Here’s What You Need to Remember: The continuation of a line of dedicated interceptors is interesting because the existing PAK-FA/Su-57 fighter in many ways could fulfill the same role as the MiG-31.
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency and Army Space and Missile Defense Command conduct a flight test of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system in March 2022. The THAAD system was integrated with ...
After 2030, Russia would like to replace the supercruise-capable MiG-31. The fighter is designed to protect Russia’s northern regions against cruise missile attack. Credit: Piotr Butowski On Jan. 22, ...
The Patriot air defence system, which has been in service with the US Army since the 1980s, will undergo further changes to keep pace with the saturated airspace threat that has come to define ...
Key Point: The MiG-31 remains the standard long-range interceptor of the Russian Air Force. During the Cold War, the Soviet Union’ s Air Defense Forces (VPVO) needed a series of heavy interceptors to ...