“In accordance with the combat training plan, the crews of MiG-31BM high-altitude fighters of the Pacific Fleet’s naval aviation based in Kamchatka held a training exercise to intercept a simulated intruder of Russia’s airspace in the stratosphere. For the first time ever, new upgraded MiG-31BM high-altitude interceptor-fighters took part in a dogfight at their service ceiling. The fighters flew at a speed of 2,500 km/h and an altitude of more than 20 km.”-Russian Pacific Fleet Naval Air Force, 19AUG2019
Worn looking MiG-31.
The simulated intruder was another MiG-31BM. The exercise involved scrambling a MiG-31BM to intercept, without using ground based radar to locate the intruder. It was meant to test the electronic upgrades completed in February 2019. The MiG-31BMs supposedly made six flights into the stratosphere during the mock dogfights.
Back in January 2018, the Russian Aerospace Force aviation center, in Nizhny Novgorod, made a similar high altitude dogfight claim.
In May 2019, it was announced the MiG-31K could launch hypersonic missiles, known as Kinzhal. It’s claimed the Kinzhal (dagger) can hit speeds up to Mach 10, with a range of more than 2000km (1242.7 miles).
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