The new Mikoyan interceptor
The Russian military aircraft design bureau Mikoyan Gurevich has since the 1940’s been building many famous military aircraft, some of the aircraft being real stallions in terms of speed. Two of these are the MiG-25 and the MiG-31 which has both been capable of speeds of over Mach 3.2 and 2.83 respectively. MiGFlug offered both for flights in the past, read more here. Now there have been rumors that MiG is trying to do it again – building a superfast interceptor. The current name of the project is MiG-41 with speeds projected to be of over Mach 4.0. According to the famous Russian experimental pilot Anatoliy Kvochur, the MiG-41 is to be capable of reaching speeds up to Mach 4.3 (about 5270km/h or 3270mph).
MiG-25 Foxbat – The legend
Picture of a MiG-25 from behind showing the engines that got it to Mach 3.2.
To start the history we have to go back to 1964, at the introduction of the MiG-25 Foxbat. Built to be able to intercept missiles and high-speed American aircraft (such as the SR-71) it had a speed which was almost as high as the Blackbirds and a service ceiling of 20,700 meters. A big advantage it had over the SR-71 was that it was not only a surveillance aircraft, but it also carried four air-to-air missiles as well which made it a deadly weapon. Unlike the Blackbird which was only built in a few copies, the success of the MiG-25 made it having over 1,100 units built! To say the least, this was a success, and only 17 years later the next step in the Mikoyan series had its introduction.
Foxhound – the successor of the MiG-25
Mikoyan Gurevich-31 “Foxhound”.
The MiG-31, NATO reporting name Foxhound, was its name. It had a top speed of 2.83 Mach and a service ceiling almost as high as the MiG-25. It was built to intercept and take out targets at any altitude within its service ceiling and it is effective at any weather condition, day or night. It is also built to be effective against passive and active electronic countermeasures and against heat flares. The big improvement over its predecessor is its weapons arsenal. The Mig-31 can be equipped with a very big arsenal of weapons and guns, which are listed below:
| Guns: | 1x Gsh-6-23 cannon |
| Missiles: | 4× R-33 (AA-9 ‘Amos’6× R-37 (AA-X-13 ‘Arrow’6× R-37 long-range missiles4× R-33 long-range missile4× R-60 (AA-8 ‘Aphid’)4× R-73 (AA-11 ‘Archer’)
4× R-77 (AA-12 ‘Adder (only some aircraft) Kh-31P (AS-17 ‘Krypton’) |
As can be seen, the weapons arsenal of the Foxhound is a big step up from the Foxbat who only featured these weapons:
| Guns: | none |
| Missiles (These four missiles equipped at the same time): | 2x R-40R (AA-6 “Acrid”)2x R-40T missiles |
The MiG-31 has many other advantages as well; some smaller, some bigger, such as the second seat which is dedicated to a weapon officer having control of the weapons. In the MiG-25, the pilot was in charge of the weapons as well as the flying. The MiG-31 was capable of supersonic speed at low altitudes, something that the MiG-25 was not, this the Foxhound has its upgraded and stronger airframe to thank for. Some other improvements are the wing loading, ferry range, and the thrust/weight area which is more than double the one of the MiG-25 (0.85 vs 0.41).
MiG-41 – what will it be about?
So now to the point of this article, the MiG-41. There is not very much known because it is, just like all top modern military projects, very secret. But we do know that there is a program going on as the deputy Alexander Tarnaev at the Russian State Duma Defense Committee said this during an interview at the Cultural Center of the Russian Armed Forces: “The corresponding decision was taken by the Chief of the General Staff; he has already signed the document to carry out research work on the MiG-41 project”. We also know that the new MiG will be based off of the Foxhound as Tarnaev also said this about the project: “Will embody all the advantages of the MiG-31 fighter-interceptor jet”. To do this they will need testing platforms, which might be why hundreds of MiG-31s will be overhauled and put into service with the Russian Air Force.
What we will see when the MiG-41 will be introduced is still unknown as the project is rather new and not very much has been leaked. Howeve,r when looking at how the MiG-31 developed from the Foxbat and thinking about the MiG-41’s mach 4.0 (even 4.3) capability we can say that it will probably be a heavily armed interceptor with high service ceiling and – obviously – a very high speed.
If you are interested in additional reading:
- Did you know that it is possible to fly in a MiG-29 fighter jet to the Edge of Space, as a Civilian? Read more.
- Read about the American SR-71, the world’s fastest aircraft here!
- Read about another Russian project from the 30’s: The Kalinin K-7 bomber here.
Sources:
- Theaviationist.com
- Globalaviationreport.com
- Militaryphotos.net
- ruaviation.com
mig 41 speed just like missile
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The only advantage US has is Stealth F-22. Nothing else measures up to Mig-41. There are 6th Gen US pilotless, or pilot.
But not till mid-20’s.
US simply values Stealth over speed. SR-22 very fast, but uses too much fuel. US blew it not going for YF-23. IT WAS FAST!
Happy I am so much in agreed on Yf-23, especially long range and low IR sig
the us will need a new missile after mig 41 enter the service,aim 9x quit useless to mig 41 cuz it faster
This article is a load of bullshit, apparently written by a 12 year old Russian.
Sheer nonsense and hyperbole.. Mach 4plus..
i am an enthusiast in russian weaponry since the great patrotic war. i short i would like say 4th generation is good platform but with the successes of Micoyan company, a stealth variant will more practical with new avionics to outperform the American F35 capabilities.. A mach 4.0 or more is a plus to that effect.
It’ll be junk and a deathtrap just like everything else the Russians make
Said the fool whose taxes go toward the laughable Fraud-35 instead of healthcare or education, the need for which you are a poster boy. LOL!
At this point in time, money spent on youth is a waste of resources; too far gone to be saved. They need to be purged, and suffer, before they relearn basic cultural values that make a society civilised.
Junk & death trap…. Pourquoi?
Wow, there are a lot of putins pets here!
Russia has nothing to cope with the F-22 or F-35. This plane is a pipedream, it won’t fly Mach 4, because it won’t fly ever! Just like the fake SU-57, which only 12 copies were made before the program was terminated and 25% of the aircraft built, crashed! Just like the dead T-14 Aramade-crap tank. Supposed to be over 2,000 already operational, yet there is only 100…..that’s 5% of the total promised by putin…..more crap!
Now that Ukraine exposed how crappy russian military and equipment actually is, including the near useless s-400 and many other weapons, what do you putin lovers think about the mig-41? You know it’s a joke right? Even if they could make it, odds are it would hit any missile it fired, or if armed and flying at those speeds, the missiles would be ripped off the aircraft, or more likely, rip the wings off the plane if it tried to bank, roll or turn.
But hey, good luck vlad and all you sad russia fluffers, this has America shaking in our boots!
just like that russian crap shoot down over 2000+ us planes and helicopters over vietnam. that crap is much better than yours 🙂
You mean 5000 helicopters and close to 3000 aircraft, by a 3rd world country (at the time) with basic Russian AA weapons, no S500
So why is russia so much behind on coming out with new tech? America is retiring stealth aircraft while russia is still scratching thier head on how to build one. You wish you could compete
It’s not behind you brainlet. Russia has not invested as much into stealth because it’s an offensive military utility. It’s the US that goes around bombing and invading sovereign countries on an annual basis, which is why they need aircraft carriers and penetrator bombers. If you want to see Russian technological prowess, then look at their anti-air, anti-ship, and hypersonic weapons. Or the fricking fact that NASA uses Russian technology to get their astronauts to space.
Another plus is that Russia will still exist in 30 years, unlike the US.
“So why is Russia so much behind on coming out with new tech? America is retiring stealth aircraft while Russia is still scratching their head only how to build one. You wish you could compete”
First of all, I had to correct some misspellings and grammatical errors in your comment. Just compare your comment against the one quoted in this one. Did you have a hard time in school?
Care to provide information that the US is “retiring” it’s stealth aircraft and how are the Russians behind? The F-22 and the F-35 are disasters both in functionality and economics. But the government doesn’t care since it’s our tax dollars being spent. I think you’re the one who is clueless.
Why it doesn’t have stealth? Because it doesn’t need it? It is America’s job to go around other countries without permission and do bombings. Russians don’t have a purpose for this. Russia still produces the best dogfight fighters such as the Mig 29
They may not be so far behind. They more likely much more advanced than the US thinks. The Russians most likely keep the real number military weapons and their best technology secret unlike so many of the stupid US politicians and military Generals.
Wanna know a plane that the russians never could shoot down. The SR-71 Blackbird. No russian weapon could hit the SR-71
LOL. You do know that mig 31 is just a bit slower than sr71 but its missiles go at least mach 6? You are dead if you are within 200miles of that mig. Sr71 is a giant plane – it cant outmanouver those missiles.
An air-to-air missile with a range of two hundred miles! How big is the launch platform?
LOL, the MiG 31 was A LOT slower than the Blackbird. The MiG 31 (max 2.83 mach) was even slower than the MiG 25 (max 3.2 mach).
The maximum speed of the SR-71 was never disclosed to the general public, meaning the official specs that you read online etc, are not a true representation of how fast the Blackbird could fly.
But, aside from that, assuming the MiG’s long range missiles could actually travel at mach 6, a MiG wouldn’t be able to even get close enough to the SR-71 to make the missile all that dangerous.
With a great separation, and the Blackbird traveling away at high speed, a missile needs to close the distance between itself and a target speeding away at more than mach 3.5. Even traveling at mach 6, it doesn’t have an unlimited fuel supply. most long range missiles burn through their fuel within a minute or less. Sidewinders and other short range missiles even less, usually between 6 and 10 seconds. Once it uses up its fuel, it has to rely on its kinetic energy to continue to fly. Every second it flies through the air without fuel, it’s losing energy and speed. If the SR-71 has sufficient separation (and let’s face it, back then it most likely would have), the missile will lose all it’s energy and fall out of the sky. Especially if the Blackbird pilot decided to drag the missile down into thicker air, and bleed off its energy even faster.
Your comments betray the fact that you know nothing about why the SR-71 was so effective at avoiding any and all Soviet attempts to shoot it down during the Cold war, and also anything about what air-to-air missiles can and can’t do… LOL
Coming out with new tech does not mean a good strategy. Military Doctrine has more to do with the Russian philosophy that won them WW2.
Just ask Hitler or Guderian.
Eg..US high tech did not help in Vietnam. “Junk” AKs outperformed ” high tech ” M16s…hahaha
Silly….the US STOPPED SR71 flights over Russia after the MIG 25.
Its dumb to underestimate whoever you pick on as your enemy its even dumber to be uninformed.
Buddy. America lost less than 300 planes in the Vietnam war. In comparison, the US Air Force shot down over 2800 flying scrapheaps I believe you refer to as “migs”. 10:1 kill Ratio is never bad lmao.
@Educatedpilot
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_losses_of_the_Vietnam_War
> In total, the United States military lost in Vietnam almost 10,000 aircraft, helicopters and UAVs (3,744 planes[3], 5,607 helicopters[2] and 578 UAVs[4] ).
> The great majority of U.S. combat losses in all areas of Southeast Asia were to AAA.
Mig-25 was a legend and the best one in category when was deployed, Mig-31 is still the top one in the class even today, and Mig-41 will not be different.
how you can be ignorant like this? Mig-29 was the best dogfighter in the world, beaten by Mig-35.
Sukhoi series today are undeniably with clearance by technical and professional view the BEST aircrafts in the world in overall, Su-27 carry weapons with more range than any modern american aircraft today in the same class, is more agile, faster, carry ecm (forget missiles and silent lockon systens, any electronic material not work when ecm is active, no one today uses non-electrical computer yet to survive it), and is can fly for hours without additional fuel tanks, has larger loadout than any american aircraft, and sukhoi is not vulnerable to rain, not take critical failure with only 1 hour flying, not break the horizontal stabilizer joint, not cost billions per unit, not cost billions per hour of flight, these fails are from f22 (YES, EVERYTHING WAS CONFIRMED).
the largest submarine in the world is russian, the largest and best aircraft in the world is russian (has few units, and is very required by usa to service), the best AA system in the world is russian, the largest and the best helicopter in the world is russian, the best armored vehicle in the world is russian. the best offroad vehicle in the world is russian, and it was ranked by all countries, including usa.
and russians has hottest girls.
why the hell you said they build “junk” even if everything that I said is true? do you live in a small box???
I love the Russian women, I want them all
Best response of the whole conversation.
Did you know that the highest recorded speed of the might 25 is higher than that of the sr-71? And that the mig 25 is the only jet to ever close the gap on a blackbird trying to escape? At the time, it wasn’t shot down because both jets were too fast for the missiles, but try that again and someone is eating crow.
Brutha, You speak the truth. Russian girls are hot as the Sun. Russian blokes though they got hit with the ugly stick at birth. Then Momma kept whipping you boys with the ugly stick until your ugliness became truly awe inspiring.
Chilean girls my friend are the hottest on the planet although I have had both Estonian and Finnish ‘girl friends’ and they were beyond stunning as well.
Now back to military matters… No question the Russians got the best AA systems. They kick ass. They also have a lot of other excellent tech. The best subs are American and they got plenty in the water. You never hear them even after they put some explosives up your tail. Like their planes. F22’s and F35’s won’t need to be in the air for long to take down a substantial part of any adversary’s arsenal.
The key is always tactics and the quality / quantity of weaponary that you can deploy (and keep deployed) at the point of contact. Americans (and Israeli’s) are master tacticians. They break down a defense system piece by piece. However if you deny them forward basing options (aircraft carriers are vulnerable to long range hypersonic weapons), take the initiative and are ruthless in your execution you can keep them off your doorstep.
BTW what were those nut jobs in the US thinking when they put a lunatic in charge of a stockpile of nuclear weapons that could break the world like an egg and that’s before the Russians or Chinese threw all their devices into an exchange.
America has scrapped aircraft carriers russia would sport ad new tech. The only carrier russia has gets towed home every time it leaves. America has had 5th gen aircraft for 20+ years where are russias? Dont act like russia is more advanced because they are far behind and always will be
Both of these sides have had different views on this – russia has far better armed surface vessels, and the US prefers carriers. Again,russia has better aircraft,because they consistently make new ones, but america has more due to not replacing older though viable aircraft
So in your opinion the Migs are junk? Boy are you in for a big surprise? The MIG 35 is a F35 hunter/killer compare the pair? Ceiling agility speed weapons. Reliability it is like shooting fish in a barrel the Migs will eat the ‘flying bricks like a kid eating candy FACT.
Russians always make better planes than anyone. So shut up with your flying shit.
That’s why you buy russian RD-180 rocked engines because they are the best and us cant replicate them because they can’t make materials to withstand such high pressures and temperature. That’s why you need russians to take to space on the space station which is built on russian technology from space station MIR – the main modules are Russian… there is no ISS without Russians 🙂 – junk you say… Junk is overpriced flying lemon F35, AA – patriots, or aegis systems… Ask the Saudis hehe and when it comes to electronic warfare… russians are at least a decade before the west! 🙂
I see alot of people here trashing the f 22 and f 35 but forget miss and su where scared of the simple f15 and f 18 and also the f 16 . So to all the Russia lovers here you are simply wrong . American tech is 20 times greater than your Russian pieces of scrap metal . I mean the su35 is the world’s biggest joke when it comes to a rival for the f22 . And we don’t need your trash rocket engines to take us to space we got elon for that . I can see all the misinformed Americans on this thread. And to you Russians on here how is your war going in Ukraine with your supposed good technology? ?? btw the United States created a hypersonic missile 50 years ago and decided it wasn’t needed. I work for Lockheed I would know how trash russian tech is ?
This was not an intelligent comment. Fact is the Russian design bureau’s are quite good at producing very robust and effective aircraft and aerospace weaponry. The current Sukhoi heavy fighters come to mind for example. As does the Mig31 long range high speed interceptor. In the 70s the American military learned to build single service purpose built aircraft such as the A10 thr F16 the F15 and the F14.. the culmination was the F22 . Sadly they went back to on the cheap with the all purpose F35 which is not outstanding in any field. Fortunately the Russians at present cannot afford to build large numbers of their excellent planes
…and it looks as if their Jv with India has collapsed. Nevertheless if the Russians continue to export their military a nation and aerospace e tech to China both the US and eventually Russia will fa e a very difficult situation. Patriotism is great but don’t let it blind you to the reality that generally the American fighting man gets equipment made by the low bidder after lobbyists politicians and aerospace ecompanies have all made money.
You yanks will be done for russian military especially their jets are second to none believe me if i ran this little country i live in (Australia) i would buy all russian. The aircraft like the su-35 is not only deadly but it’s a beautiful looking jet. Sorry guys don’t enter another war that you can’t win…
bravo
My man,without Russians you the Americans would never go anywhere up!
I live in the west and I would suggest that you look at some of the junk the US has. Even the new stuff like the JSF is no more than a way of syphoning off tax payer money. it’s useless.
The best weapons at the world are the Russian weapons. At the opposite the American weapons which are un usable after one year nearly.
F-35 a multimillion dollar aircraft, beaten by a F-16 built in the 1970’s and as for not being seen, radars from the 1940’s has no problems picking it up along with the F-22, but then again, you know that already.
Mere Russian propaganda. All nonsense read in Pravda. The two militaries cannot cannot be compared. The US military owns the sea, air, and land. If any country ever comes close to the American war machine, the greatest military force this world has ever seen, it will be China and not Russia. Do your research and compare aircraft, armies, and especially the navies of the world. No one is even close to the awesome military might of the United States. BTW, I’m British but work in this field.
Wrong. You have no idea what these planes can do, especially the F-35. Unbelievable and amazing to say the least. Also, terrifying in their here and not here capabilities, as if they were otherworldly, and then back in Utah. But that can’t be. Fooled again:)
The f 35 is by no means a bad plane, but it does have several flaws,such as the cannon not firing straight,along with the problems of Vtol jets
It seems like there are some misunderstandings about the F-35. Let’s try to clear up any confusion/misunderstanding you guys have.
These videos are pretty good:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtZNBkKdO5U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyHlp7tJrxY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31oJIo8EVwY
They have so much money over F-22 and F-35 .It is not useless.Its better than what the Russians have.The Russians make things cheap and workable.The American weapons have good quality.
Anyways looks like stealth is the way forward.Look at Iraq.It had Russian weapons.But the American s used stealth weapons and destroyed their radar stations.After that conventional aircraft took care of everything.
ww2 taught us that quality over quantity never works. If u can build 20 kick ass jets. And I can build 200 OK jets I am going to win I hope America learns this or we would fail at a global size war.
im not sure that what you learnt is the same as i did. the BoB proved that quality beats quantity. the spitfires coupled with radar and slick support held off a much more numerous enemy. in the latter years, quantity and quality killed off the enemy. you cant separate the two. ultimately, logistics was more important than any technology. vietnam was no different. nor was ww1.
now, considering logistics wins wars, stopping logistics is paramount. to stop logistics, you need quality, unless you can tolerate massive losses. the days of roman legions winner by sheer sacrifice of numbers are gone.
so i’d say that quality does prevail in modern times. information, SA and logistics win conflicts. if you have everything nearby, you have a great advantage.
there really is no point in developing manned systems anymore anyway, so perhaps a huge quantity of inferior unmanned aircraft can prevail over a small number of superior tech unmanned vehicles..as losses arent human.
Too true. Shermans needed a platoon to hunt and killer Tigers/Panthers. But wecdid it. China is the challenge IMHO. New and numerous, lifted tech and layered AA/AD. The PLA is cranking out one new hull / airframe after another. Russian military deserves our respect verses derision. Our American military is not well served by Congress and the DOD. Time will tell. We are not ready for a near peer conflict, much less two. I.E. Ukraine and Taiwan simultaneously?
too late…..
As an American in this field, the Russians never relied upon fighters to solve their problems with enemy aircraft, they went to work on AA Missile Systems, for example, the SU-57 is a Strike Fighter, so it is primarily a weapons delivery platform, which is stealth, and can multi-role as a fighter during it’s mission, The SU-27 modified into the SU-35 gives up it’s speed and agility, and not by much, to become a long range interceptor, with capabilities in flight, very few can match. The Mig 25 was built quickly, and out of a fear of the American Valkyrie Bomber, which never made it into production, too many flaws, the Mig would have wasted it, so for it’s time, it was the perfect design for a threat which never came.
The Mig 31 was the re-design, long range, high speed, at both low and high altitudes, it can go so fast, it has a speed limit of Mach 2.83 can do Mach 3.2 but engine damage is the cost…
These Russian aircraft were designed to be specific in their roles, like the Mig 29, now upgraded to the Mig 35, was to be there for anyone who survived their AA systems,
the Mig 31, a bomber hunter, high speed interceptor, not a dog fighter, a bomber interceptor.
When the Russians design stuff, they design it for the threat at hand…
The Mig 29’s defeated in Iraq, do you think Russia made them their top fighters, armed with their latest, no, these are called export versions, as the USA also does not hand out their best, A test was done in Germany, East German Mig 29’s against American F/A 18’s which would be the most possible reasonable scenario, The F/A 18’s had better electronics and better missile guidance, the Mig 29’s fared somewhat less due to the technology gap, up close and personal, the Mig 29 was a killer.
This is going back years, well, the S-400 system proves that Russia can see our stealth, so as an F-22 thinks he is hot shit, they can see him, and some upgraded relic of the Cold War can actually take it out. The Chances of a F-35 flying over Russia are Zero.
Let’s compare old technology, and New, and the Moderator of this site may not be aware of this, the fastest propeller driven airplane used to be the Tupolev TU-114, now it is again the Bear Bomber, going supersonic, while propeller driven,
It is apples and oranges, Yes, the SR-71 was one hell of an aircraft, now fly that over Russia today, it was retired how long ago? Give the Russians some credit, they stuck it to us, and are still doing it… The SR-71 could not be armed, if it was, they knew as soon as they tried to fire, they would be roast, The Russians saw it as a Hemorrhoid, not a real threat, but there are many reports of upgrades on both the SR-71 and the Mig-25 as they were in a war of speed… It doesn’t matter, these were both antiques, from a war which never came, past relics of nothing.
Bear going supersonic? No. And the Israelis could see the S-400 but the S-400 couldn’t see their F-35’s.
Things have changed…
thats very nice jet of the 22nd century
The Soviets and Russians have always made good practical aircraft that can actually operate in a war, i.e. from rough strips with debris and be easily repaired in the field. The aircraft have all had simple solutions to problems and hence do not need to rely on expensive, an then, unavailable electronics.
I honestly think the west would loose in air combat against the Russian airforce.
Quote – “Built to be able to intercept missiles and high speed american aircraft (such as the SR-71) it had a speed which was almost as high as the Blackbird’s and a service ceiling of 20,700 meters. A big advantage it had over the SR-71 was that it was not only a surveillance aircraft, it carried four air-to-air missiles aswell which made it a deadly weapon. Unlike the Blackbird which was only built in a few copies, the success of the MiG-25 made it having over 1,100 units built! ” – end quote
While the SR-71 carried radar countermeasures to evade interception efforts, its greatest protection was its combination of high altitude and very high speed, which made it almost invulnerable.
Production of the SR-71 totaled 32 aircraft with 29 SR-71As, 2 SR-71Bs, and the single SR-71C.
The air inlets allowed the SR-71 to cruise at over Mach 3.2 while keeping airflow into the engines at the initial subsonic speeds. Mach 3.2 was the design point for the aircraft, its most efficient speed.
The first MiG-25 prototype flew in 1964, and the aircraft entered service in 1970. It has an operational top speed of Mach 2.83 (Mach 3.2 is possible but at risk of significant damage to the engines), The MiG-25 was theoretically capable of a maximum speed of Mach 3+ and a ceiling of 27 km (89,000 ft). Its high speed was problematic: although sufficient thrust was available to reach Mach 3.2, a limit of Mach 2.83 had to be imposed as the engines tended to overspeed and overheat at higher speeds, possibly damaging them beyond repair.
yet we know for certain that at least one mig25 went well over 100,000 ft and mach 3.5.
certainly not in service config, true, but the SAMs can handle any aircraft not orbiting now anyway.
Frank Santa-Teresa:
there was a version of the sr71 called m21. it basically sr71 but carried drone
The United States looked at this kind of fighter decades ago and decided to abandon the idea. These where the X15, The Aurora (more of a recognizance aircraft than a fighter) and Dark Star. There is no strategic advantage in delivering ordinance on an enemy from space. Its that simple. Its just not necessary. However ….make no mistake…..The Russians have some good weapon systems. The Su 45, the Kamov 50 and 52 attack helicopters just to name a few. They also have excellent Special Forces. Lets just thank God WW3 never happened.
My understanding is that the MIG-25 is redlined at 2.8 Mach. A reconnaissance variant was clocked at 3.2 Mach over Sinai outrunning an Israeli Phantom in the early 70’s, but operation at that speed destroyed the engines. The Mig-31 is capable of going faster than 2.83 Mach but is redlined there for the same reason. Mig-41 will be a truly awesome aircraft, can’t wait to see a prototype. In the meantime the T-50 5g fighter looks impressive.
russia has a nice army better people then us
1.The mig-41 Fighter PART ROCKET ENGINE with liquid oxygen tanks & TURN ON SWITCH &SHUT OFF too. It can FLY in outer space is above the atmosphere line is about 369,600 feet to is the the 70 miles limit were the atmosphere ends too. traving speed at mack-4.00+ only too. iN OUTER SPACE IN OUTER SPACE] IS NO AIR ! true! with jets on too. IT goes in space in vacuum of outer Space too. he or she turns the liquid oxygen on too. IF he in one mile up in outer Space too. true!!! he goes in the atmosphere he turns ON the oxygen off too. Agree!!!
Learn to spell mach…
1. Mig-41 Fighter Jet hit speed of mack-4.00 too!
Another stupid jingoistic comment. Fact is some American equipment has been and or is quite good. The BAR. Colt .45 auto M1 M2 .50 cal
P38 P51 P47 Corsair B17 B29 F16 F14 and F15 M1 Abrams tank an some current adv come to mind along with the F22 Raptor.
I truly respect Russian fighter jets. They bare extremely fast and manouverable.
I am very curious as to the development of the Mig 41, they say computer testing has them at Mach 4.3, that’s seriously an upgrade, and if they stick with high maneuverability at medium speeds, that makes it one hell of a competitor….
The Russian women are better looking, so no matter what anyone says, they have us beat where it really matters.
Who is us?
Well, last I heard, the speeds of the Mig 35 are so extreme, any pocket missile, meaning an internally stored missile cannot strike this upgraded 4th Gen fighter, so some relic of the cold war can now be fired upon, and outrun the missiles, by sheer speed… They faced the F-35 in harassment runs, not one new Mig 35 was even threatened. It outran everything the F-15 had, and if ordered, would go back and kill them.
I was part of that, I developed the means to go hyper-sonic, the industries here all sued me, claimed ownership, refused to pay, so WE are doing it in Russia….
Who is WE?
Many Loyal Americans….
Te SU-57 has a 100% kill ratio, modern advances, in a ratio against the F-35, and the F-22 being just an upgrade without the modern electronics, is a relic which is no longer produced, cannot even win a single combat trial with the 57, Lockheed Martin sold us two duds…
Top Dollar of coarse….
I was to an airshow where jet fighters from all countries were present. Not the latest generation but the best fighters some 20 years ago. Saab, Tornado, F 16 (the most maneuverable american jet fighter), MiG 21, Harrier, Mirage 2000, Su 27 and a few others. What do you think, which airplane was the most spectacular and impressive in the airshow? Which is the only airplane that can perform the Cobra or Super Cobra maneuver? Which airplane can free fall and recover without problems? What airplane can even fly backward?
Please watch a flight of Su 35 before arguing about the flight performance.
Russian designers use extensive mathematics and fluid mechanics expertise, unlike american designers who use an empirical approach with simulations and dummy models.
To be realistic: the air show is one thing, the real battle is another thing. I don’t know if the aerodynamic performance alone is useful in the modern war.
My Russian friends,
What fabulous planes you have! Right out of the future. And the view from the edge of space is incomparable. An angel’s view of our home. We could do so much together in partnership against common enemies; famine, disease, natural disaster. I read somewhere that you would like to build a rail tunnel under the Bering Strait. How I would love to see a joint project like that instead of never ending conflict.
My Russian friends,
What fabulous planes you have! Right out of the future. And the view from the edge of space is incomparable. An angel’s view of our home. We could do so much together in partnership against common enemies; famine, disease, natural disaster. I read somewhere that you would like to build a rail tunnel under the Bering Strait. How I would love to see a joint project like that instead of never ending conflict.
So many inaccuracies and fallacies in this “article” it’s hard to count. First off, the MiG-25 Foxbat was only capable of very short bursts of high-speed which was limited to mach 3.0, not mach 3.2. And after reaching that speed for only a minute or two, the engines were ruined and needed to be pulled out of the aircraft and replaced. The MiG-31 Foxhound is limited to about mach 2.8 in real-world use. Russia does not have a long successful history of high-speed aircraft. They never produced anything remotely close to the SR-71 Blackbird and most of the high-speed technology and ‘stealth’ tech they have is courtesy of a crashed Lockheed D-21 drone. This MiG-41 has been in development for 5 years and it’s seriously doubtful that it will ever come to fruition. High-speed interceptor aircraft simply don’t make logical sense these days. Russia will continue to focus on hypersonic standoff weapons just like the US and China are right now. If the MiG-41 ever sees the light of day, I would be amazed.
Nice article about Mig-41. Looks Russia Mig-41 and American X-planes have made Star war concept real. Both fight in space. https://defence-news-world.blogspot.com/2020/08/last-update-on-mikoyan-experimental-mig.html
Well its predecessors mig 25 and mig 31 were madly successful.
So who’s to say it won’t be successful
I see alot of people here trashing the f 22 and f 35 but forget miss and su where scared of the simple f15 and f 18 and also the f 16 . So to all the Russia lovers here you are simply wrong . American tech is 20 times greater than your Russian pieces of scrap metal . I mean the su35 is the world’s biggest joke when it comes to a rival for the f22 . And we don’t need your trash rocket engines to take us to space we got elon for that . I can see all the misinformed Americans on this thread. And to you Russians on here how is your war going in Ukraine with your supposed good technology? ?? btw the United States created a hypersonic missile 50 years ago and decided it wasn’t needed. I work for Lockheed I would know how trash russian tech is ?
how is that flying piece Russian shit go so fuckin fast
The American seething in these comments is some of the juiciest I’ve seen in a while lmao.
1. MiG 41 Fighter Jet will hit a speed of mack 4.00 too.
Well its predecessors mig 25 and mig 31 were madly successful.
So who’s to say it won’t be successful
Lots of big talk from Americans here. Here’s the bottom line: The USA has never won a war and never will it ever win a war. All of its supposed tech has amounted to arguably the most abysmal military record of any prominent sovereign state in all of recorded human history. The USA has many distinctions in human recorded history; none of them are to be proud of.
If the USA brings the x15 back in service, Russias is dead if all x15s go Mach 6 consistently and maintain an altitude of 100,000 miles above sea level.
and also sr72 with javelins that are equipped with mini-nukes.
And why can’t NASA make Saturn 5 replicas with a nuke payload at the top and launch it from its 747
AND WHY CANT THE WORLD HAVE WORLD PEACE INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT THESE CRIPPLED MACHINES AND ARGUING ABOUT WHICH IS BETTER
1. The MIG 41 Fighter can fly over mack 4 + too! Can it catch the old Sr-71 Black bird??? Yes? Or No? Is 50 & 50 ? The SR -71 Has top speed of over mack 4 Plus too!
1. The MIG 41 Fighter can fly over mack 4 + too! Can it catch the old Sr-71 Black bird??? Yes? Or No? Is 50 & 50 ? The SR -71 Has top speed is secret!
they don’t have to worry about the mig 41, I hope it can be done but nonetheless the S-400 will kill the Raptor plus the F-35 so Russia’s air defense is there mig killers.
Indisputable fact; russia had the tsar bomba the BEST invention EVER!!!! The usa had nothing EVEN close!! Sadly
The SR71 Blackbird was not only a surveillance aircraft, indeed it did have 4 missile compartments that were used primarily for cameras and other surveillance equipment, but don’t be fooled into thinking that that equipment could not be removed, and Sparrow AIM missiles placed in those compartments, for which they were originally designed for…
Ok yall, The x15 can sustain mach 6 for a couple minutes, the MiG41 will probaly never fly… and also russia is about to be smacked by artical 5, and ALSO Russian tech SUCKS.