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Key Points and Summary – A 2025 ranking of the five fastest operational military aircraft places Russia’s MiG-31 Foxhound interceptor at #1, with a...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Born from the MiG-25, Russia’s MiG-31 “Foxhound” pairs brute speed with modern sensors to hunt high and fast. -Entering...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The MiG-25 Foxbat was the USSR’s answer to fast intruders: climb hard, sprint high, and intercept before they reached...
Ukraine War
Key Points and Summary – Russia’s FSB claims UK MI6 and Ukraine’s HUR tried to recruit MiG-31K crew to deliver a Kinzhal-armed jet to...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Russia’s MiG-31 remains pivotal thanks to rugged steel/titanium airframes, periodic depot overhauls, and major upgrades. -Variants like MiG-31BM add...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – A triple MiG-31 incursion into Estonian airspace rattled NATO capitals and revived a key question: why is Russia’s 1980s...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – After Russian MiG-31s violated Estonian airspace for 12 minutes, NATO scrambled Italian F-35s and Tallinn invoked Article 4. -Czech...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Mikoyan MiG-31 “Foxhound” is a Cold War-era supersonic interceptor that has found a deadly new purpose in Russia’s...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Innovation in the Soviet aerospace industry thrived not in the centralized hubs of Moscow, but “far away from us,”...