The Yak-141 was the Soviet Union’s boldest attempt at a supersonic, carrier-based vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) fighter. Developed in the 1980s, it set 12 world records and was engineered with ...

Read also Russia to develop wing-in-ground-effect craft armed with missiles by 2027 The Yakovlev Design Bureau had been developing the Yak-141 multirole supersonic vertical take-off and landing ...