece
over
several
weeks
,
[389]
<> "
Bayan
da
aka
yi
wa
MiG
-
25
daidai
aka
yi
masa
nazarin
kwakwaf
tsawon
makonni
,
[390]
#:
they
were
able
to
understand
exactly
what
they
were
capable
of
,”
says
Trimble
.
[391]
<>
sai
suka
gano
hakikanin
abin
da
zai
iya
,"
inji
Trimble
.
[392]
#:
The
Soviets
had
not
built
the
‘
super
-
fighter
’
the
Pentagon
had
feared
,
[393]
<>
Sobiyat
ba
ta
kera
wani
"
hamshakin
jirgin
yaki
"
da
hukumar
tsaron
Pentagon
ke
tsoro
ba
,
[394]
#:
says
Smithsonian
aviation
curator
Roger
Connor
,
[395]
<>
a
cewar
mai
tattara
bayanan
kayan
tarihin
jiragen
sama
(
Smithsonian
curator
)
Roger
Connor
,
[396]
#:
but
an
inflexible
aircraft
built
to
do
a
very
particular
job
.
[397]
<>
amma
wani
jirgi
ne
mai
wuyar
sha
'
ani
da
aka
kera
don
wani
aiki
na
musamman
.
[398]
#:
“
The
MiG
-
25
was
not
a
very
useful
combat
aircraft
,”
says
Connor
.
[399]
<> "
Kirar
MiG
ba
jirgin
yaki
ba
ne
da
ke
da
matukar
tasiri
a
wajen
faffatawa
,"
inji
Connor
.
[400]
#:
“
It
was
an
expensive
,
and
cumbersome
aircraft
,
[401]
<> "
Jirgi
ne
mai
tsada
da
wuyar
sha
'
ani
,
[402]
#:
and
it
wasn
’
t
particularly
effective
in
combat
.”
[403]
<>
kuma
ba
shi
da
wani
tasiri
wajen
gwabza
yaki
."
[404]
#:
There
were
other
problems
too
.
[405]
<>
Akwai
sauran
matsaloli
.
[406]
#:
Flying
at
Mach
3
meant
enormous
pressure
on
the
engines
.
[407]
<>
Tashi
da
jirgi
kirar
Mach
3
na
nuni
da
matukar
tursasawa
ga
injina
.
[408]
#:
Lockheed
’
s
SR
-
71
had
solved
this
by
putting
cones
in
the
front
of
the
engines
,
[409]
<>
Kirar
Lockheed
SR
-
71
ya
warware
wannan
matsalar
ta
hanyar
yi
masa
tsinin
baki
a
gaban
injina
,
[410]
#:
which
slowed
the
air
down
enough
so
it
didn
’
t
damage
engine
components
.
[411]
<>
abin
da
ke
danna
iska
kasa
sosai
ta
yadda
ba
za
lallata
injin
ba
.
[412]
#:
The
air
could
then
be
forced
out
the
back
of
the
engine
to
help
generate
more
thrust
.
[413]
<>
Kuma
za
a
tursasa
iska
ta
fita
ta
baya
,
ta
yadda
zai
samu
karin
karfin
tashi
.
[414]
#:
The
MiG
tracked
at
Mach
3
.
2
by
Israel
[415]
<>
Kirar
MiG
da
Isra
'
ila
ta
yi
kokarin
shawo
kansa
da
Mach
3
.
2
[416]
#:
in
1971
essentially
destroyed
its
engines
in
the
process
[417]
<>
a
shekarar
1971
ya
lalata
injinansa
ta
wannan
hanyar
.
[418]
#:
The
MiG
’
s
turbojets
[419]
<>
Na
'
urar
da
ke
juya
injin
MiG
[420]
#:
generated
thrust
by
sucking
in
air
to
help
burn
the
fuel
.
[421]
<>
na
zuke
iska
ta
yadda
za
ta
taimaka
wajen
kona
mai
.
[422]
#:
Above
2
,
000mph
(
3
,
200km
/
h
),
however
,
things
started
to
go
wrong
.
[423]
<>
Ya
kan
tashi
sama
da
mita
dubu
2
a
awa
(
kilomita
dubu
uku
da
200
a
awa
).
[424]
#:
MiG
-
25
pilots
were
warned
never
to
exceed
Mach
2
.
8
;
[425]
<>
An
gargadi
matukan
MiG
-
25
cewa
ka
dasu
zartar
da
Mach
2
.
8
;
[426]
#:
the
MiG
tracked
at
Mach
3
.
2
by
Israel
in
1971
[427]
<>
Kirar
MiG
da
Isra
'
ila
ta
yi
yunkurin
shawo
kansa
da
Mach
3
.
2
a
shekara
ta
1971
[428]
#:
essentially
destroyed
its
engines
in
the
process
,
and
was
lucky
to
return
to
base
.
[429]
<>
ya
lalata
injin
ta
wannan
hanyar
,
amma
an
yi
sa
'
ar
komowa
sansaninsa
.
[430]
#:
The
spectre
of
the
MiG
-
25
had
caused
the
US
to
embark
on
a
major
new
aircraft
project
–
[431]
<>
Abin
damuwar
da
aka
yi
hasashen
aukuwarsa
game
da
MiG
-
25
shi
ya
sanya
Amurka
ta
himmatu
wajen
kera
sabon
jirgi
,
[432]
#:
one
that
had
helped
create
the
F
-
15
Eagle
,
[433]
<>
al
'
amarin
da
ya
haifar
da
kirar
F
-
15
Eagle
,
[434]
#:
a
fighter
designed
to
be
fast
but
also
highly
manoeuvrable
like
the
MiG
was
thought
to
be
.
[435]
<>
jirgin
yaki
da
aka
kera
mai
gudu
,
kuma
ana
iya
juya
akalarsa
tamkar
[436]
#:
Forty
years
later
,
the
F
-
15
is
still
in
service
.
[437]
<>
yadda
aka
so
kasancewar
MiG
shekara
40
baya
,
har
yanzu
F
-
15
yana
aiki
.
[438]
#:
In
hindsight
,
the
MiG
,
which
the
West
had
been
so
worried
about
,
turned
out
to
be
a
‘
paper
tiger
’.
[439]
<>
Daga
bisani
,
an
gano
cewa
MiG
da
Yamma
ta
firgita
da
shi
,
ba
wani
abu
ba
ne
, "
illa
damisar
takarda
.'
[440]
#:
Its
massive
radar
was
years
behind
US
models
[441]
<>
Babbar
na
'
urar
hangenta
kimarta
ba
ta
kai
ta
Amurka
ba
,
[442]
#:
because
instead
of
transistors
[443]
<>
saboda
maimakon
abubuwan
sakonnin
rediyo
,
[444]
#:
it
used
antiquated
vacuum
tubes
[445]
<>
sai
aka
yi
amfani
da
tsofaffin
bututu
[446]
#:
(
a
technology
that
did
,
however
,
make
it
impervious
to
electromagnetic
pulses
from
nuclear
blasts
).
[447]
<> (
wata
fasahar
kere
-
kere
da
ke
hana
sinadaran
lantarki
da
maganadisu
su
ketata
ta
hanyar
fashewar
nukiliya
).
[448]
#:
The
huge
engines
required
so
much
fuel
[449]
<>
Wannan
babban
inji
yana
matukar
bukatar
mai
mai
yawa
[450]
#:
that
the
MiG
was
surprisingly
short
-
ranged
.
[451]
<>
al
'
amarin
da
ya
mayar
da
kirar
MiG
koma
-
baya
.
[452]
#:
It
could
take
-
off
quickly
,
[453]
<>
Zai
iya
tashi
nan
da
nan
cikin
sauri
,
[454]
#:
and
fly
in
a
straight
line
very
fast
to
fire
missiles
or
take
pictures
.
That
is
about
it
.
[455]
<>
ya
tashi
ya
nausa
a
mike
ya
harba
makami
ko
daukar
hotuna
.
[456]
#:
The
MiG
that
the
Soviet
Union
had
kept
hidden
from
the
world
for
several
years
[457]
<>
Kirar
MiG
da
Tarayyar
Sobiyat
ta
boye
wa
duniya
tsawon
shekaru
[458]
#:
was
partially
reassembled
,
[459]
<>
an
sake
harharda
shi
,
[460]
#:
and
then
loaded
on
a
boat
for
its
return
to
the
USSR
.
[461]
<>
sannan
aka
dora
a
jirgin
ruwa
don
mayar
da
shi
tarayyar
Sobiyat
.
[462]
#:
The
Japanese
charged
the
Soviets
a
$
40
,
000
bill
for
shipping
costs
[463]
<>
Gwamnatin
Japan
ta
bukaci
Sobiyat
ta
biya
ta
Dala
dubu
40
kudin
dako
[464]
#:
and
the
damage
Belenko
had
inflicted
at
Hakodate
airport
.
[465]
<>
da
diyyar
lalata
filin
jirgin
saman
Hakodate
da
Belenko
ya
yi
.
[466]
#:
It
’
s
like
Usain
Bolt
,
except
it
’
s
a
Usain
Bolt
that
’
s
actually
running
slower
than
the
marathon
runner
–
[467]
<>
Tamkar
dai
Usaini
Bolt
ne
,
in
ba
Usain
Bolt
ba
wane
ne
ke
tseren
da
bai
kai
na
masu
gasar
tsere
,
[468]
#:
Roger
Connor
,
Smithsonian
Air
&
Space
Museum
[469]
<>
a
cewar
Roger
Cannor
,
mai
tattara
bayanan
kayan
tarihin
sufurin
jiragen
sama
na
Smithsonian
Air
&
Space
Museum
.
[470]
#:
It
soon
became
clear
that
the
much
-
feared
MiG
was
unable
to
intercept
the
US
military
’
s
SR
-
71
,
[471]
<>
Ba
da
dadewa
ba
aka
gano
cewa
kirar
MiG
da
ake
tsoro
ba
zai
iya
shawo
kan
jirgin
yakin
Amurka
kirar
SR
-
71
,
[472]
#:
one
of
the
planes
it
was
built
to
deal
with
.
[473]
<>
daya
daga
cikin
jiragen
da
aka
yi
nufin
shan
kansu
.
[474]
#:
“
The
one
big
difference
between
the
MiG
and
the
SR
-
71
,
is
that
the
SR
-
71
is
not
only
fast
,
but
it
’
s
running
a
marathon
,”
says
Connor
.
[475]
<> "
Bambanci
tsakanin
MiG
da
SR
-
71
ba
gudu
kadai
ne
ba
,
har
da
gasar
tseren
dogon
zango
, "
inji
Connor
.
[476]
#:
“
The
MiG
is
doing
a
sprint
.
[477]
<> "
Kirar
MiG
ta
kafa
ta
cilla
da
gudu
.
[478]
#:
It
’
s
like
Usain
Bolt
,
except
it
’
s
a
Usain
Bolt
that
’
s
actually
running
slower
than
the
marathon
runner
.”
[479]
<>
Tamkar
dai
Usain
Bolt
,
in
ba
Usain
Bolt
wane
ne
zai
mayar
da
kansa
baya
a
lokacin
da
yake
zakaran
gasar
tsere
."
[480]
#:
These
limitations
didn
’
t
stop
MiG
building
more
than
1
,
200
MiG
-
25s
.
[481]
<>
Duk
da
wadannan
nakasun
ba
a
daina
kera
MiG
ba
,
har
aka
samar
da
fiye
da
Dubu
da
200
MiG
-
25
.
[482]
#:
The
‘
Foxbat
’
became
a
prestige
plane
for
Soviet
-
backed
air
forces
,
[483]
<>
Lakabin
'
Foxbat
'
ya
zama
abin
alfahari
ga
sojan
saman
Sobiyat
,
[484]
#:
who
saw
the
propaganda
value
in
fielding
the
second
-
fastest
plane
on
Earth
.
[485]
<>
wadanda
suka
ga
alfanu
fito
da
jirgi
mafi
gudu
na
biyu
a
duniya
.
[486]
#:
Algeria
and
Syria
are
still
thought
to
be
flying
them
today
.
[487]
<>
Aljeriya
da
Siriya
ana
sa
ran
suna
amfani
da
su
har
zuwa
yau
.
[488]
#:
India
used
the
reconnaissance
model
with
great
success
for
25
years
;
[489]
<>
Indiya
ta
yi
amfani
da
wani
sabon
samfuri
da
ta
samu
gagarumar
nasararsa
tsawon
shekara
25
;
[490]
#:
they
were
only
retired
in
2006
because
of
a
lack
of
spare
parts
.
[491]
<>
an
dakatar
da
amfani
da
su
ne
a
shekara
ta
2006
saboda
rashin
kayan
gyara
.
[492]
#:
The
fear
of
the
MiG
-
25
was
its
most
impressive
effect
,
says
Trimble
.
[493]
<>
Tsoron
kirar
MiG
da
aka
yi
ta
yi
kyakkyawan
tasiri
,
a
cewar
Trimble
.
[494]
#:
“
Until
1976
, [[[the]]
US
]
didn
’
t
know
that
it
wasn
’
t
capable
of
intercepting
the
SR
-
71
,
[495]
<> "
Kafin
shekara
ta
1976
, (
Amurka
)
ba
a
san
cewa
ba
za
ta
iya
shan
kan
kirar
SR
-
71
,
[496]
#:
and
that
kept
them
out
of
Soviet
airspace
the
entire
period
.
[497]
<>
al
'
amarin
da
ya
hana
su
shawagi
a
sararin
samaniyar
Sobiyat
tsawon
wancan
lokacin
.
[498]
#:
The
Soviets
had
been
very
sensitive
to
the
idea
of
these
overflights
.”
[499]
<>
Sobiyat
ta
yi
matukar
lura
da
jiragen
da
ke
yada
zango
a
kasarta
."
[500]
#:
Belenko
himself
did
not
return
to
the
USSR
with
his
partially
dismantled
fighter
plane
.
[501]
<>
Belenko
bai
koma
Tarayyar
Sobiyat
da
jirgin
yakinsa
da
aka
ciccira
ba
.
[502]
#:
The
high
-
profile
defector
was
allowed
to
move
to
the
United
States
–
[503]
<>
Wannan
babban
dan
gudun
hijira
an
ba
shi
dama
ya
koma
kasar
Amurka
,
[504]
#:
his
US
citizenship
personally
approved
by
US
president
Jimmy
Carter
–
[505]
<>
inda
ya
zama
cikakken
dan
kasa
tare
da
amincewar
Shugaban
Amurka
Jimmy
Carter
,
[506]
#:
where
he
become
an
aeronautics
engineer
[507]
<>
inda
ya
zama
injiniya
jirgin
sama
,
[508]
#:
and
consultant
to
the
US
Air
Force
.
[509]
<>
kuma
kwararren
mai
bayar
da
shawara
ga
rundunar
sojan
saman
Amurka
.
[510]
#:
His
military
ID
,
[511]
<>
Katin
shaidarsa
[512]
#:
and
the
notes
he
scribbled
on
a
knee
pad
[513]
<>
da
takardar
bayanan
da
ya
like
a
makarin
kokon
gwiwa
[514]
#:
as
he
flew
above
the
Sea
of
Japan
[515]
<>
lokacin
da
ya
tashi
a
saman
tekun
Japan
[516]
#:
are
now
on
display
at
the
CIA
Museum
in
Washington
DC
.
[517]
<>
yanzu
an
baje
su
a
gidan
kayan
tarihi
na
Hukumar
leken
asirin
Amurka
ta
CIA
da
ke
birnin
Washington
DC
.
[518]
#:
The
MiG
-
25
’
s
shortcomings
,
and
the
arrival
of
the
American
F
-
15
,
[519]
<>
Nakasun
kirar
MiG
da
zuwan
jirgin
yakin
Amurka
kirar
F
-
15
,
[520]
#:
spurred
Soviet
designers
to
come
up
with
new
designs
.
[521]
<>
shi
ya
ingiza
masu
zayyana
a
tarayyar
Sobiyat
suka
fito
da
sabuwar
zayyana
.
[522]
#:
Trimble
says
this
eventually
led
to
the
Su
-
27
series
designed
by
MiG
’
s
rival
Sukhoi
.
[523]
<>
Trimble
ya
ce
wannan
lamari
shi
ya
haifar
da
samuwar
kirar
Su
-
27
da
abokan
hamayyar
MiG
Sukhoi
suka
fito
da
shi
.
[524]
#:
It
has
been
built
in
a
myriad
of
ever
-
improving
versions
.
[525]
<>
An
kera
shi
ne
ta
hanyar
inganta
dimbin
samfurin
kirar
.
[526]
#:
It
is
exactly
the
kind
of
plane
the
Pentagon
worried
about
at
the
beginning
of
the
1970s
–
fast
and
nimble
–
[527]
<>
Wannan
shi
ne
hakikanin
jirgin
da
Pentagon
ta
damu
da
shi
a
farkon
shekara
ta
1970
ga
gudu
da
karfin
tashi
–
[528]
#:
and
the
newer
versions
are
probably
the
best
fighter
plane
flying
today
,
he
says
.
[529]
<>
sannan
sababbin
samfurin
kirarsa
ta
yiwu
su
ne
jiragen
yaki
mafi
nagarta
a
yau
,
kamar
yadda
ya
ce
.
[530]
#:
The
MiG
-
25
’
s
story
hasn
’
t
ended
entirely
either
.
[531]
<>
Karshen
labarin
kirar
MiG
bai
zo
ba
.
[532]
#:
The
design
was
heavily
modified
to
create
the
MiG
-
31
,
[533]
<>
Domin
an
inganta
zayyanarsa
har
aka
samar
da
kirar
MiG
-
31
,
[534]
#:
a
fighter
armed
with
sophisticated
sensors
,
[535]
<>
wani
jirgin
yaki
mai
cukurkudaddun
na
'
urorin
sansano
bayanai
,
[536]
#:
a
powerful
radar
and
better
engines
.
[537]
<>
na
'
urar
hange
mai
karfi
da
managartan
injina
.
[538]
#:
“
The
MiG
-
31
is
essentially
a
full
realisation
of
what
the
MiG
-
25
was
supposed
to
be
,”
says
Trimble
.
[539]
<> "
Kirar
MiG
-
31
ita
ta
cimma
cikakkiyar
manufar
da
ta
sanya
aka
kera
MiG
-
25
don
ya
cimmawa
,"
a
cewar
Trimble
.
[540]
#:
The
MiG
-
31
entered
service
a
few
years
before
the
end
of
the
Cold
War
,
[541]
<>
Kirar
MiG
-
31
ya
fara
aiki
ne
shekaru
kadan
kafin
karshen
yakin
cacar
baki
,
[542]
#:
and
hundreds
still
patrol
Russia
’
s
vast
borders
.
[543]
<>
kuma
daruruwansa
har
yanzu
suna
yin
sintiri
a
kan
maka
-
makan
iyakokin
Rasha
.
[544]
#:
Western
observers
[545]
<>
Masu
bin
kadin
al
'
amura
[546]
#:
have
had
plenty
of
opportunities
to
see
the
MiG
-
31
at
airshows
,
[547]
<>
sun
samu
dammar
ganin
qirar
MiG
-
31
a
baje
kolin
jiragen
sama
,
[548]
#:
though
much
of
their
inner
workings
remain
closely
guarded
.
[549]
<>
ko
da
yake
mafi
yawan
kayan
da
ke
aikinsa
an
kange
su
.
[550]
#:
After
all
,
no
Russian
pilot
has
decided
–
[551]
<>
Baya
ga
wannan
,
babu
wani
matukin
jirgin
Rasha
da
ya
taba
yanke
irin
wannan
kudiri
[552]
#:
for
whatever
reason
–
[553]
<>
saboda
wani
dalili
,
[554]
#:
to
seek
exile
outside
of
that
vast
country
,
[555]
<>
har
ta
nemi
zuwa
gudun
hijira
a
wajen
wannan
hamshakiyar
kasa
,
[556]
#:
and
flown
their
MiG
-
31
to
an
unsuspecting
foreign
airfield
.
[557]
<>
ya
kuma
tashi
a
kirar
MiG
zuwa
filin
saukar
jirage
kasar
wajen
da
ba
a
zata
ba
.
[558]
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1
#:
The pilot who stole a secret Soviet fighter jet [1] <> Matukin da ya saci jirgin yakin Tarayyar Sobiyat [2]
2
#:
On 6 September 1976, [3] <> A ranar 6 ga watan Satumbar 1976, [4]
3
#:
an aircraft appears out of the clouds near the Japanese city of Hakodate, [5] <> wani jirgin sama ya bayyana cikin girgijen saman birnin Japan na Hakodate, [6]
4
#:
on the northern island of Hokkaido. [7] <> da ke Arewacin tsibirin Hokaido. [8]
5
#:
It’s a twin-engined jet, [9] <> Jirgi ne mai tagwayen injuna, [10]
6
#:
but not the kind of short-haul airliner Hakodate is used to seeing. [11] <> amma ba dan qaramin jirgin da aka saba gani a Hakodate ba. [12]
7
#:
This huge, grey hulk sports the red stars of the Soviet Union. [13] <> Babban jirgin, mai launin toka-toka mai adon jajayen taurarin tarayyar Sobiyat ne. [14]
8
#:
No-one in the West has ever seen one before. [15] <> Babu wanda ya taba ganinsa a Yammacin Turai gabanin bayyanarsa. [16]
9
#:
The jet lands on Hakodate’s concrete-and-asphalt runway. [17] <> Wannan jirgi ya sauka a titin zaryar sauka da tashin jirage na Hakodate. [18]
10
#:
The runway, it turns out, is not long enough. [19] <> Titin zaryar ya kasance mara isasshen tsawo. [20]
11
#:
The jet ploughs through hundreds of feet of earth [21] <> Jirgin ya bazu tsawonsa ya kai kafa daruruwa [22]
12
#:
before it finally comes to rest at the far end of the airport. [23] <> kafin ya zauna daram a karshen filin jiragen saman. [24]
13
#:
The pilot climbs out of the plane’s cockpit [25] <> Matukin jirgin ya fito daga kebabben wurin zamansa, [26]
14
#:
and fires two warning shots from his pistol – [27] <> sai ya yi harbin gargadi sau biyu daga qaramar bindigarsa- [28]
15
#:
motorists on the road next to the airport [29] <> masu motocin da ke tafiya a kan titi a kusa da filin jirgin [30]
16
#:
have been taking pictures of this strange sight. [31] <> suna ta daukar hotunan wannan abu da ba a saba gani ba. [32]
17
#:
It is some minutes before airport officials, driving from the terminal, reach him. [33] <> An dauki wasu ministoci kafin jami'an kula da filin jirgin saman suka tuko mota daga wurin sauka da tashin fasinjoji, suka same shi. [34]
18
#:
It is then that the 29-year-old pilot, [35] <> Daganan sai wannan matukin jirgin mai shekaru 29, [36]
19
#:
Flight Lieutenant Viktor Ivanovich Belenko [37] <> Fulayit Laftanar Viktor Ivanovich Belenko, [38]
20
#:
of the Soviet Air Defence Forces, announces that he wishes to defect. [39] <> daga rundunar tsaron sojan saman Sobiyat ya ce yana son sauya sheka (tserewa daga kasarsa). [40]
21
#:
It is no normal defection. [41] <> Ba kasafai aka saba sauyin sheka ba. [42]
22
#:
Belenko has not wandered into an embassy, [43] <> Belenko bai yi tattaki zuwa ofishin jakadanci ba, [44]
23
#:
or jumped ship while visiting a foreign port. [45] <> ko shiga jirgin ruwa a lokacin da ya ziyarci tashar jiragen ruwa a kasar waje. [46]
24
#:
The plane that he has flown 400-odd miles, [47] <> Jirgin da ya tuko ya ci har mil 400, [48]
25
#:
and which now sits stranded at the end of a provincial Japanese runway, is the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25. [49] <> kuma yake tsaye a farfajiyar titin zaryar Japan, shi ne kirar Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25. [50]
26
#:
It is the most secretive aircraft the Soviet Union has ever built. Until Belenko’s landing, that is. [51] <> Shi ne jirgin sirri da tarayyar Sobiyat ta taba kerawa. [52]
27
#:
-- [53] <> --- [54]
28
#:
The West first became aware of what would become known as the MiG-25 around 1970. [55] <> Turai ta samu masaniya kan irin wannan jirgi kirar MiG-25 cikin shekarar 1970. [56]
29
#:
Spy satellites stalking Soviet airfields picked up a new kind of aircraft being tested in secret. [57] <> Taurarin dan Adam na leken asiri da ke kai-kawo a filayen saukar jiragen saman Sobiyat sun dauko hoton wani sabon jirgin sama da ake gwajinsa cikin sirri. [58]
30
#:
They looked like enormous fighter planes, [59] <> Fasalinsa kamar babban jirgin yaki, [60]
31
#:
and the West’s militaries [61] <> Kuma rundunar sojojin Yammacin Turai [62]
32
#:
were concerned by one particular feature; they sported very large wings. [63] <> sun damu matuka game da siffar da suka gani mai manyan fuka-fuki. [64]
33
#:
A large wing area is very useful in a fighter plane – [65] <> Babban fuffuke na da matukar amfani ga jirgin yaki – [66]
34
#:
it helps generate lift [67] <> yana taimakawa wajen dagawa, [68]
35
#:
and it also decreases the amount of weight distributed across the wing, [69] <> kuma yana rage nauyin da ke bazuwa kan fuffuken, [70]
36
#:
which helps make it more nimble and easier to turn. [71] <> wanda ke tallafa masa wajen yin hanzari da saukin juyi. [72]
37
#:
This Soviet jet seemed to combine this ability [73] <> Wannan jirgin Sobiyat ya tara wannan karfi [74]
38
#:
with a pair of enormous engines. [75] <> tare da manyan injuna. [76]
39
#:
How fast could it go? [77] <> Ko yaya nisan gudunsa yake? [78]
40
#:
Could anything in the US Air Force or other militaries keep up with it? [79] <> Ko akwai kwatankwacinsa a rundunar sojan saman Amurka ko sauran rundunonin soja da za su iya yin daidai da shi? [80]
41
#:
There had also been glimpses in the Middle East. [81] <> An kyallo irin wannan a Gabas ta Tsakiya. [82]
42
#:
In March 1971, Israel picked up a strange new aircraft that accelerated to Mach 3.2 – [83] <> Cikin Maris din 1971, Isra'ila ta fito da wani sabon jirgi da aka daga kimarsa zuwa kirar Mach 3.2 – [84]
43
#:
more than three times the speed of sound – and climbed to 63,000ft (nearly 20 kilometres). [85] <> gudunsa ya nunka gudun sauti sau uku - yana kuma cin nisan kafa dubu 63 (kimanin kilomita 20) a sama. [86]
44
#:
The Israelis, and US intelligence advisors, [87] <> Gwamnatin Isra'ila da masu bayar da shawarar asiri kan harkokin tsaron Amurka, [88]
45
#:
had never seen anything like it. [89] <> basu taba ganin wani abu irin wannan ba. [90]
46
#:
Following a second sighting a few days later, [91] <> Bayan kwanaki kadan da ganin sa, [92]
47
#:
Israeli fighters scrambled to intercept the aircraft but couldn’t even come close. [93] <> mayakan Isra'ila sai suka yi kokarin cafko jirgin amma ba su iya kai wa ko kusa da shi ba. [94]
48
#:
The Pentagon put two and two together, [95] <> Cibiyar tsaro ta Pentagon ta hada wannan da wancan (biyu da biyu), [96]
49
#:
and came up with a Cold War crisis [97] <> inda ta bijiro da rudanin yakin cacar baki. [98]
50
#:
In November, the Israelis ambushed one of these mysterious intruders, [99] <> A watan Nuwamba, Isra'ila ta yi wa jirgin baduhu mai kutse kwanton bauna, [100]
51
#:
firing missiles head on from 30,000ft below. [101] <> ta harba makamai masu linzami sama zuwa kafa dubu 30 daga kasa. [102]
52
#:
It was a useless gesture. [103] <> Babu wani tasiri da ya yi. [104]
53
#:
Their unidentified target streaked past at nearly three times the speed of sound – [105] <> Abin da suka yi nufin harbi ya wuce da gudu da kimanin karfin rubi'i uku na gudun sauti – [106]
54
#:
so fast the jet was already out of the danger zone by the time the missiles exploded. [107] <> tuni wannan jirgi ya fice daga da'urar hadari sannan makami mai linzamin da aka harba ya tarwatse. [108]
55
#:
The Pentagon put two and two together, [109] <> Cibiyar tsaro ta Pentagon ta hada wannan da wancan (biyu da biyu), [110]
56
#:
and came up with a Cold War crisis. [111] <> inda ta bijiro da rudanin yakin cacar baki. [112]
57
#:
They were suddenly presented with the prospect of a Soviet fighter that [113] <> Kwatsam sai aka bijiro musu da jirgin yakin Sobiyat [114]
58
#:
could outrun and out-turn anything in the US Air Force. [115] <> da ya sha gaban kowane irin abu da rundunar sojan saman Amurka ta mallaka. [116]
59
#:
It was a classic case of military misinterpretation, says Stephen Trimble, [117] <> Wannan al'amari na rashin fahimta a harkokin soja, a cewar Stephen Trimble, [118]
60
#:
the US editor of Flightglobal. [119] <> Editan Mujallar harkokin sufurin sama na Flightglobal da ke Amurka. [120]
61
#:
“They seemed to overestimate its abilities on pure appearance,” he says, [121] <> "Sun bashi kimar da ta zarta karfin ikonsa bisa la'akari da siffarsa," a cewarsa, [122]
62
#:
“from the size of the wing and the huge size of its air intakes. [123] <> "daga girman fuffuke da girmansa wajen zuko iska. [124]
63
#:
“They knew it would be very fast, [125] <> "Sun san cewa yana da musifar gudu, [126]
64
#:
and also thought it would be very manoeuvrable. [127] <> kuma za a iya juya akalarsa ta hanyoyi da dama. [128]
65
#:
They were right about the first one, but not so right about the second one.” [129] <> Zaton farko ya yi daidai, amma na biyu bai zama gaskiya ba." [130]
66
#:
What the US satellites had seen, [131] <> Abin tauraron dan Adam na Amurka ya gano, [132]
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and the Israeli radars had tracked, were versions of the same aircraft – the MiG-25. [133] <> da na'urar isra'ila mai gano abubuwan da ke wucewa (radar), samfurin kirarsu iri daya ce da MiG-25. [134]
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It was built as a reaction to a series of aircraft the US were preparing to bring into service in the 1960s – [135] <> An kera ne don shan gaban nau'ukan jiragen da Amurka ta yi kokarin fito da su cikin shekarun 1960 – [136]
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N/A [137] <> wadanda kimarsu ta kama [138]
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from the F-108 fighter plane to the SR-71 spyplane [139] <> daga jirgin yaki kirar F-108 zuka kirar SR-71 [140]
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and the massive B-70 bomber. [141] <> da babban mai luguden bam na B-70. [142]
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These aircraft all had one thing in common – [143] <> Irin wadannan jirage suna da kamanceceniya da juna – [144]
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they would fly at three times the speed of sound. [145] <> gudunsu nunki uku ne na bazuwar karar sauti. [146]
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The technological leap needed to take an aircraft [147] <> Bunkasar kere-keren da ake bukata don daga kimar jirgi [148]
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from Mach 2 to Mach 3 was an enormous challenge [149] <> daga Mach 2 zuwa Mach 3 babban kalubale ne a da. [150]
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In the 1950s, the Soviets had largely kept pace with the leapfrogging advances in aviation. [151] <> A shekarun 1950, Sobiyat ta yi matukar samun ci gaba a hada-hadar jiragen sama. [152]
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They had bombers that could fly almost as fast and as high as the American B-52. [153] <> Suna da masu luguden bama-bamai da ke tashi da gudu fiye da jirgin Amurka kirar B-52. [154]
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Their fighter planes – [155] <> Jiragen yakinsu [156]
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many of which were made by the MiG design team – [157] <> mafi yawansu gungun kwararrun da suka zayyana kirar MiG suka yi su – [158]
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rivalled their American counterparts, [159] <> al'amarin da ya ba su damar kalubalantar takwarorinsu na Amurka, [160]
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though their radar [161] <> duk da cewa na'urarsu ta gano abubuwa (radar) [162]
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and other electronics weren’t quite so sophisticated. [163] <> da sauran na'urorin lantarkinsu ba wasu cukurkudabbu ba ne. [164]
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But the technological leap needed to take an aircraft from Mach 2 to Mach 3 was an enormous challenge. [165] <> Amma bunkasar kere-keren da ake bukata don daga kimar jirgi daga kirar Mach 2 zuwa Mach 3 babban kalubale ne a lokacin. [166]
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And this is what Soviet designers would have to do, as quickly as possible. [167] <> Kuma shi ne abin da ya kamata masu zayyanar Sobiyat su yi da hanzari yadda yake yiwuwa. [168]
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Led by MiG’s brilliant Rostislav Belyakov, [169] <> Karkashin jagorancin mai basira Rostislav Belyakov [170]
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the design team set to work. [171] <> gungun masu zayyana suka yi aiki. [172]
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To fly so fast, [173] <> Tashi da gudu, [174]
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the new fighter would need engines pushing out colossal amounts of thrust. [175] <> sabon jirgin yaki na bukatar injina da zai bashi karfin keta iska. [176]
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Tumansky, the leading engine designer of the USSR, [177] <> Tumansky, ja-gaban masu zayyanar na'ura a Tarayyar Sobiyat (USSR), [178]
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had already built an engine they believed could do the job, [179] <> tuni ya kera injin da ake da tabbacin zai iya yin wannan aiki, [180]
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the R-15 turbojet, which had been intended for a high-altitude cruise missile project. [181] <> wato kirar R-15 turbojet, wanda aka kera shi da manufar cillawa nisan samaniya ya kauce wa makami mai linzami. [182]
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The new MiG would need two of them, [183] <> Wannan sabon jirgin kirar MiG na bukatar irinsu biyu, [184]
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each capable of pushing out 11 tonnes of thrust. [185] <> ta yadda kowanne zai iya samun damar ketawa cikin iska mai nauyin ton 11. [186]
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Flying so fast creates enormous amounts of friction heat [187] <> Tashi da tsananin gudu na haifar da dimbin turjiyar zafi [188]
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as the aircraft pushes against air molecules. [189] <> a lokacin da jirgin ke fafatawa da kwayoyin sinadaran iska. [190]
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When Lockheed built the SR-71 Blackbird, [191] <> Lokacin da Lockheed ya kera jirgi rirar SR-71 Balackbird, [192]
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they built it out of titanium, [193] <> an kera shi ne daga cikin sinadarin titanium, [194]
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which could withstand the enormous heat. [195] <> wanda ke da juriyar tsananin zafi. [196]
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But titanium is expensive and difficult to work with. [197] <> Sai dai sinadarin titanium na da tsada da kuma wahala wajen amfani da shi. [198]
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Instead, MiG went with steel. [199] <> Sabanin haka, MiG an yi shi ne da karfe. [200]
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And lots of it. [201] <> An dibge da sauran abubuwa. [202]
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The MiG-25 was welded together, by hand. [203] <> Wannan kirar MiG-25 an yi masa walda (injuna) da hannu. [204]
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It’s only when you stand next to a MiG-25 – [205] <> Sai ka tsaya ne kawai a kusa da MiG-25 – [206]
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and there are several spending their retirement parked on the grass at some of Russia’s military museums – [207] <> za ka san an kashe kudi kan wadanda ke tsaye cikin ciyawa a farfajiyar gidan adana kayan tarihi sojoji na Rasha, [208]
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that you can fully appreciate just what a task it was. [209] <> ta haka za ka samu tabbaci kan irin aikin da ya yi. [210]
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The MiG-25 is enormous. [211] <> Kirar MiG-25 na da matukar girma. [212]
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At 64ft (19.5m) long, [213] <> A tsawonsa na kafa 64 (mita 19.5), [214]
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it’s only a few feet shorter than a World War Two-era Lancaster bomber. [215] <> da kadan ya gaza kai wa tsawon jirgin yakin luguden bam da aka yi amfani da shi a yakin duniya na biyu, 'Lancaster bomber.' [216]
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The airframe needed to be this big to accommodate the engines and the enormous amount of fuel needed to power them. [217] <> Girman jirgin da ake bukatar dauke da injuna mai shan mai yawa da zai bashi damar aiki. [218]
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“The MiG-25 could carry something like 30,000lbs [219] <> "Kirar MiG-25 zai iya daukar abu mai nauyin laba dubu 30 [220]
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(13,600kg) of fuel,” says Trimble. [221] <> (kilogiram dubu 13 da 600)," inji Trimble. [222]
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That heavy steel airframe [223] <> Karfe mai nauyi da aka kera gangar jikinsa [224]
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was the reason the MiG-25 had such large wings – [225] <> shi ne dalilin da ya sa kirar MiG-25 ke da manyan fuka-fuki – [226]
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not to help it dogfight with US fighters, [227] <> ba wai don ya yi artabu da jiragen yakin Amurka ba, [228]
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but simply in order to keep it in the air. [229] <> amma kawai don ya samu tsayawa tsaf a cikin iska. [230]
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The MiGs were designed to take off and accelerate to Mach 2.5, [231] <> Kirar nau'ukan MiG an tsara su ne yadda za su tashi da gudu kimarsu ta kai ga Mach 2.5, [232]
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guided to approaching targets [233] <> inda ake nusar da su zuwa ga abin da ake son su cimmmasa da karfi, [234]
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by large, ground-based radars. [235] <> ta hanyar sakon na'urar gano abubuwa masu wucewa da ke kasa. [236]
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When they were within 50 miles (80km), [237] <> Idan suna daidai mil 50 (kilomita 80), [238]
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their own on-board radars would be able to take over, [239] <> na'urarsu ta ciki da ke hango abubuwa za ta karbi aikinta, [240]
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and they would fire their missiles – [241] <> sannan za su iya harba makamai masu linzami, [242]
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which, in keeping with the MiG’s enormous size, were some 20-feet-long (6m). [243] <> wanda bisa la'akari da girman kirar MiG sun kai nisan kafa 20 (mita 6) [244]
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In the early 1970s, [245] <> Cikin shekara ta 1970 [246]
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US defence chiefs [247] <> shugabannin tsaron Amurka [248]
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knew nothing about the MiG’s capabilities – [249] <> ba su san komai ba game da karfin aikin kirar MiG – [250]
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though they had given it the codename ‘Foxbat’ [251] <> kodayake sun yi masa laqabi da "Foxbat." [252]
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As a counter to the American Blackbird, [253] <> Don shiga gaban Blackbird na Amurka, [254]
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MiG also built a reconnaissance version, [255] <> an kera MiG bayan da aka yi bincike kan samufurinsa, [256]
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which was unarmed, [257] <> wanda ba ya dauke da makami, [258]
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but carried cameras and other sensors. [259] <> amma yana da kyamarori da maganadisun sunsune-sunsune. [260]
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Without the weight of the missiles and the targeting radar, [261] <> Ba don nauyin makamai masu linzami da na'urar hange, [262]
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this version was lighter – [263] <> wannan nau'in da ya zama sakayau (babu nauyi) – [264]
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and it could fly as fast as Mach 3.2. [265] <> kuma zai iya tashi da gudun gaske tamkar kirar Mach 3.2. [266]
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This was the version spotted by Israel in 1971. [267] <> Wannan shi ne kirar samfurin da Isra'ila ta gano a shekara ta 1971. [268]
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But in the early 1970s, [269] <> Amma a farkon shekara ta 1970, [270]
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defence chiefs in the US knew nothing about the MiG’s capabilities – [271] <> jiga-jigan harkokin tsaron Amurka ba su san komai ba game da karfin aikin kirar MiG, [272]
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though they had given it the codename ‘Foxbat’. [273] <> duk da cewa, sun yi masa lakabin 'Foxbat." [274]
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They knew it only from blurred photos [275] <> Sun san shi ne kawai daga dushi-dushin hotunan [276]
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taken from space and from blips on radar screens above the Mediterranean. [277] <> da aka dauko daga sama ta hanyar wulkitawar na'urar hange ta saman tekun Mediterranean. [278]
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Unless they could somehow get their hands on one, [279] <> Sai dai kuma in wani ya shiga hannunsu, [280]
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it seemed that the MiG would [281] <> don haka wannan ke nuni da cewa kirar MiG [282]
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remain a mysterious threat. [283] <> na nan da cukurkudadden al'amarin barazana. [284]
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That is, until a disillusioned Soviet fighter pilot hatched his plan. [285] <> Wannan shi ne, sai bayan da matukin jirgin yakin Sobiyat da takaici ya kama shi ya aiwatar da manufarsa. [286]
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Viktor Belenko had been a model Soviet citizen. [287] <> Viktor Belenko ya zama abin koyi ga 'yan kasar tarayyar Sobiyat. [288]
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He was born just after the end of World War Two, [289] <> An haife shi ne bayan an kammala yakin duniya na biyu, [290]
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in the foothills of the Caucasus mountains. [291] <> a kasan tsaunukan sassan kasar da ke da iyakar tsakanin Turai da Asiya (Caucasus). [292]
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He entered military service and qualified as a fighter pilot – [293] <> Ya shiga aikin soja, inda ya samu kwarewa a matsayin matukin jirgin yaki – [294]
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a role that brought with it certain perks [295] <> aiki ne da ke tattare da kwarin gwiwa [296]
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compared to the average Soviet citizen. [297] <> idan an kwatanta da na matsakaicin dan Sobiyat. [298]
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But Belenko was disillusioned. [299] <> Amma Belenko ya cika da takaici. [300]
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The father-of-one was facing a divorce. [301] <> Mahaifin guda ne da ke fuskantar rabuwar aure. [302]
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He had started to question the very nature of Soviet society, [303] <> Ya fara bijiro wa kansa tambaya kan yanayin al'ummar Sobiyat, [304]
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and whether America was as evil as the Communist regime suggested. [305] <> da kuma ko mummunar illar Amurka ta kai ta Gwamnatin Kwamunisanci. [306]
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“Soviet propaganda at that time portrayed you as a spoiled rotten society which has fallen apart,” [307] <> "Farfagandar Sobiyat a lokacin ta nuna ku a matsayin al'ummar da zuciyarsu ta gurbatatta," [308]
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Belenko told Full Context magazine in 1996. [309] <> kamar yadda Belenko ya bayyana a wata hirarsa da mujalla a shekara ta 1996. [310]
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“But I had questions in my mind.” [311] <> "Amma ina da tambayoyi a tunanina." [312]
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Belenko realised the huge new fighter he was training in might be his key to escape. [313] <> Belenko ya fahimci cewa sabon babban jirgin da ya samu horo a kai shi zai ba shi damar tserewa. [314]
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He was based at the Chuguyevka Airbase [315] <> A lokacin yana aiki a sansanin jiragen saman soja na Chuguyevka Airbase [316]
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in Primorsky Krai, near the far eastern city of Vladivostok. [317] <> a Primorsky Krai da ke kusa da gabashin birnin Vladivostok. [318]
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Japan was only 400 miles (644km) away. [319] <> Kasar Japan na da nisan mil 400 (kilomita 644) daga wurin. [320]
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The new MiG could fly fast [321] <> Sabon jirgin kirar MiG na iya tashi da gudu, [322]
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and it could fly high, [323] <> kuma ya cilla koli, [324]
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but its two giant gas-guzzling engines [325] <> amma manyan injinasa biyu da ke shan dimbin gas [326]
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meant it couldn’t fly very far – certainly not far enough to land at a US airbase. [327] <> na nuni da cewa jirgin na iya yin tafiya mai nisan gaske - ba lallai ne nisan ya iya danganawa da sansanin sojan saman Amurka ba. [328]
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To evade both Soviet and Japanese military radar, [329] <> Don ya kauce wa na'urorin soja hango abubuwa a Sobiyat da Japan, [330]
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Belenko had to fly very low – about 100ft above the sea [331] <> Belenko ya yi tafiya ne kasa-kasa - kimanin qafa 100 a saman teku. [332]
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On 6 September Belenko flew off [333] <> A ranar 6 ga Satumba Belenko ya tashi sama [334]
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with fellow pilots on a training mission. [335] <> tare da abokan aikinsa da suke samun horo. [336]
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None of the MiGs were armed. [337] <> Babu daya daga cikin jiragen MiG da ke dauke da makamai. [338]
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He had already worked out a rough route, and his MiG had a full tank of fuel. [339] <> Tuni ya sava hanya, kuma jirginsa na MiG na shaqe da mai a tankinsa. [340]
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He broke formation, [341] <> Ya rabu da gungun, [342]
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and within a few minutes he was over the waves, heading towards Japan. [343] <> kuma cikin mintoci kad’an ya fice daga da'irar karvar saqonni, inda ya nufi Japan. [344]
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To evade both Soviet and Japanese military radar, [345] <> Don kauce wa na'urorin hangen sojan Sobiyat da na Japan, [346]
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Belenko had to fly very low – about 100ft (30m) above the sea. [347] <> Belenko ya tashi ne qasa-qasa - tsawon kimanin qafa 100 (mita30) a saman teku. [348]
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When he was far enough into Japanese airspace, [349] <> Lokacin da ya nausa sosai cikin sararin samaniyar Japan, [350]
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he took the MiG up to 20,000ft (6,000m) [351] <> sai ya qara daga jirgin MiG zuwa kafa dubu 20 (mita dubu 6), [352]
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so it could be picked up by Japanese radar. [353] <> ta yadda za a iya hango shi a Japan. [354]
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The surprised Japanese tried to hail this unidentified aircraft, [355] <> Jami'an Japan sun cika da mamakin wannan jirgi da ba su gane kansa ba, [356]
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but Belenko’s radio was tuned to the wrong frequencies. [357] <> amma ga shi na'urar rediyon karbar sakonnin Belenko ta kama wasu tashshi daban. [358]
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Japanese fighters were scrambled, [359] <> Mayakan Japan sai suka fantsama, [360]
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but by then, Belenko had dropped below the thick cloud cover again. [361] <> amma a lokacin Belenko ya yiwo kasa gajimare, inda ya samu lullubi. [362]
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He disappeared off the Japanese radar screens. [363] <> Ya bace wa na'urar hange ta Japan. [364]
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All this time, [365] <> Duk tsawon wannan lokaci, [366]
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the Soviet pilot had been flying by guesswork, [367] <> matukin jirgin Sobiyat na tafiya a sama ne bisa kintace, [368]
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on the memory of maps he’d studied before he’d taken off. [369] <> gwargwadon abin da ya iya tunawa daga taswirar da ya yi nazari kafin tasowarsa. [370]
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Belenko had intended to fly his aircraft to Chitose airbase, [371] <> Belenko dai ya yi nufin zuwa sansanin sojan sama na Chitose ya sauka, [372]
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but with fuel running low, he had to land at the nearest available airport. [373] <> amma da mansa ya fara yin kasa, sai ya nemi filin jirgi mafi kusa. [374]
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That, as it turned out, was Hakdodate. [375] <> Wannnan shi ne dalilin da ya sa ya sauka a Hakdodate [376]
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The Japanese suddenly found themselves with a defecting pilot – [377] <> Kwatsam sai Jami'an Japan suka samu matukin jirgin da ya tsero – [378]
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and a fighter jet that had so far evaded Western intelligence agencies [379] <> da jirgin yakin da ya shammaci hukumomin asirin Yammacin Turai. [380]
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Japan only really knew what they were dealing with when the MiG made its surprise landing. [381] <> Japan kadai ta san abin da suka rika yi wajen tarairayar saukar ban mamaki da jirgi kirar MiG ya yi musu. [382]
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Hakodate’s airport suddenly became a hive of intelligence activity. [383] <> Kwatsam kawai sai filin jirgin saman Hakodate ya cika da jami'an harkokin asiri. [384]
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The CIA was scarcely able to believe its luck. [385] <> Hukumar leken asirin Amurka ta CIA ta kasa gaskata wannan sa'a da ta samu. [386]
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The MiG was exhaustively examined after being moved to a nearby airbase. [387] <> Wannan jirgi kirar MiG an yi masa bincike yadda ya kamata, bayan da aka matsar da shi zuwa sansanin sojan sama da ke kusa. [388]
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“By disassembling the MiG-25 and inspecting it piece-by-piece over several weeks, [389] <> "Bayan da aka yi wa MiG-25 daidai aka yi masa nazarin kwakwaf tsawon makonni, [390]
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they were able to understand exactly what they were capable of,” says Trimble. [391] <> sai suka gano hakikanin abin da zai iya," inji Trimble. [392]
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The Soviets had not built the ‘super-fighter’ the Pentagon had feared, [393] <> Sobiyat ba ta kera wani "hamshakin jirgin yaki" da hukumar tsaron Pentagon ke tsoro ba, [394]
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says Smithsonian aviation curator Roger Connor, [395] <> a cewar mai tattara bayanan kayan tarihin jiragen sama (Smithsonian curator) Roger Connor, [396]
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but an inflexible aircraft built to do a very particular job. [397] <> amma wani jirgi ne mai wuyar sha'ani da aka kera don wani aiki na musamman. [398]
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“The MiG-25 was not a very useful combat aircraft,” says Connor. [399] <> "Kirar MiG ba jirgin yaki ba ne da ke da matukar tasiri a wajen faffatawa," inji Connor. [400]
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“It was an expensive, and cumbersome aircraft, [401] <> "Jirgi ne mai tsada da wuyar sha'ani, [402]
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and it wasn’t particularly effective in combat.” [403] <> kuma ba shi da wani tasiri wajen gwabza yaki." [404]
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There were other problems too. [405] <> Akwai sauran matsaloli. [406]
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Flying at Mach 3 meant enormous pressure on the engines. [407] <> Tashi da jirgi kirar Mach 3 na nuni da matukar tursasawa ga injina. [408]
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Lockheed’s SR-71 had solved this by putting cones in the front of the engines, [409] <> Kirar Lockheed SR-71 ya warware wannan matsalar ta hanyar yi masa tsinin baki a gaban injina, [410]
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which slowed the air down enough so it didn’t damage engine components. [411] <> abin da ke danna iska kasa sosai ta yadda ba za lallata injin ba. [412]
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The air could then be forced out the back of the engine to help generate more thrust. [413] <> Kuma za a tursasa iska ta fita ta baya, ta yadda zai samu karin karfin tashi. [414]
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The MiG tracked at Mach 3.2 by Israel [415] <> Kirar MiG da Isra'ila ta yi kokarin shawo kansa da Mach 3.2 [416]
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in 1971 essentially destroyed its engines in the process [417] <> a shekarar 1971 ya lalata injinansa ta wannan hanyar. [418]
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The MiG’s turbojets [419] <> Na'urar da ke juya injin MiG [420]
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generated thrust by sucking in air to help burn the fuel. [421] <> na zuke iska ta yadda za ta taimaka wajen kona mai. [422]
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Above 2,000mph (3,200km/h), however, things started to go wrong. [423] <> Ya kan tashi sama da mita dubu 2 a awa (kilomita dubu uku da 200 a awa). [424]
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MiG-25 pilots were warned never to exceed Mach 2.8; [425] <> An gargadi matukan MiG-25 cewa ka dasu zartar da Mach 2.8; [426]
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the MiG tracked at Mach 3.2 by Israel in 1971 [427] <> Kirar MiG da Isra'ila ta yi yunkurin shawo kansa da Mach 3.2 a shekara ta 1971 [428]
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essentially destroyed its engines in the process, and was lucky to return to base. [429] <> ya lalata injin ta wannan hanyar, amma an yi sa'ar komowa sansaninsa. [430]
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The spectre of the MiG-25 had caused the US to embark on a major new aircraft project – [431] <> Abin damuwar da aka yi hasashen aukuwarsa game da MiG-25 shi ya sanya Amurka ta himmatu wajen kera sabon jirgi, [432]
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one that had helped create the F-15 Eagle, [433] <> al'amarin da ya haifar da kirar F-15 Eagle, [434]
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a fighter designed to be fast but also highly manoeuvrable like the MiG was thought to be. [435] <> jirgin yaki da aka kera mai gudu, kuma ana iya juya akalarsa tamkar [436]
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Forty years later, the F-15 is still in service. [437] <> yadda aka so kasancewar MiG shekara 40 baya, har yanzu F-15 yana aiki. [438]
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In hindsight, the MiG, which the West had been so worried about, turned out to be a ‘paper tiger’. [439] <> Daga bisani, an gano cewa MiG da Yamma ta firgita da shi, ba wani abu ba ne, "illa damisar takarda.' [440]
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Its massive radar was years behind US models [441] <> Babbar na'urar hangenta kimarta ba ta kai ta Amurka ba, [442]
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because instead of transistors [443] <> saboda maimakon abubuwan sakonnin rediyo, [444]
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it used antiquated vacuum tubes [445] <> sai aka yi amfani da tsofaffin bututu [446]
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(a technology that did, however, make it impervious to electromagnetic pulses from nuclear blasts). [447] <> (wata fasahar kere-kere da ke hana sinadaran lantarki da maganadisu su ketata ta hanyar fashewar nukiliya). [448]
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The huge engines required so much fuel [449] <> Wannan babban inji yana matukar bukatar mai mai yawa [450]
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that the MiG was surprisingly short-ranged. [451] <> al'amarin da ya mayar da kirar MiG koma-baya. [452]
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It could take-off quickly, [453] <> Zai iya tashi nan da nan cikin sauri, [454]
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and fly in a straight line very fast to fire missiles or take pictures. That is about it. [455] <> ya tashi ya nausa a mike ya harba makami ko daukar hotuna. [456]
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The MiG that the Soviet Union had kept hidden from the world for several years [457] <> Kirar MiG da Tarayyar Sobiyat ta boye wa duniya tsawon shekaru [458]
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was partially reassembled, [459] <> an sake harharda shi, [460]
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and then loaded on a boat for its return to the USSR. [461] <> sannan aka dora a jirgin ruwa don mayar da shi tarayyar Sobiyat. [462]
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The Japanese charged the Soviets a $40,000 bill for shipping costs [463] <> Gwamnatin Japan ta bukaci Sobiyat ta biya ta Dala dubu 40 kudin dako [464]
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and the damage Belenko had inflicted at Hakodate airport. [465] <> da diyyar lalata filin jirgin saman Hakodate da Belenko ya yi. [466]
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It’s like Usain Bolt, except it’s a Usain Bolt that’s actually running slower than the marathon runner – [467] <> Tamkar dai Usaini Bolt ne, in ba Usain Bolt ba wane ne ke tseren da bai kai na masu gasar tsere, [468]
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Roger Connor, Smithsonian Air & Space Museum [469] <> a cewar Roger Cannor, mai tattara bayanan kayan tarihin sufurin jiragen sama na Smithsonian Air & Space Museum. [470]
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It soon became clear that the much-feared MiG was unable to intercept the US military’s SR-71, [471] <> Ba da dadewa ba aka gano cewa kirar MiG da ake tsoro ba zai iya shawo kan jirgin yakin Amurka kirar SR-71, [472]
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one of the planes it was built to deal with. [473] <> daya daga cikin jiragen da aka yi nufin shan kansu. [474]
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“The one big difference between the MiG and the SR-71, is that the SR-71 is not only fast, but it’s running a marathon,” says Connor. [475] <> "Bambanci tsakanin MiG da SR-71 ba gudu kadai ne ba, har da gasar tseren dogon zango, " inji Connor. [476]
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“The MiG is doing a sprint. [477] <> "Kirar MiG ta kafa ta cilla da gudu. [478]
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It’s like Usain Bolt, except it’s a Usain Bolt that’s actually running slower than the marathon runner.” [479] <> Tamkar dai Usain Bolt, in ba Usain Bolt wane ne zai mayar da kansa baya a lokacin da yake zakaran gasar tsere." [480]
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These limitations didn’t stop MiG building more than 1,200 MiG-25s. [481] <> Duk da wadannan nakasun ba a daina kera MiG ba, har aka samar da fiye da Dubu da 200 MiG-25. [482]
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The ‘Foxbat’ became a prestige plane for Soviet-backed air forces, [483] <> Lakabin 'Foxbat' ya zama abin alfahari ga sojan saman Sobiyat, [484]
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who saw the propaganda value in fielding the second-fastest plane on Earth. [485] <> wadanda suka ga alfanu fito da jirgi mafi gudu na biyu a duniya. [486]
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Algeria and Syria are still thought to be flying them today. [487] <> Aljeriya da Siriya ana sa ran suna amfani da su har zuwa yau. [488]
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India used the reconnaissance model with great success for 25 years; [489] <> Indiya ta yi amfani da wani sabon samfuri da ta samu gagarumar nasararsa tsawon shekara 25; [490]
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they were only retired in 2006 because of a lack of spare parts. [491] <> an dakatar da amfani da su ne a shekara ta 2006 saboda rashin kayan gyara. [492]
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The fear of the MiG-25 was its most impressive effect, says Trimble. [493] <> Tsoron kirar MiG da aka yi ta yi kyakkyawan tasiri, a cewar Trimble. [494]
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“Until 1976, [[[the]] US] didn’t know that it wasn’t capable of intercepting the SR-71, [495] <> "Kafin shekara ta 1976, (Amurka) ba a san cewa ba za ta iya shan kan kirar SR-71, [496]
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and that kept them out of Soviet airspace the entire period. [497] <> al'amarin da ya hana su shawagi a sararin samaniyar Sobiyat tsawon wancan lokacin. [498]
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The Soviets had been very sensitive to the idea of these overflights.” [499] <> Sobiyat ta yi matukar lura da jiragen da ke yada zango a kasarta." [500]
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Belenko himself did not return to the USSR with his partially dismantled fighter plane. [501] <> Belenko bai koma Tarayyar Sobiyat da jirgin yakinsa da aka ciccira ba. [502]
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The high-profile defector was allowed to move to the United States – [503] <> Wannan babban dan gudun hijira an ba shi dama ya koma kasar Amurka, [504]
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his US citizenship personally approved by US president Jimmy Carter – [505] <> inda ya zama cikakken dan kasa tare da amincewar Shugaban Amurka Jimmy Carter, [506]
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where he become an aeronautics engineer [507] <> inda ya zama injiniya jirgin sama, [508]
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and consultant to the US Air Force. [509] <> kuma kwararren mai bayar da shawara ga rundunar sojan saman Amurka. [510]
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His military ID, [511] <> Katin shaidarsa [512]
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and the notes he scribbled on a knee pad [513] <> da takardar bayanan da ya like a makarin kokon gwiwa [514]
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as he flew above the Sea of Japan [515] <> lokacin da ya tashi a saman tekun Japan [516]
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are now on display at the CIA Museum in Washington DC. [517] <> yanzu an baje su a gidan kayan tarihi na Hukumar leken asirin Amurka ta CIA da ke birnin Washington DC. [518]
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The MiG-25’s shortcomings, and the arrival of the American F-15, [519] <> Nakasun kirar MiG da zuwan jirgin yakin Amurka kirar F-15, [520]
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spurred Soviet designers to come up with new designs. [521] <> shi ya ingiza masu zayyana a tarayyar Sobiyat suka fito da sabuwar zayyana. [522]
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Trimble says this eventually led to the Su-27 series designed by MiG’s rival Sukhoi. [523] <> Trimble ya ce wannan lamari shi ya haifar da samuwar kirar Su-27 da abokan hamayyar MiG Sukhoi suka fito da shi. [524]
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It has been built in a myriad of ever-improving versions. [525] <> An kera shi ne ta hanyar inganta dimbin samfurin kirar. [526]
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It is exactly the kind of plane the Pentagon worried about at the beginning of the 1970s – fast and nimble – [527] <> Wannan shi ne hakikanin jirgin da Pentagon ta damu da shi a farkon shekara ta 1970 ga gudu da karfin tashi – [528]
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and the newer versions are probably the best fighter plane flying today, he says. [529] <> sannan sababbin samfurin kirarsa ta yiwu su ne jiragen yaki mafi nagarta a yau, kamar yadda ya ce. [530]
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The MiG-25’s story hasn’t ended entirely either. [531] <> Karshen labarin kirar MiG bai zo ba. [532]
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The design was heavily modified to create the MiG-31, [533] <> Domin an inganta zayyanarsa har aka samar da kirar MiG-31, [534]
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a fighter armed with sophisticated sensors, [535] <> wani jirgin yaki mai cukurkudaddun na'urorin sansano bayanai, [536]
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a powerful radar and better engines. [537] <> na'urar hange mai karfi da managartan injina. [538]
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“The MiG-31 is essentially a full realisation of what the MiG-25 was supposed to be,” says Trimble. [539] <> "Kirar MiG-31 ita ta cimma cikakkiyar manufar da ta sanya aka kera MiG-25 don ya cimmawa," a cewar Trimble. [540]
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The MiG-31 entered service a few years before the end of the Cold War, [541] <> Kirar MiG-31 ya fara aiki ne shekaru kadan kafin karshen yakin cacar baki, [542]
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and hundreds still patrol Russia’s vast borders. [543] <> kuma daruruwansa har yanzu suna yin sintiri a kan maka-makan iyakokin Rasha. [544]
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Western observers [545] <> Masu bin kadin al'amura [546]
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have had plenty of opportunities to see the MiG-31 at airshows, [547] <> sun samu dammar ganin qirar MiG-31 a baje kolin jiragen sama, [548]
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though much of their inner workings remain closely guarded. [549] <> ko da yake mafi yawan kayan da ke aikinsa an kange su. [550]
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After all, no Russian pilot has decided – [551] <> Baya ga wannan, babu wani matukin jirgin Rasha da ya taba yanke irin wannan kudiri [552]
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for whatever reason – [553] <> saboda wani dalili, [554]
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to seek exile outside of that vast country, [555] <> har ta nemi zuwa gudun hijira a wajen wannan hamshakiyar kasa, [556]
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and flown their MiG-31 to an unsuspecting foreign airfield. [557] <> ya kuma tashi a kirar MiG zuwa filin saukar jirage kasar wajen da ba a zata ba. [558]