A hands-on guide to Russia's primary frontline fighter, the MiG-29, which closed the technological gap between Soviet and NATO fast jets. Artwork and photographs illustrate a text which takes the reader step-by-step through a MiG-29 mission, revealing how its sensors and weapon systems can combine to bring down Tomahawk cruise missiles.

The last and most capable of the Soviet interceptors, the MiG-29 closed the technological gap between Soviet and NATO fast jets. After the unification of Germany, the Luftwaffe retained both squadrons of former East German MiG-29s, so our voices "from the cockpit" include veteran German pilots as well as Russians. Artwork and photographs support a text that takes the reader step-by-step through a MiG-29 mission, revealing how its sensors and weapon systems can combine to bring down even Tomahawk cruise missiles.