Mikoyan-Gurevich 23-01

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| name=Mikoyan-Gurevich 23-01

| image=File:Mikoyan 23-01.png

| caption=a 2-view of the 23-01

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| type=Mikoyan-Gurevich 23-01

| national origin=USSR

| manufacturer=OKB Mikoyan-Gurevich

| designer=V A Mikoyan (project manager)

| first flight=3 April 1967

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| developed from= Mikoyan-Gurevich 23-31 / Izdeliye 92

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The Mikoyan-Gurevich 23-01, aka Izdeliye 92 and (erroneously) Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23PD, NATO reporting name Faithless, was a 1960s STOL fighter / attack aircraft, designed in the USSR, to fulfil a requirement for ground-attack and fighter aircraft able to operate from short runways.

Specifications (23-01)

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|ref=Soviet X-Planes{{cite book |last1=Gordon |first1=Yefim |title=Soviet X-Planes |year=2000 |publisher=Midland |location=Hinkley |isbn=978-1-85780-099-9 |last2=Gunston |first2=Bill |pages=118–119}}

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  • Take-off run: {{cvt|180|-|200|m|0}} at light AUW
  • Landing run: {{cvt|250|m|0}} with brake parachute

|missiles= displayed with dummy Vympel R-23R and R-23T missiles on two underwing pylons

|avionics=Provision for a large fire-control radar in the nose

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