YAKOVLEV Yak-25RV/RRV "Mandrake" Soviet interceptor 1962

Description

The Yakovlev Yak-25 (NATO designation Flashlight-A/Mandrake) was a swept wing, turbojet-powered interceptor aircraft and reconnaissance aircraft built by Yakovlev and used by the Soviet Union. The Yak-25 originated from a need for long-range interceptors to protect the USSR’s northern and eastern territory. A reconnaissance derivative of the Yak-25, the Yak-25RV (Razvedchick Vysotnyj, "high-altitude reconnaissance"), was developed in 1959 (NATO codename ’Mandrake’). A few were used in the late 1970s for monitoring of radioactive contamination, with specialized sensors; these were designated Yak-25RRV (Scale : 1/72e)