MIG-31 BM Still relevant?
http://www.ruaviation.com/news/2014/6/3/2359/I have always been fascinated by this magnificent beast. On the face of it, an odd airplane, but when you look at how it was designed for specialized...
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bgile wrote:istobie wrote:bgile wrote:I think it's a lot easier to miss a slow moving prop plane which originates in your own airspace amid hundreds of the same thing than it is to miss detecting one...
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I read that the reason they had a fuel issue when they intercepted KAL 007 was because the kept the interceptor hanging around following the airliner for a long time while they debated whether to...
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http://www.tboverse.us/HPCAFORUM/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=62
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That's a very informative read - please, anyone having doubts about earlier comments on the difficulty of interception, go read that link - it's very helpful in terms of trying to understand where...
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istobie wrote:bgile wrote:istobie wrote:bgile wrote:I think it's a lot easier to miss a slow moving prop plane which originates in your own airspace amid hundreds of the same thing than it is to miss...
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mnztr wrote:istobie wrote:bgile wrote:istobie wrote:bgile wrote:I think it's a lot easier to miss a slow moving prop plane which originates in your own airspace amid hundreds of the same thing than it...
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Don't mind mnztr, he is a troll on this and the other forum I see him on.
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mnztr wrote:Pretty much everyone has shot down passenger planes. If you can screw it up with an Aegis radar on a clear day..... then anyone can mess up. My point being in the KAL007 shoot down, they...
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istobie wrote:mnztr wrote:Pretty much everyone has shot down passenger planes. If you can screw it up with an Aegis radar on a clear day..... then anyone can mess up. My point being in the KAL007...
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mnztr wrote:istobie wrote:mnztr wrote:Pretty much everyone has shot down passenger planes. If you can screw it up with an Aegis radar on a clear day..... then anyone can mess up. My point being in the...
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istobie wrote:mnztr wrote:istobie wrote:mnztr wrote:Pretty much everyone has shot down passenger planes. If you can screw it up with an Aegis radar on a clear day..... then anyone can mess up. My...
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The Soviets would have have to have known in advance when and where the Blackbird was coming from, and after Gary Powers, the Americans were probably a bit more paranoid about operational secrecy.
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mnztr wrote:istobie wrote:mnztr wrote:istobie wrote:mnztr wrote:Pretty much everyone has shot down passenger planes. If you can screw it up with an Aegis radar on a clear day..... then anyone can mess...
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istobie wrote:mnztr wrote:istobie wrote:mnztr wrote:istobie wrote:mnztr wrote:Pretty much everyone has shot down passenger planes. If you can screw it up with an Aegis radar on a clear day..... then...
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I don't think anyone was getting close to shooting the Habu down when it was retired. It got axed because SAC was jealous of it and didn't want it.
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More likely because they want to redirect the funds to stealth recon drones, sort of investing in future tech and creating the necessary capabilities.
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The MIG-31 would be in a tight spot against any Generation 4, 4.5, and 5 aircraft.
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There's so much refurbishing going on, it's hard to tell. I'll speculate that in the end it will come down to training and force multipliers.
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Some people here are turning the MIG-31 in to a highly agile air dominance fighter, rather than a pure interceptor.mnztr wrote:They can travel at over M1.2 at sea level.With full afterburner? What...
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