This plane holds 22 world records.

By the way, the MiG-31 is one of the few that can go into the stratosphere

This is currently the fastest military jet in the world... It's purely a long interceptor and not intended as air superiority fighter...it's targets are Awacs, long-range bombers, cruise missiles and low orbit surveillance satellites. It's based off on the Mig 25 Foxbat, though it is a much more advanced platform, it is not as fast as the Foxbat. It also flies much higher than any fighter which makes it very hard to bring it down.

Not all aircraft are designed for air superiority like the F22. The MiG 31 is a pure interceptor jet and not a fighter. It is not designed to fight fighter jets, but to intercept less maneuverable bombers, and also strike ground targets from really long ranges. It usually carries a lot of really big long-range missiles, which it slings from really high altitudes, where the air is thinner and there is less resistance, at near mach 3 speeds. This further increases the range of these missiles. Although the MiG 31 can't fight true fighter jets like the Eurofighter or F-16, F15C all on its own, it is a terrifying weapon for its purpose when no such fighters are present like in Ukraine.

S500 bro you think f22 will fly over that😂

It was Mig-25 the guy that escaped to Japan I believe. Not this one

I think the engine inlets of the 25 and 31 are more like the ones on the F-15.

Для того, чтобы впечатлиться этим самолетом -надо перенестись в 1982 год. Когда им стали перевооружаться первые полки ПВО. Видит, и может сбивать все что летит от высоты 20-30 метров до высоты в 100 километров, сам находясь на высоте более 20 км! Сопровождая одновременно до 10 целей, и атакуя одновременно 4 из них на дальности до 200 км! Было ли у США что -либо подобное в то время? In order to be impressed by this aircraft, you need to go back to 1982. When they began to rearm the first air defense regiments. He sees and can shoot down everything that flies from a height of 20-30 meters to a height of 100 kilometers, himself being at an altitude of more than 20 km! Accompanying up to 10 targets at the same time, and attacking 4 of them at the same time at a range of up to 200 km! Did the United States have anything like this at that time?

Why are you not impressed? The West even today has no fighter that comes close to the capability of the Foxhound...plus this thing is over 40yrs old..

*Russia has a lawn chair and is motivated* The US: why is fast travel disabled?!

The mig31 is not russias main fighter, it's their main interceptor (ie it's meant to intercept radar aircraft, bombers, etc.). The R37 missile they mentioned in the video can target/track out to ~250 miles, which is roughly two and a half times the range of AIM120 (which is the main long range anti air missile our US jets use). Granted, the R37 has insane range but it's not particularly good at hitting smaller/more maneuverable aircraft such as fighters - ie again that's not what it's supposed to be going after though. A mig 31 doesn't want to get in range of a dedicated fighter because it will very likely lose. The problem Ukraine has when dealing with it is that russian mig31s can sit ~200+ miles behind their anti aircraft weaponry and lob missiles at Ukrainian aircraft with impunity. Those missiles likely won't hit the Ukrainian aircraft but that doesn't matter because it's actively keeping them away from the frontline. At the end of the day this is still a very capable platform that fills a niche role that NATO doesn't have an equivalent to anymore (we used to have the F14 capable of carrying the AIM-54, which was an interceptor style missile like the R33/37, but those have been retired for many years and we no longer have a truly long range missile). In truth, large interceptors may be going out of style given the advancements in stealth technology, but at least for the time being they fill a unique role and are here to stay for a bit longer. Especially for a country like Russia who in a hypothetical war with NATO would need to be running constant sorties to harass NATOs strategic aircraft like fuel tankers, radar planes, etc. Imo its a pretty cool plane (but I also think every plane is pretty cool lol). Keep up the good work brother

American planes have had that design for the air intakes for a long time. The F-14 when had them

The SU57 is their top jet, which is a stealthy 5th gen aircraft. Although, most agree that it isn't on the same stealth level of the f 35 or 22. You should definitely react to a video about it though.

You probably meant to do the su57 if you want the 5th gen Russian stealth fighter

Just to let you know, even though you probably won't see this. But in 19:58 the interception of the "Kinzhal" is a misinformation even in Wikipedia. There are photos of the supposed "Kinzhal", but it's not. Even if you put a picture of that & the real picture of the Kinzhal you'll be able to see the difference in design. It most likely was a FAB glide bomb or more reasonably the "counter-measures" of the Kinzhal. So be a little more cautious while looking for various information

This is not a fighter, there is no point in comparing it with a Eurofighter)

10:00 I suggest you seek up DCS videos with this MiG31.. I know DCS is just a simulator, it doesn't perfectly simulates the real world, but it is somewhat accurate as some experienced fighter pilots have said it so. The modern MiG-31BSM comenced in 2014 is a totally revamped aircraft, it's not the same soviet era airplane anymore, and holding the vympel R37m missile... it's a serious threat. I has got a very powerful radar, and those missiles can hit fighter sized fighters all the way up to 200km (in he right circunstances with both fighters going nose hot at each other) so a more realistic range is around 150 to 180km. The thing is, those missiles are hypersonic, flying above mach 5, it also has a dual stage engine, it uses the firts stage to go to mach 5 and once it get's closer to the target it starts its second stage so it can have addition energy for the final flight stage maneuvers. The closest the europeans have is the Meteor, which is a godamn missile too, it has a similar, just slightly inferior range and a speed of around mach 4. But it has a ramjet engine, which means it has a lot of energy to use in maneuvers, it's a trully dangerous missile indeed. To sum things up, the MiG31 wouldnt dominate the europeans, but it would be a serious problem... a very big, fast and dangerous problem.

You need to do read up or do a video on the differences between jets like fighters and interceptors because it seems like you don’t know and plus just because it’s not sleek or flashy doesn’t mean it can’t do the job

Those intakes are nothing like a F-22. The closest 1 to compare them to would be an F-15

With all due respect sir, I don't think you know much about fighter jets and their roles...for it's roles as an interceptor, the Mig 31 is simply unbeatable.

Its use is more of a long range air to air missile launch platform (by flying a stupid high altitudes and hunting for lower flying enemy aircrafts) and as a bombtruck for kinzhal air to surface pseudoballistic missile. Its too old /bulky for dogfighting and normal bombing missions.

schedule the 500k livestream for early may, a lot of students have exams soon and may not be able to join live if it's earlier than that

The MiG 31 is the replacement of the MIG 25

The pilot escaped with the Mig 25 to Japan. That was when we found out it was not as good as feared

This aircraft was designed to intercept the blackbird reconnaissance aircraft. This is the only PRODUCTION aircraft in the world with such speed and altitude characteristics. This is a pure interceptor, for long distances and altitudes. It has no analogues. Its modernization consists in the fact that it has a long-range detection radar and it can automatically direct air defense missiles and missiles of other fighters at targets. And what the Ukrainians wrote about the interception of the Kinzhal missile is fake. Unless the Patriot can intercept hypersonic missiles?..))) To date, only Russia has confirmed the interception of hypersonic missiles. And the US is only testing hypersonic missiles, not to mention intercepting them... The first use of the Kinzhal missile in Ukraine was at a buried warehouse where nuclear weapons were stored during the Soviet era. That is, the warehouse was located at a good depth.. After using the dagger, there was nothing left..

Please react to S-500 / S-550 ... I'd like to see that ;)

I’m not hinting at anything, but compare the Soviet Yak-141 and F-35. After the collapse of the Union, technology leaked

It reminds me of a tornado with them inlets at front.

The Mig 31 is an interceptor, not a fighter plane, it's designed to patrol and intercept threats, it was not designed to dogfight, the Mig 41 is in development as its replacement and a 6th gen fighter, The Mig 31 has had many reported kills in Ukraine though and is what is used with Khinjal missiles to attacks long distances, it's also what is used to patrol Kaliningrad region, the hypersonics make a formidable threat to ground forces, there has been one MIG -31 shot down over Ukraine by a patriot system, but if the Mig-31 flies too high and fast it is very difficult to engage, the Mig - 31 has the record for the highest flight at 123 000 feet, this is the highest ever recorded by any fighter craft

It was the MiG 25 Foxbat the one when to Japan

F22 intakes are trapezoidal not square. Your thinking F15

MIG 31 fox bat. Was non distructable with any anti aircraft distroable at his war time. Watch for indian fox bat who entered in Pakistan and they even dont know what happened. Just a Sonic boom.

It's basically an upgraded 25 that doesn't consume it's own engines if when you light the burners, Russians use them to fling cruise missiles and such from high altitudes which increases the effective range. Under the hood it's a 1960s aircraft with some 1980s era upgrades.

It relys on ground or a air based early warning system to direct it to 100 miles of its target. It's radar can be easily confused by electronic jamming systems.

I was there for the clean house video, I'm not sure if it was that day or the following day that you uploaded it, but been subscribed since

Mig31 is 4+, or 4++ nevermind - so not suppose to have stealthy shape. It is also ENORMOUS in size, I think even bigger than Su57... Actually Mig25 with updated avionics. Similar as Su35 is Su27 with better equipment. "Square intakes and who invented them first" - well, Tomcats (f14) has those as well. Hard to say who got em 1st. "How capable is Russian AF against only european part of Nato" - it depends on whose sky. All those Rafalles, Typhons, are quite voulnerable on russian SAMs. Perhaps F35 might try some SEAD missions, but there are very different opinions about that jet. Some say its awesome, other its a flying pig. Russian planes would be even more voulnerable on EU sky (only Su57 is stealth from upfront, and they have quite small number of felons). Considering Russia has those hyperdyper missiles, I wouldnt expect them to send manned aircrafts in missions there. Depends on what would US do. In case US intereferes, nukes probably enter the scene in no time. And humans exits the scene. Hopefully not.

The mig 31 has one of the longest radar in any fighter jet

The plane you keep referencing as the equivalent of the F35 would be the SU-57 Felon, a controversial but still worthwhile aircraft to watch a video on

Their stealth fighter is the SU57. Which isn't so stealthy bcuz we've tracked it. I believe there are only 3 SU57s made so far.

You said talking instead of waffling. You’re throwing me off 😆

Russai and china 5th gens are closer to americas 3.5 and 4th gen planes.

The word you're thinking of is defecting. Or defected from his home country.

Yeah mate I was following you on Facebook before i got on KZfaq

You need a chart of USAF jets on your desk or something. You keep talking about F-22 and F-35 and describing features found on F-14, F-15, F-16, and F-18 instead.

The MiG-31 isn't a stealth aircraft and it isn't meant to be. I think the MiG-31 is more comparable to an F-15 than a F-35. It's an interceptor that revolves completely around it's top speed rather than stealth. It's main "purpose" if you will is to be able to intercept big slow bombers and cruise missiles. In any sort of a fight vs US aircraft though it's just going to be destroyed rather quickly though. Its not good at dog fighting and glows like a Christmas Tree on radar

It's the Russian version of the US F15.

I joined after you did the fat elelectrician stuff

Bro This is an old MIG. Not new. Late 60s tech. Love

man was about to put the Foxhound against the Lightning lol honestly MiG probably just decided that they had something with the MiG 25, and so they kept it around to upgrade it, and honestly it doesn't have any western counterpart (Supersonic Interceptor, hence dem speed KACHOW!) lol because those were filled by other multirole aircrafts.... anyways, The Foxbat gave US the F15 Eagle

these were specifically designed to take on the SR-71. they tried but never got close. These Russian AC are dinosaurs from the 60's

Who’s that strange guy in the corner talking like a Brit

It did not go mach 2.83. That's what Russia said it did to beat out the American F15.

I was there when the COD-WW2 Videos were a few Months old and i only watched them that time

If you want to see something close to the Russian F35, while not stealth the Yakovlev Yak-141 (or Yak41) surprisingly had cooperation in development from Lockheed Martin, and a similar vertical lift system is used

It's a upgraded mig 25

I just started watching your channel about a year ago. Don't like the game crap, but love it when you do the military videos. So that's why I stay..... FOR CRUMBS I don't want war either, I hate it. My country government corruption is insane. They love war and want it badly. We need to take our country back and make peace with EVERYONE. No wars, just help. Like it should be.

Amen brother. No fighting

the intakes on the f15 are very similar

You were thinking of the SU 57. That is the new “super fighter” in Russia

The MIG-31 is basically just a newer revision of the MIG-25. It's fast, it can fly far, it can fly high, for the role of interceptor. So it could do well defending against large bombers. Against a maneuverable fighter it's at the disadvantage. A Eurofighter for example would detect one far before it was detected itself. Might even be able to fire a long range Meteor missile at the MIG before it was detected. The MIG-31 is very similar to the MIG-25 in that it's very heavy and has very poor turn performance. So in a long range missile fight with a Eurofighter it probably won't fare well due to detection and less capability to evade said missiles. And if somehow the fight gets in dogfight close, the Eurofighter would run rings around it.

The defector gave us a mig 25 fox bat

Mig 25

The MiG-31 is the later variation of the MiG-25, which was a soviet interceptor that at the time shocked the west, capable of reaching Mach 3.2+ for short periods. The MiG-31 itself while on the outside looks like the MiG-25 has different avionics/radar capabilities to its predecessor. As well as the ability to carry active radar missiles.

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More like the F18. This isn't a new fighter

Su 57 is the Russian 5th gen stealth fighter don’t know if there’s a video about it this is an equivalent to an f15

The Russians have (or had) more Su-27 and MiG-29 fighters than they have MiG-31s. All were introduced in the 1980s. They have had updates in the interim.

This plane is an air to ground platform, I see you mentioned a few times this plane going against planes like F22, Typhoon etc. This plane was never built to be a dogfighter, the only purpose of this plane is to drop bombs and haul ass back to the base. This plane will never go against an air-to-air primary platform because it doesn't stand a chance. The russians have other planes for that, like the SU-35, SU-30, SU-27, etc. Those are air-to-air platforms.

this is one of their older jets, they havn't produced one since 1994. They can go really really fast in a straight line, but they're limited to only just mach 3, because it will damage the engines or airframe, they also are limited to 5g while supersonic otherwise the wings will snap. This isn't a giant threat to ukraine beyond the usual threat, if ukraine was using bombers, or giant AWACS then absolutely, but the F-16 will eat this thing for dinner because the F-16 is a dogfighter. It's their missiles that are the real danger, again though mostly to big bombers and stuff.

the MIG-31 is more comparable/ similar to the F-14 or F-15, not the F-22! and it is not built for stealth at all.

MiG-31 was a further development of the MIG-25 Foxbat which is the plane that caused the Americans to make the F-15, which is coincidentally the most similar looking American plane to this . The MIG-31 was not meant to be stealthy it’s soul purpose was to be the best interceptor the Soviet’s could make, it’s mission was to intercept American bombers specifically the XB-70, as well as the SR-71. However currently Russia is using them as a launch platforms for Khinzal missiles strikes on Ukraine.

comparing an F-35 to a MiG-31 is like comparing a Tesla to a drag-racer. One of them is useful and the other only goes really fast in a straight line

The Su-75 is Russias answer to the F-35 but I don’t think it’s even in production yet.

The thing is, Ukraine doesn't have few to none FOX 3 (radar guided, fire and forget missiles, the missile is equipped with a small radar, allowing the shooting aircraft to defend against incoming threats imediatly after firing ), only FOX 1 (Radar guided missiles, but the missiles has no radar, the aircraft firing it MUST keep its radar on and locked at the target fired on), or FOX 2 (infrared seeker head, no radar lock required to fire, but generally much shorter range than the other two types of missiles). FOX 1 in service within the Ukrainian Air Force are older variants of the R-27R, FOX 2 are long range R-27T and short range R-60M, R-73, and AIM-9 Sidewinder. FOX 3 are not yet in service, or very scarce, it would be the US made AIM-120 AMRAAM. On the other hand, the Russian Air Force has heavily modernized R-27R FOX 1s, up to date R-73 and R-27T variants, and more importantly, FOX 3s in the form of the R-77, and extreme long range, hypersonic (mach 5+) R-37, an upgrade of the R-33. Ukrainian fighters have to get close in order to increase their chances for a missile kill, and switch on their radar if they want to fire a FOX 1, the more modern russian fighters are generally equipped with better RWR ( Radar Warning Reciever), allowing them to know instantly when the ukrainian pilot switched on his radar, and and another alert when the missile is fired. The main advantage the Russians have over the Ukrainians right now is with their their FOX 3s, they have much longer range, and aircraft with better radars, allowing them to stay out of reach of any potential air to air threat, and to fire their missiles without having to maintain the lock. The target aircraft would have only two moments where it knows its locked. when the missile is fired, and when the missile's radar switches on, but then it's far too late, as the missile is within a few seconds to impact. The FOX 3 missile flies "by itself" towards it's target using its inertial guidance system, only switching the radar on to make last second course adjustments, making it almost impossible to evade at this stage. The MiG-31 was primarly designed to as an interceptor, with insane speed and climbrate, and long range weaponry to defeat any alied plane entering Soviet airspace. It's working in Ukraine only because there's no counterpart able to challenge it there, for now, its couterparts being any aircraft with a comparable radar and missiles, meaning any modern NATO fighter, far more nimble than the fast but heavy and slow turning MiG. The Russian couterpart to the F-22 would be the Su-57 Felon, big twin engine stealth/low observable aircraft, with internal weapon bays and thrust vecoring. There's a few dozens at most in service right now, but none aren't deployed over Ukraine if i remember correctly, they stay at the border, because Russia can't afford to lose a single one as they are verry rare. The F-35 counterpart is the Su-75 Checkmate, low cost, single engine, internal weapon bays, non thrust vectoring, mainly designed for export markets, only in mockup, early prototype stage right now. Sorry if i made any grammar mistakes, or said something incorect. Cheers from France ! Also, now that you've covered European made fighters, the EF-2000 Eurofighter, and Swedish JAS-39 Gripen, Rafale video when =) ?

The SU-57 is Russias stealth fighter and its not very impressive compared to the F-22.

You need to look at their 5th generation fighters

Bruh there's a lot of that video that's not correct

You keep saying the f22 when I think you mean the F15

Sukhoi SU-57 is Russia's newest fighter jet platform. None of Russia's jets have much stealth capability.

Check out a video of the Sukhoi SU-57 felon

It looks more like an F15 with its engine intakes/Inlets. I I believe it's job is to shoot down bombers. It's NOT a dog fighter.

ETA on Medal of Honor and gears of war coming back? Been here since before clean house btw.

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the Foxhound was developed as the successor/replacement of the Foxbat after the defection releaved the secrets of the Foxbat. the creation and debut preceding the unveiling of the F-15 Eagle causing a rampant paranoia of leaked aviation espionage, funnily enough the USSR had created the Foxbat without any involvement of the F-15 with the NATO nickname of "the flying brick". a remainder of the Cold War, alot of NATO have dismissed both aircrafts in favor of the "stealth" focused F-35 series and the Euro-Fighter, while ironically enough, fielding the Foxbat's NATO counterparts the F-15 Eagle, F-16 Falcon, and F-18 Hornet (and the now retired F-14 Tomcat) Yet with a controlled airspace, held by Fulcrum, Flankers, and Terminators, and a few Felons, the deployment of the Foxhound has recreated the conditions of the Cold War of which they were designed; Fly Fast, Hit Hard, Evade Engagement. And with so few of NATO's precious F-15, F-16, F-18 being able to deploy and intercept (or even given to Ukraine after they refused to use their remaining stockpile of Soviet era Fulcrums and Flankers) because of bureaucracy, Ukraine's only response their precious Anti-air missile batteries (the US Patriot system, and allegedly the Israeli Iron-Dome system), many of which have depleted alot of their munitions to the point of being "combat ineffective" as recently a US general stated Ukraine is outnumbered 10:1, meaning they have to prioritize countering each of the missiles fired, the escorting fighters, or the bomber itself.

Could you do a reaction to the Infographics Show American F-22 vs the Russian SU-57 Felon

Su-75 Checkmate is the closest you'll get to russian equivilant of the f-22 raptor.

MIG-35 SU-57

the su57 would be their f35 i believe

Defect

Think your mixing up SU v MIG

It aint got shit on the new F15 ex, other than speed

“It would of went way better without him going on in the corner without him chatting over it so much blabbering” 0:49

This is an old ass plane.. nothing stealth about it.. It is big ugly and was first flown in 1975...

but really who is that guy in the corner and why is he human

A weapon to surpass Metal Gear!

You don't know anything hahahah

Old aircraft with a new hat

MIG-31 has a 6 barrel 23mm cannon...the video is dead wrong when it says it is a 30mm. The quality of the base video is low, it is obviously a pretty bad AI translator bot reading a Russian script. Also, as much as it looks like the F-15, the closest thing to the MIG-31 the US had flying recently would be the retired F-14 Tomcat. Yes, the F-15 can be an interceptor in a pinch, but with its long range Phoenix air to air missiles, the F-14 was much better in the role that the MIG-31 fulfills...though the Tomcats variable sweep wing made it much better in a dogfight than the MIG-31 could ever hope to be. And in that selection process to choose a new fighter, Finland chose the F/A-18 Hornet from the USA over all the others, including the MIG-29 and MIG-31.

There main fighter is sukhoi 35 while their f35 is the sukhoi 57 The su35 has been terrorizing the Ukraine forsure

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