YEKATERINBURG, September 14. /TASS/. During the tactical flight exercise, the crews of the MiG-31BM supersonic high-altitude interceptor-fighters of Russia’s Central Military District launched ...

YEKATERINBURG, January 22. /TASS/. Five MiG-31BM supersonic high-altitude interceptor jets will arrive to the Russian Central Military District after repairs and upgrade in 2021. They will be ...

Source: Globalsecurity.org. This is the MiG-31BM, the newest MiG-31 variant, which features a Zaslon-M radar with a range of nearly 200 miles, longer range air-to-air missiles, like the R-33S ...

The MiG-31BM version is an interceptor built to achieve air dominance, utilizing long-range R-37M missiles for this purpose. For the Russians, the MiG-31 is a key element of aviation—it can ...

Analyst Oleksandr Kovalenko thinks so. He points out that in actual combat conditions, F-16 fighter jets will be comparable to Russian MiG-31BM jets. Due to their radar range and other factors ...