MiG-31: The Near-Space Plane

[dexter]

Imagine flying a plane so high that the world looks spherical and the sky is pitch-black. The Mikoyan Mig-31 fighter is the only jet plane in the world to make it possible to fly on the very edge of space.

With an incredible speed of 3,000 km/h, the Soviet-designed interceptor is the world’s fastest serving aircraft, and it can fly twice as high as a commercial flight. Travelling at more than twice the speed of sound, the MiG-31 can touch the stratosphere and breach what's known as the Armstrong limit. beyond which a pilot’s tears and saliva would boil without a pressure suit.

Even at such incredible heights, the MiG-31 can still deal with its enemies. The fighter is armed with long and short-range missiles that can be launched against high-speed targets. At Khotilovo air base, RTD attempts to give viewers a first-hand experience of near-space travel aboard this unique aircraft by mounting cameras on the airframe and inside the cockpit. See what breaking the sound barrier looks like and why, despite being designed in the 1970s, the MiG-31remains at the top of its game and unrivalled to this day.

 

[vostok]

And soon it will be equiped with anti-satellite missles.

 

[war&peace]

A marvellous A/C... a unique in fact...

 

[gangarambihari]

Imagine flying a plane so high that the world looks spherical and the sky is pitch-black. The Mikoyan Mig-31 fighter is the only jet plane in the world to make it possible to fly on the very edge of space.

With an incredible speed of 3,000 km/h, the Soviet-designed interceptor is the world’s fastest serving aircraft, and it can fly twice as high as a commercial flight. Travelling at more than twice the speed of sound, the MiG-31 can touch the stratosphere and breach what's known as the Armstrong limit. beyond which a pilot’s tears and saliva would boil without a pressure suit.

Even at such incredible heights, the MiG-31 can still deal with its enemies. The fighter is armed with long and short-range missiles that can be launched against high-speed targets. At Khotilovo air base, RTD attempts to give viewers a first-hand experience of near-space travel aboard this unique aircraft by mounting cameras on the airframe and inside the cockpit. See what breaking the sound barrier looks like and why, despite being designed in the 1970s, the MiG-31remains at the top of its game and unrivalled to this day.

great marvel of avionics .

 

[Maxpane]

Woooooow

 

[Nilgiri]

And soon it will be equiped with anti-satellite missles.

How soon will that be? Also can we have some details on the ASAT system they will be equipped with.

 

[nahtanbob]

mig-31 is too slow and too low to kill a satellite

 

[Ultima Thule]

mig-31 is too slow and too low to kill a satellite

you did a same thing in 80's with your F-15, which is slower than MIG-31 @nahtanbob
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASM-135_ASAT

 

[nahtanbob]

you did a same thing in 80's with your F-15, which is slower than MIG-31 @nahtanbob

i am opposed to anti-satellite weapons. i remember the f-15s hitting some old satellite.
blinding your enemy has unpredictable consequences

 

[Ultima Thule]

i am opposed to anti-satellite weapons. i remember the f-15s hitting some old satellite.
blinding your enemy has unpredictable consequences

this another topic, i am just answering your silly arguments that MIG TO SLOW TO DESTROY A SATELLITE , @nahtanbob

 

[nahtanbob]

this another topic, i am just answering your silly arguments that MIG TO SLOW TO DESTROY A SATELLITE , @nahtanbob

the MIG is slow compared to the speed of the satellite

 

[Ultima Thule]

the MIG is slow compared to the speed of the satellite

Satellite orbits can be predicted on time, it doesn't matter,and tell me how F-15 destroy a satellite in mid 80s which is slower than MIG-31 hence more slower than satellite, so your this logic is really ridiculous @nahtanbob