Episode 78. The MIG-31. A flight to the near space

[@GloopSerious-nt9dv]

40 years old and still, by far, the best interceptor in the world. And now it carries Kinzhal. If I could get one ride in MiG-31 I would die as happy man.

For money, with a Russian drunk pilot? With a bear and a balalaika?

[@ChrisCom.]

lets compare the kill to kill numbers with its main competition, the F15. F15 is way cooler. with much better hardwear. i'd put an F15 against these any day of the week

[@DrClef_1]

@@ChrisCom. F15 is a multirole fighter, Mig31 is a supersonic interceptor. Very different aircraft with different purposes.

[@meteorknight999]

​@@ChrisCom.Mig31 has better hardware, mig31K is faster, better radar, longer range missiles, faster missiles and also shoots hypersonic missiles Mig25 got true upgrade F15 never its too old

[@WeoXCY]

And you would be dead lost in the end. ​@@ChrisCom.

[@craigpennington1251]

These things are freaking huge. Can only imagine how much fuel it takes for a mission for those Monster engines. Would love to see one take off & fly-(friendly) of coarse. More of an interceptor than a fighter but none the less formidable.

[@ss-5553]

Thank you so much for a really knowledgeable good flight video. Mig31 is an awesome fighter. Really great to see in the video a deep blue space.

[@gaittr]

What are you talkin about? This guy got about 90% of the facts incorrect. Gee-whiz I didn't think anybody would believe this guy but obviously there are people out there just as stupid as he is

[@essaidchibane6612]

37:55 The speedmeter shows Mach 2.25. That's insane! Almost top speed of all fighters.

[@markzimmerman8074]

40 years old and undefeated....love the Mach 3 Monster

[@jackdaugaard-hansen4512]

3000km is not Mach 3, it’s Mach 2.8

[@Graham-mu1ul]

The F15 eagle has never been shot down

[@baristov]

Our people had better education 40 years ago. Unfortunately. Today. All around the world people became less intelligent.

[@Graham-mu1ul]

@@markzimmerman8074 The F15 eagle is undefeated in air to air combat,if a mig31 tangles with a F15 then The mig will lose badly, F15 has Amraam and advanced avionics, plus better agility As the mig31 and mig25 All have a turning circle The size of a small city, F15 Can complete maneuvers the mig31 and mig25 simply cannot do without falling apart, Or the engines to flaming out, SR-71 is truly the greatest ever Mach 3 aircraft and it's never been shot down by the Russians either, despite how much their allies and armed forces have tried, still pisses them off today that neither planes have been shot down by Russian missiles Or in air to air combat

[@imllendream]

@@Graham-mu1ul , Let's stop talking speculations and shift to reality shall we? F15 does not want to be anywhere near the Mig-31 - not even for a wishful thought. As of October of 2023 to date, Mig-31 received the ordered to patrol the Black Sea. There were NONE - not even a shadow of F15 and other newer overly hyped versions of US-NATO fighter jets dare to both directly or indirectly counter it, even for just the sake of pride and defense posture. NO they wouldn't dare.

[@edwardkoopmans56]

Just a Fan of this Marvalous Channel, and I'm glad it is translated ! Bless RF and it's Airforce !

[@cjahman]

in africa we say : "the older a saucepan is, the better it makes dish". MIG-31 is a pur marvel!!!

[@jojob_clips269]

Love the Aircarft. old but gold

[@jackdaugaard-hansen4512]

Steel because it’s only one of two aircraft made from steel with the other being the mig 25

[@LSCModels]

Love that Jet.

[@mygame5347]

Combat approved videos always AWESOME..... Especially about Sukhoi and MIG fighter jet....... 😎😎😎😎😎 I love Russian SU35....... Super Awesome........ 👍👍👍👍👍

[@bradlavassaur8265]

This is a very awesome video. You are making some of the most amazing videos on the planet and showcasing some of the most highly skilled and professional people in the world. I thoroughly enjoyed this video and appreciate all that you are doing. Thank you for sharing, and have a great day.😊

[@borisperez3129]

I don’t envy that record setting crew at 7hr without leaving the seat. But I highly commend them.

[@ianmangham4570]

Stunning footage, PRICELESS FOOTAGE of a legend 💯💪🙏

[@petertoth320]

The Mikoyan MiG-31K mounted hypersonic air-to-air missile has no enemy. The superior speed and altitude capabilities makes the MiG-31K the best interceptor today.

[@cefb8923]

Has no enemy because it's not picking it up on radar.

[@евг.по]

@@cefb8923 Ахха-ха. На миг 31бм стоит радар с фазированной решёткой "заслон- ам", способный обнаруживать цель в19квадратных метров на расстоянии 320км!!! Если не знаешь , то лучше молчи, а то выставляешь себя полнейшим идиотом!!!😁

[@headcrab4090]

The Kinzjal missile. The question is how many they can produce with conventional warhead. And how accurate are they. Hitting hospitals and kindergartens is very bad optics.

[@viking100033]

Ukrainians hit hospitals and kindergartens ,not Russians. Ukrainians were terrorizing Lughansk and Donetsk for years shooting hospitals, schools , civilians and kids. Russian weapon especially rockets are high precision and they don't aim at non military objects and civilians, that is also why it takes so long to complete objectives of special military operation in ukraine, Russians are avoiding civilian casualties as much as possible Ukrainians don't and never did ,they even use people as a shield , they also murderer families trying to escape ukraine .

[@targetmann100ify]

@@cefb8923 ground Radar dont work at those altitude ..

[@herbbie4714]

Beautiful aircraft!

[@FoxtrotAlpha173]

Huge respect for Russians 🔥🔥

[@sahachas9062]

Спасибо

[@Барсик-г1р]

Sovietsky

[@jassim_pic]

@@Барсик-г1р Same thing

[@AsadAli-le2ms]

love the engineering.

[@tmobaile1187]

Legendary fighter MIG 31

[@ramatgan1]

Huge respect for Russians amazing aircraft 🔥🔥

[@МуслимМуслимов-г8е]

СССР

[@peterparsons7141]

The pilot has a slide rule in his flight book. How many people still know how to use a slide rule ?

[@nikollutc7106]

Когда все перестанет работать под воздействием электромагнитного импульса простые примитивные вещи вам в помощь.

[@Funkbass1986]

​@@nikollutc7106примитивные? А вы сможете повторить её конструкцию?

[@stewartrogerson1369]

Still an effective platform, I'm guessing that its replacement shall be based upon this aircraft.

[@WordToMomsYo]

So many years later, and the MiG-31 still has few true rivals. Remarkable engineering and performance.

[@jackdaugaard-hansen4512]

You clearly have no idea about fighter design, the mig 31 is made from steel while all other modern fighters are made from aluminium, steel is 3 times as heavy as aluminium which means the mig 31 takes a massive hit to performance, it can only carry 4 R33 and 4 R60 short range missiles which gives it a payload if just over 2000kg, its combat radius is only 750km which is almost the same as the scud D missile and its agility is twice as worst as an F15 due to it being under powered, however if it was built from aluminium it would melt so it has to be built from steel because steel can withstand the high temperatures which aluminium would melt at, the us has built an interceptor version of the SR71 with internally carried missiles called the YF12 but it didn’t go into production because it was made from titanium which though was lighter was much more expensive, all the jobs the mig 31 dose, the west uses long range and short range missiles for, like avenger and SM-3

[@meteorknight999]

​@@jackdaugaard-hansen4512so much misinformation and all of your comment built on ignorance coming from "how can I make f15 win?".Mig31 does BVR better than F15, Mig31 beats f15 in all modern BVR parameters radar,missile,speed,Altitude.

[@WordToMomsYo]

*I* clearly have no idea about fighter design? I think what's clear here is that you have no idea who I am. And all those words you cut-and-pasted off of Wikipedia or Google -- TL;DR. The fact remains that the Soviets, on a modest budget and using slide rules and protractors, designed/built a fleet of mach 3+ interceptors. @@jackdaugaard-hansen4512

[@jackdaugaard-hansen4512]

@@WordToMomsYo the mig 31 is not a fighter it’s an interceptor, and most of the stats of the mig 31 was from a documentary from a pro Russian channel in 2012, also the Soviet Union budget in 1988 was 128 billion while the us was 235 billion and most of that was towards the navy, both the majority of Americans and Russians hardware is from the Cold War and most of Russias is in the bone yard

[@WordToMomsYo]

Read your first line - "You clearly have no idea about fighter design." And then read the last line of my response to you -- "... fleet of mach 3+ interceptors." You were the one who called it a fighter, i called it an interceptor. i was merely quoting you. @@jackdaugaard-hansen4512

[@ss-5553]

I'm from Finland greetings to all.

[@vimfuego8827]

Terveisiä

[@ss-5553]

@@vimfuego8827 Kiitos !

[@jefferythomassmith-zd8tm]

Taking out satalites is key. Stratospheric fighters attacking the core of any army.

[@honahwikeepa2115]

The one and only legend 💪😎🇷🇺

[@mackjsm7105]

18:54 lol omg. you ever gonna replace the 1960s helmets???

[@garynew9637]

If they work, why change?

[@dr0pps]

Нужно как в США разработать шлем за 5 миллиардов $ за штуку и рассказывать какой он супер современный 😂

[@mackjsm7105]

@@garynew9637 I guess have a more modern flexable and movable helmet is a bad idea? You need better leaders.

[@денисшева-и1у]

Это не шлем, это скафандр😊 Потолок у него в 28000 шлем непоможет, обшивка титан расколяется до 860 °С.

[@rapbotsuniverse4843]

Thanks for bringing this... 💛

[@CiciOzkup-rg8ld]

The highspeed KING! FOXHOUND, MiG 31, flying LEGEND!❤

[@hazlinabdulhamid7461]

From Malaysia.✌️😊✌️🇲🇾

[@addyr]

They couldn't make a plane like this in the west for less than 2 trillion dollars

[@maccheese8379]

And... Couple of set backs to throw another 3 trillion dollars into the project.

[@suspiciouslywell-behaved8624]

True

[@MonMalthias]

They did. It was the SR-71 Blackbird, and although it flew faster and higher, it was not armed with missiles and instead carried electronic surveillance and camera equipment. But this is the old Lockheed, and it was a different time. You are right in that as of today, no-one in the West could do something like this again. At the same time, the MiG-31 comes from the Soviet era and there is nothing in the near future that will replace it. At least not until the 2030s. And there are questions as to whether the merger of Mikoyan and Sukhoi could even produce a MiG-31 successor. The United Aircraft Corporation has so much of a backlog that it can only make 1 Su-57 per year because most of its resources are tied up in modernising Su-3x aircraft. Meanwhile the MiG-35 has yet to see high rate production and it was supposed to enter service 3 years ago. There are way too many competing projects with too few people and not enough labour and money to do them all.

[@ReaperRandom]

@@MonMalthias idiot SR-71 Blackbird is not an Interceptor

[@DK-gl3ih]

@@MonMalthias 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@valvlad3176]

It's not for a speed. It's not for height. It's a first in the world with AESA radar in the nose.Any aim is on the radar. Some of them defends my home, Kamchatka. My license is only 200hp. R33 is not in my pocket. But 1000-1200km is fine.

[@KernowekTim]

Best comment, for me. As you will know, the 31 was a Mach 3+ platform, but it could not cruise at M3+ like the SR71's. Any longer than a few minutes at high Mach and the pilot had to back-off the thhrottles or destroy the powerplants. The 31 is still a very capable fast interceptor, and a legend within it's own sphere. Iadmire them for the beasts they undoubtably are. Stay safe, and God bless Russia and her peoples.

[@essaidchibane6612]

They carry R37M which is hypersonic (Idem for SU 35). RAF claim that a MIG 31BM downed a MIG29 from a distance of 217km using an R37M. Hepersonic means you have no time to react.

[@riccello]

The ability to shoot down satellites is just insane

[@thatfeeble-mindedboy]

In 1985, a “stock” F-15 Eagle tested a new 2700 lb. Anti-satellite missile by firing it at an obsolete research satellite and literally “blowing it out of the sky …” .. we were all already so proud of the F-15, but when this hit the news, I remember thinking “If our Air Force has a fighter that can take out a target in SPACE, then any outstanding questions remaining about just how bad our asses are have now been answered, and maybe now the Soviet Union can wake up and smell the coffee, and stop causing problems. I was 26 in 1985, and never knew of any reality other than one overshadowed by the 24/7/365 threat of “the ‘Russians dropping the big one”. Remember, in 1985, the USSR was a sinking ship, but the Berlin Wall was still very much intact. News about us developing a weapon like this was music to our ears.

[@hendo337]

That's because they're balloons.

[@winnerwinnerchickendinner8809]

To climb that high is amazing

[@mackjsm7105]

The U.S did that with a F-15 in the early 1980s.

[@MeenPo786]

@@mackjsm7105 so needy and insecure u have to brag about American planes here! 😅

[@renatolopes3609]

Literally a great plane! Its crewmen are high-flying pilots, or low-flying cosmonauts??🤔🤔🤔

[@perseus9084]

И то и другое!🤗

[@SimonCarreÑomadrid]

They are both at same time

[@oafhuck6637]

50 years old, I imagine there are newer materials, electronic etc going into these thing now

[@slavasimanuk7845]

Обрати внимание на звук радио передачи.Технология СССР на транзисторах,а в целом только экраны поставили😌

[@sahachas9062]

​@@slavasimanuk7845да ты дурень ёпта, 😂 там давно всё новое стоит, самолёт этот ни комуни куда ни продаётся даже

[@ianmangham4570]

She's going BALLISTIC 🤠🤟💯

[@Mundo-bn2ho]

my favourite jet ever.

[@mrreed-gf4go]

Everything made in russia just tough and have a good looking.. bumpy landing field, no problem. Snow covering plane body, sludge hammer it.. "why put smoking kills in vodka?"..

[@allgood6760]

Awesome plane!

[@adrianioandajulesc2530]

SUPER , bravo RUSIA

[@envitech02]

Yes, USA had the similar Blackbird. But it's totally unarmed and built in small numbers. This beast however, is armed to the teeth and mass produced. And it's still flying to this day.

[@treadstone1138]

The Blackbird is still faster. Top speed of Mach 3.3. The Foxhound has a top speed of Mach 2.83.

[@wiiliskaako5875]

​@@treadstone1138well,raders and advanced missile..for mig31 is better than any modern US fighter arguably

[@treadstone1138]

@@wiiliskaako5875 I respectfully disagree. The F-22 and F-15E are better fighters. Speed isn't the only metric. The 31 is fast but not a dogfighter and has no stealth characteristics.

[@ShokkuKyushu]

Also almost half of them were lost in accidents.

[@C-Wiggz-859]

They only have few missiles & are easy prey.

[@M4KIMBER]

MIG-31 GREAT AIRCRAFT , THE BEST I CAN SAY ,,, NICE STORY

[@jasongates3039]

Awesome show!!

[@Daniel-x6h3c]

Google The MiG-31 Foxhound fighter-interceptor aircraft has a maximum altitude of 37,650 meters (123,552 feet)

[@naeemkhan2552]

Very nice

[@ShokkuKyushu]

@22:00 Galileian relativity doesn't apply?

[@benjaminperez7328]

Is this narrated by Jim Florentine?

[@ThomasJensen-ce2ob]

At what point does water boil . earlier experiment with the coil radio and a aluminum capacitor exposed a drop of water on it went flat on the aluminum

[@Professor_Ramen]

What about the sr71, isnt it faster, i do get it is a reconisanse aircraft

[@ThomasJensen-ce2ob]

The new dryers for a t shirt or two with ultra Violet light are nice

[@tanthiennguyen9308]

Fröhlich Weihnachten bringen wünschen ich es Euch allen Kleinen & Grösser Familien Glückliches Weihnachten & Happy Newyear bringen

[@ThomasJensen-ce2ob]

What is the distance of the dream weaver there isn't much of one to the garden

[@tanthiennguyen9308]

Vielen Dank allen Politikern & Singer/in Brüdern und Schwestern heute Bemühungen gegeben haben.................... Wünsche ich es Euch allen Kleine Heute Geboren einer Gesundheitlich Kindern & Glücklichen Väter Mütter

[@112deeps]

This should be part of Earth's Space Force Defender of Earth from Aliens & UFOs! 👍

[@TridentDriver]

How many SR-71s did these shoot down?

[@terrinewman5954]

none !

[@josephszot5545]

I'd like to see video a MIG-31 high speed pass with afterburner at 500 to 1000 ft. in a 50 mile flat open area. please!

[@hikvision1019]

Amazing jet fighter, Russian MIG-31 winner !

[@deckdeckard5297]

What is it that we see just at the beginning? Looks very much like the "Firefox" jet from the movie.

[@raymundovergararoman2473]

Why the MiG-31 pilots doesn't use the pressure suit used in the Soyuz spacecraft series?

[@discount8508]

the only interceptor that can shoot down a Mig 31 .........is itself

[@whammo11224]

Isn't this episode a repeat?

[@praveenranndika5083]

Yeah man...

[@robertwilcock7112]

Some decades ago an RAF English Electric Lightening ordinary Squadron aircraft reached 88,000 feet in altitude.

[@Resistculturaldecline]

In zoom climbs, but that was substantially above its service ceiling.

[@ThomasJensen-ce2ob]

I think it the ruger rifle picture if the bird raising it wings .the circuit must fire go blank and connect .then refill

[@battlefatigue7476]

The narrator sounds a little bit like Karl Childers from the movie, Slingblade.

[@ThomasJensen-ce2ob]

The radio never beginning till you hear a scratchy sound when to wires are dragged over each other .I move my ea fox hole radio using a spoon instead of something else now

[@bennehgilbert1014]

I don’t know why they are comparing American to Russian they are real super power respect 🫡 to Russians ❤😊

[@sahachas9062]

👍правильно, русские сами разрабатывают и производят, а американцы воруют либо перекупают либо ещё что, у самих мозгов ни хватает, а да ещё деньги за выдают за свои разработки в 10 раз больше😂

[@ThomasJensen-ce2ob]

The flooding occured threw move they must be boxed up when thrown out in two or three boxes

[@Godiswithus7836]

Flying 3 times faster than sound is wild

[@trevormurphy7041]

I’m wondering if you can shoot down a satellite could you put one in orbit ejecting from that I was thinking imagine strapping a GoPro to a rocket and then find it off in the space

[@Юрий-и2ж2в]

Миг 31 и F-15 35 лет назад запускали противоспутниковые ракеты.

[@mich5a879]

Huge engines the size of this incredible plane

[@ThomasJensen-ce2ob]

It uses static from the air .the amount of electrons a metal can hold +. The static in the are make a scratchy sound

[@ThomasJensen-ce2ob]

It's hard to control the system flooding occurs

[@ThomasJensen-ce2ob]

The crab in tarot what is it's card

[@blackindstratus7808]

Bet this is the same narrator who narrates on Dragon Ball Z 😂😂🔥

[@ThomasJensen-ce2ob]

When it get damp the electrons in the air decrease

[@Oplix]

The sickest plane ever made.

[@ThomasJensen-ce2ob]

Impossible to make one of these

[@ThomasJensen-ce2ob]

The new crystal radio showed a increased signal when the ground is wet showing a positive acidic way about it sio2

[@ThomasJensen-ce2ob]

But the nail clippers for a fog .mohs hardness you swip the screen .look at riosco nail clippers well i havnt had a pair sence 1974

[@darkspirits4746]

"My monster" how about install vector engine

[@Shipnot_Nonindustries]

i wonder what would happen if the US and Russia officially became allies (if not already) and they started sharing their technologies.

[@JM-pi2cu]

NO, no their not

[@Shipnot_Nonindustries]

@@JM-pi2cu yea, i kinda figured that bit out while watching the news

[@TickleFingers]

You would find out that Russian planes are merely fluff and US technology is far more advanced and reliable..... Just look at what's happening to Russia's so called advanced fighter in Ukraine. Just like when the MIG-25 landed in Japan, they are finding out that Russian planes are not to be feared.

[@lotled6878]

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[@przecie3856]

@@lotled6878 Try with putin your enthusiasm 🤣😂💩🇷🇺⚰️🇷🇺💩⚰️⚰️

[@shawndurkee]

There is one jet they didn't mention and the mig 31 cant and will never touch. The sr71 blackbird.

[@ThomasJensen-ce2ob]

His throat cute by walking up to the sound of the red tail .

[@ThomasJensen-ce2ob]

The Bermuda triangle ghost ships must have a radio receiver that just isn't complete

[@ThomasJensen-ce2ob]

I figured that the iron with wire around it is a magnet .bearings of north and south and the crap .

[@expertubechannelsofficial.3309]

ARMASRU. Analisando sus formas y modelos de su armamento son espectaculares. Tanto naves tanques misiles hiper. SON UNA BELLEZA. S-400 Además de ser lo mejor del Mundo. Me gustaría q saquen modelos en juguetitos de plástico. Mucha gente del Mundo los Coleccionaria. Thanks....................

[@ThomasJensen-ce2ob]

Phillip won't you have problems with a lemon lime switch nowadays

[@ThomasJensen-ce2ob]

I come from beyond the kiper belt this place is hell

[@ThomasJensen-ce2ob]

Phillip the transducer should give in

[@firexl007]

I just love that DBZ voice 😂😂😂

[@edde2402]

wut?

[@ThomasJensen-ce2ob]

Aluminum by must be short of 27

[@icun2212]

Do the An26 please

[@GloopSerious-nt9dv]

Antonov factory is located in Ukraine :D

[@evonrn2000]

SR 71 flew higher and Way faster :) but good documentary 👏

[@anton3418]

От него не было толку поэтому и отказались

[@merearly]

chupa pare gusto?

[@Юрий-и2ж2в]

SR 71 это разведчик, который уязвим для дальнобойных ракет наземных комплексов. . Поэтому скорее всего его сняли с вооружения.

[@Resistculturaldecline]

@@Юрий-и2ж2в It was fired at around 4000 times by missiles and never got hit. It was retired because better machines were developed.

[@Yada_EL]

SR71 has no weapons system......it never did

[@ThomasJensen-ce2ob]

Wrapped a aluminum foil tile with wire magnet type cut it so it had three wires and sprayed it with buttery spray for cooking. .2 inner electrons 8 next and finally three

[@realrex8727]

SU & MIG always powerful

[@ThomasJensen-ce2ob]

Has a germanium diod a coil and earphone only .runs on small battery voltage . oscillating earphones deferent frequency from deferent voltage

[@ThomasJensen-ce2ob]

I carefully removed the radio from the antenna and stored it away

[@ThomasJensen-ce2ob]

Episode 78. So i moved the positive from the inside of the beer bottle and pasted the new aluminum fiid to the branch of the tree by wrapping it around it

[@ThomasJensen-ce2ob]

I had good luck growing part dress con ip pur this summer half a pound of seeds from them re seeded now out there

[@ThomasJensen-ce2ob]

The induction coil must oscillating from a balast of energy .the earphones run of of secondary windings .