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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
The
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
(;
NATO reporting name
:
Fishbed
) is a
supersonic
jet
fighter aircraft
, designed by the
Mikoyan-Gurevich
Design Bureau
in the
Soviet Union
. It was popularly nicknamed "Balalaika", from the aircraft's planform-view resemblance to the
Russian stringed musical instrument
or
olówek
by Polish pilots due to the shape of its
fuselage
.
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