India's Flying Coffins
Earlier this month, yet another Russian-origin MIG-21 fighter crashed in the desert state of Rajasthan, killing a young trainee pilot and once more underlining what is perhaps the worst crash rate of any combat aircraft in operation anywhere in the world.
Not for nothing, the aircraft have been dubbed flying coffins. But in a bigger sense, their continue…
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