“The pilots worked out the search and destruction of the air target, the parameters of which were obtained from air defense assets. The conventional target for the crew of the MiG-31 - a cruise missile - flew at a speed of 800 km per hour in the lower stratosphere, the destruction distance was about 100 km, ”RIA Novosti reports the press service of the Central Military District.
It is noted that the crews of the MiG-31 had to climb into the stratosphere to an altitude of 15 km, the flight speed was more than 2.5 thousand km / h.
Earlier it was reported that the Russian MiG-35 fighter will receive a radar with an active phased antenna array (AFAR).