Newsmax seems to be a pretty loopy right-wing rag, but this article detailing the excavation of a MiG-25 has some darned cool pictures with it:
Junkyardblog has an interesting analasys of the whole thing.
Those are simply amazing pictures. Doesn't the sand destroy all the electronics and stuff?
Posted by: Pat on August 7, 2003 11:21 AMDepends on how well the preped it before burying it. It also depends on how long it's been burried.
Posted by: Jeff on August 7, 2003 11:43 AMYou're assuming it was buried for later use, and not buried to avoid implicating the French and Russians in violations of the UN sanctions.
Posted by: Tatterdemalian on August 7, 2003 06:44 PM