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MiG-31 Foxhound
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Interceptor developed from the Mig-25. Project under designation MiG-25MP initiated in 1972, and first flight (test-pilot A.Fedotov) took place on September 19, 1975. In mass production since 1979, more than 500 MiG-31 and MiG-31B built. Two-seat aircraft has a re-designed lighter airframe (see table). Missile armament was almost doubled with 4 catapult launchable missiles and powerful cannon added.
The first (and the only at the 1996) mass production interceptor in the world equipped with fixed Pulse-Doppler radar, allowing simultaneous tracking of 10 targets and firing against four of them. An unit of four MiG-31 can link their radars together, to establish a search pattern - covering a width of 800-900km with four aircraft, spaced at 200km. MiG-31 may also serve as an airborne command center to guide fighters with less powerful radar equipment (MiG-23, MiG-29, MiG-21-93).
Landing gear allows to use MiG-31 from unpaved airstrips. |
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Long-range interceptor |
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Ceiling, m |
20,000 |
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Range with max.payload, km |
1,200 |
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Range with max.fuel, km |
3,000 |
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Cruise speed, kmph |
2,500 |
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Max speed, kmph |
3,000 |
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Empty mass, kg |
21,825 |
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Maximum take-off mass, kg |
46,200 |
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Wing area, m2 |
61.6 |
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Wingspan, m |
13.5 |
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Lenght, m |
22.7 |
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Engines |
2 Perm D-30F6, 151,9kN |
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Crew, prs |
2 |
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