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The Yakovlev Yak-43 was a Soviet VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) fighter designed as a successor to the ill-fated Yakovlev Yak-141M which failed to reach production. Like the Yak-141M the Yak-43 was also not produced. The Yak-43 was to have been the third generation VTOL/STOL fighter to follow and eventually replace the Yak-141M.