{
  "id": "mig-23ml",
  "name": "MiG-23ML (Flogger-G)",
  "aliases": [],
  "domain": "air",
  "country": "RUS",
  "category": "Fighter aircraft",
  "status": null,
  "fielded": 1978,
  "operators": [
    "RUS",
    "AGO",
    "CUB",
    "LBY",
    "PRK",
    "SYR"
  ],
  "prolif_count": 5,
  "summary": "MiG-23ML The early \"Flogger\" variants were intended to be used in high-speed missile attacks, but it was soon noticed that fighters often had to engage in more stressful close-in combat. Early production aircraft had actually suffered cracks in the fuselage during their service career.",
  "specs": [
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Manufacturer",
      "section": "system",
      "v": "Mikoyan-Gurevich / Mikoyan",
      "src": [
        "weg-mig-23ml"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "crew",
      "v": 1,
      "src": [
        "weg-mig-23ml"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Hardpoints",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "2 × fuselage, 2 × wing glove and 2 × wing pylons with a capacity of up to 3,000 kg (6,600 lb) of stores",
      "src": [
        "weg-mig-23ml"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "length_m",
      "v": 15.88,
      "src": [
        "weg-mig-23ml"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Wing area",
      "section": "dims",
      "v": "27.3 m sq",
      "src": [
        "weg-mig-23ml"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "height_m",
      "v": 4.8,
      "src": [
        "weg-mig-23ml"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "mass_kg",
      "v": 10000,
      "src": [
        "weg-mig-23ml"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "label": "Empty weight"
    },
    {
      "k": "engine_name",
      "v": "1 x Khachaturov R-35-300",
      "src": [
        "weg-mig-23ml"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "ceiling_m",
      "v": 18300,
      "src": [
        "weg-mig-23ml"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "G limits",
      "section": "mobility",
      "v": "+8.5",
      "src": [
        "weg-mig-23ml"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Rate of climb",
      "section": "mobility",
      "v": "230 m/s",
      "src": [
        "weg-mig-23ml"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Search/Track Radar",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "High Lark J-band",
      "src": [
        "weg-mig-23ml"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Infrared",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "IRST with IR sensor",
      "src": [
        "weg-mig-23ml"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Radar Warning",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "Sirena 3",
      "src": [
        "weg-mig-23ml"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Missile Systems: air-to-air missiles",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "*2 × R-60 *R-73 *2 × R-23 *R-77 *2 × R-27R",
      "src": [
        "weg-mig-23ml"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Missile Systems: air-to-surface missiles",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "*Kh-23 Grom",
      "src": [
        "weg-mig-23ml"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Bomb Weapon Systems",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "Bombs: Up to 500 kg (1,100 lb) bombs per hardpoint",
      "src": [
        "weg-mig-23ml"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "armament",
      "v": "Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-23; R-23; NATO: AA-7 Apex; S-5",
      "src": [
        "weg-mig-23ml"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    }
  ],
  "payloads": [
    {
      "name": "Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-23",
      "role": "Autocannon",
      "src": [
        "weg-mig-23ml"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "caps": {
        "Type": "Autocannon",
        "Caliber": "23mm",
        "Rate of fire": "3,400–3,600 rounds/min"
      },
      "qty": "1 × 23 mm Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-23L autocannon"
    },
    {
      "name": "R-23; NATO: AA-7 Apex",
      "role": "Air-to-Air Missile",
      "src": [
        "weg-mig-23ml"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "caps": {
        "Type": "Air-to-Air Missile",
        "Guidance": "semi-active radar homing",
        "Warhead": "expanding-rod high explosive",
        "Warhead weight": "25 kg",
        "Speed": "Mach 3",
        "Length": "4.50 m"
      },
      "range_km": 35
    },
    {
      "name": "S-5",
      "role": "Rocket",
      "src": [
        "weg-mig-23ml"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "caps": {
        "Type": "Rocket"
      }
    }
  ],
  "variants": [],
  "art": "fighter",
  "image": {
    "file": "mig-23ml.jpg",
    "thumb": "mig-23ml-thumb.jpg",
    "credit": "Alan Wilson from Stilton, Peterborough, Cambs, UK",
    "license": "CC BY-SA 2.0",
    "url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MiG-23_pair_and_a_MiG-21_at_the_Patriot_Museum_(38070137696).jpg",
    "title": "File:MiG-23 pair and a MiG-21 at the Patriot Museum (38070137696).jpg"
  },
  "verified": null,
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-10",
      "change": "Entry created from the Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN), bulk import"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-10",
      "change": "Added photo (CC BY-SA 2.0)"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.defensepedia.com/systems/mig-23ml.html",
  "sources": {
    "weg-mig-23ml": {
      "title": "MiG-23ML (Flogger-G) Russian Fighter Aircraft",
      "publisher": "U.S. Army TRADOC G-2 Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN)",
      "url": "https://odin.t2com.army.mil/WEG/Asset/MiG-23ML_Flogger-G_Russian_Fighter_Aircraft",
      "published": "2026-03-20",
      "tier": 1,
      "checked": "2026-10-10"
    }
  }
}