Monday, January 25, 2016

Is Russia's MIG-41 Program Closer To Reality?

© Sputnik/ Evgeny Biyatov

Sputnik: Faster than Missiles: Russia Developing Space Age Fighter Jet

MiG-41. This superfast interceptor is not yet off the drawing board at the Mikoyan military aircraft design bureau, but the final draft may be ready already within the next couple of years with mass production scheduled to begin before 2025, Zvezda television channel reported on Friday.

There is not very much known about the MiG-41 because everything about this plane, just like with all top modern military projects, remains classified.

All we know is that the Mikoyan bureau has been working on the design of a long-range interceptor, based on their MiG-31, since 2013 as part of a plan to replace the ageing fleet of MiG-31 fighter jets whose active service life expires in 2028.

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WNU Editor: Talk about the MIG-41 story program has been around for a while .... The Russian Armed Forces are working on the Mig-41, a new supersonic fighter based on the Mig-31 Foxhound (The Aviationist).

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