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Based on the RP-22SM Sapfir-21 radar with an ASP-PFD-21 lead computing gunsight, it could carry only four R-3/K-13 (AA-2 "Atoll") air-to-air missiles (typically two SARH R-3Rs and two IR R-3Ss) in addition to a Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-23L autocannon. The initial production variant, the MiG-23S, was fitted with the S-21 fire control system borrowed from the MiG-21S/SM. The armament carried by the MiG-23 changed as new models underwent development. The MiG-23's designers kept the MiG-23 light and agile enough to dogfight with enemy fighters.
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Both the F-111 and the MiG-23 were designed as fighters, but the heavy weight and inherent stability of the F-111 turned it into a long-range interdictor and kept it out of the fighter role. The Soviets, however, wanted a much lighter, single-engined fighter to maximize agility. The General Dynamics F-111 and McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II were the main Western influences on the MiG-23. The first production " MiG-23S" (NATO reporting name 'Flogger-A') took to the air on, with Fedotov at the controls.
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The order to start series production of the MiG-23 was given in December 1967. All featured the Tumansky R-27-300 turbojet engine with a thrust of 77 kN (17,300 lbf). Six more flight prototypes and two static-test prototypes were prepared for further flight and system testing. The maiden flight of 23–11 took place on 10 June 1967, flown by the famous MiG test pilot Aleksandr Vasilyevich Fedotov (who set the absolute altitude record in 1977 in a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25).
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The 23-11 featured variable-geometry wings which could be set to angles of 16, 45 and 72 degrees, and it was clearly more promising. This led Mikoyan to consider two options: lift jets, to provide an additional lift component, and variable-geometry wings, which had been developed by TsAGI for both "clean-sheet" aircraft designs and adaptations of existing designs. Manoeuvrability was not an urgent requirement. Low-level speed and handling was also to be improved over the MiG-21. The VVS demanded the new aircraft have a much shorter take-off run. A major design consideration was take-off and landing performance. The new aircraft was required to have better performance and range than the MiG-21, while carrying more capable avionics and weapons including beyond-visual-range (BVR) missiles. Work began on a replacement for the MiG-21 in the early 1960s. The MiG-23's predecessor, the MiG-21, was fast and agile, but limited in its operational capabilities by its primitive radar, short range, and limited weapons load (restricted in some aircraft to a pair of short-range R-3/K-13 (AA-2 "Atoll") air-to-air missiles).
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Among many minor changes, the MiG-27 replaced the MiG-23's nose-mounted radar system with an optical panel holding a laser designator and a TV camera. The basic design was also used as the basis for the Mikoyan MiG-27, a dedicated ground-attack variant.
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Today the MiG-23 remains in limited service with some export customers. Production started in 1969 and reached large numbers with over 5,000 aircraft built, making it the most produced variable-sweep wing aircraft in history. It was the first Soviet fighter to field a look-down/shoot-down radar, the RP-23 Sapfir, and one of the first to be armed with beyond-visual-range missiles. It is a third-generation jet fighter, alongside similar Soviet aircraft such as the Su-17 "Fitter". The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 ( Russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-23 NATO reporting name: Flogger) is a variable-geometry fighter aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau in the Soviet Union.