The point is that both aircraft needed GCI assistance. I know one day the Mig 25 missed the first intercept as it was too slow launching. On its second attempt later in the day it was assessed as successful. In the recovery it violated Swedish, Norwegian, Danish and West German airspace.
SR-71 over the Baltic by any chance PN, Foxbat got within 5 NM of its stern from what I was told by somebody that saw it on a Radar in an unusual location.