The cause of Ukrainian anxiety. What is known about Russian MiG-31 and MiG-31k fighters
The focus has collected everything that is known about the MiG-31, and how the usual version is different from the MiG-31K. Yesterday the Russian fighter-interceptor Mig-31 crashed in the Russian Federation. It was stated that the pilots managed to catapult. There is almost nothing left at the place of the plane. MiG-31 is a Soviet heavy fighter-interceptor 4 generation, which is built on the basis of MiG-25.
It was created in the OKB-155 (now part of could) work on its creation began in 1970 in the USSR. Its main task was to intercepts heavy bombers flying at high altitudes. For the first time, the development of the MiG-31 in the West was learned from the testimony of Viktor Belletenko, who fled to Japan at MiG-25 in 1976. He told the investigators about the presence of a Soviet experimental program in the USSR on the creation of the aircraft.
Then the chief designer of KB "Fasotron" Adolf Tolkachev passed the CIA all documentation on the missile program and production of radars. The mass production of the fighter began in 1976, during this time about 500 MIG-31. The plane was adopted by the USSR four years later - 1980. The Mig-31BM is also upgraded in the Russian PCS, which, among other things, received new ammunition in their arsenal: unlike their forefathers, the Mig-25, MiG-31 is double: pilot and navigator-operator.
Currently, its main tasks in the PCS of the Russian Federation are intercepted air goals at small, medium and high altitudes. It is stated that the aircraft is able to work in the conditions of radio electronic wrestling. The Mig-31 had a forehead of the Avionic, which was managed by the storm-operator. The RLS station is called the RP-31 "Zallon", which was the first in the world in armed deck aircraft radar with electronic beam deviation.
This means that the aircraft can accompany up to 10 targets immediately. In intelligence mode, the MiG-31 can find a bomber for 200 km, but efficiency can fall significantly if the target is less. The aircraft is also one of the fastest in its class, because it was installed on D-30F6. It allows you to accelerate the aircraft at a high altitude of 3100 km/g, and at low altitude up to 1500 km/g. In this case, the cruising speed is 950 km/g at perm-flight and 2500-2800 km/g at over-sound speed.
Its flight range ranges from 2480 km to 2240, depending on whether the rocket is on board. In this case, the MIG-31 has a useful load of 9 tons-this is enough to carry 6-controlled aircraft cubombi CAB-1500 or 8 Cab-500 on board. In addition, there is a modification with the Dagger missiles. During its existence, the aircraft received 13 different modifications, some received additional weapons or a new radar station.
It is worth noting that in the Murmansk region, Mig-31, which is not the carrier of "Dagger", fell. The pseudo-dye-licensee "Dying" can only run from the MIG-31K. Only in this is the difference between the MiG-31 and MiG-31K. As of the beginning of 2021, the Russian air and space forces had 131 MiG-31.
However, Roszmi wrote that the engine's resource in the Miga came to the end, because during this during 2022-2023 there were 7 accidents with migras: therefore in 2021, "Rostech" announced the development of the Mig-41 successor. After the start of a full -scale invasion of the Russian Federation in Ukraine there was no news on the state of development. Yes, the Russian army held three Mig-31K in Belarus, which performed training flights from Belarusian airfields.
They are carriers of the Dagger missiles, so in Ukraine every time they flew, they declared air alarm. As they explained in the Air Force, they were forced to leave this step because the population should be informed of the likelihood of a rocket strike. On March 9, Russian invaders launched 81 missiles in Ukraine during a massive shelling, including 6 winged air base missiles X-47 "Dagger". Their Ukrainian air defense is not able to knock down.