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TIL:The MiG 23 ‘Flogger’ plane had stainless steel structure. There were failures due to design issues & steel not being degassed(melted in vacuum to avoid hydrogen embrittlement). Gen. Mishuk told some Mikoyan OKB folks: "It would’ve been cheaper for the country to make your product from pure gold"

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