[sukhoi-30mki]

[sukhoi-30mki]

Lots of hot air with a few interesting tidbits.

[PLMerite]

[Sirius Lee]

Cool! I didn’t know they were still making the MIG 25.

[Yo-Yo]

All modern fighters (except for the fifth generation fighter aircraft) are not fully supersonic, since their supersonic flight time is limited to 5–15 minutes, due to various kinds of restrictions in the airframe design.

I assume the author is speaking only of Russian aircraft, such as the predecessor MiG-25 that could dash at Mach 2.5 and burn out its engines in the process.

[thackney]

Duration of the MiG-31 supersonic flight is only limited by the fuel supply

Would that not be the limiting factor of all supersonic aircraft?

[LeonardFMason]

The real name of this jet is the MiG-TARGET.

[piytar]

“the world’s first phased-array antenna.”

Laughable...

[ontap]

It would have been ahead of it’s time....if they had developed it in 1965 instead of 1975!!!

[doorgunner69]

Wasn’t the Mig-31 a revamp of the Mig-25 Foxbat?

[Red Badger]

Ahead of its time?
It’s time must be 1975...................

[Tallguy]

“The MiG-31 is capable of intercepting and destroying any target from low-flying satellites to cruise missiles. A group of interceptors can control a large portion of air space, by directing fighters to any target, as well as ground-based anti-aircraft missiles.”

(wondering why Saddam buried his MiG-31’s in the sand)

[gura]

80,000lbs?!?!?!?!