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

In this episode of Combat Approved, the viewers of Zvezda TV will learn more about the capabilities of the MiG-31. And they are impressive. After all, it holds several world records, which no other fighter in the world has been able to break yet. MiG-31 can climb to a height of 12-15 miles. This is near space, where tears do not even freeze - they boil. There is almost no air, the temperature and pressure are unsuitable for humans. But this is insignificant for the Russian fighter jet. Moreover, it can accelerate up to 1860 miles per hour up there. That's three times faster than sound. But after all, the MiG-31 is a military vehicle. This means the fighter is able to do all these things with full ammunition allowance on board. In this episode of Combat Approved, we'll send the Russian fighter jet to the borders of near space, where our Earth takes the form of a sphere. And we will show what the pilots feel in these moments.
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[@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.

[@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

[@SovietUnion_]

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

[@Basalt533]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@FoxtrotAlpha173]

Huge respect for Russians 🔥🔥

[@sahachas9062]

Спасибо

[@user-kw6ie1bj7v]

Sovietsky

[@jassim_pic]

@@user-kw6ie1bj7v Same thing

[@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

[@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

[@mygame5347]

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

[@ss-5553]

I'm from Finland greetings to all.

[@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

[@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😂

[@rapbotsuniverse4843]

Thanks for bringing this... 💛

[@borisperez3129]

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

[@tmobaile1187]

Legendary fighter MIG 31

[@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.

[@user-kk1jv7rs9m]

@@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 ..

[@AsadAli-le2ms]

love the engineering.

[@ianmangham4570]

Stunning footage, PRICELESS FOOTAGE of a legend 💯💪🙏

[@ramatgan1]

Huge respect for Russians amazing aircraft 🔥🔥

[@user-hb8tw4zl4q]

СССР

[@jasongates3039]

Awesome show!!

[@herbbie4714]

Beautiful aircraft!

[@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?

[@hazlinabdulhamid7461]

From Malaysia.✌️😊✌️🇲🇾

[@naeemkhan2552]

Very nice

[@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.😊

[@vincentcollins3428]

amazing !!!

[@allgood6760]

Awesome plane!

[@CiciOzkup-rg8ld]

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

[@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.

[@stewartrogerson1369]

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

[@praveenranndika5083]

Yeah man...

[@ianmangham4570]

She's going BALLISTIC 🤠🤟💯

[@Mundo-bn2ho]

my favourite jet ever.

[@Nidhin987]

Very very good.

[@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?"..

[@M4KIMBER]

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

[@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!🤗

[@user-ki4mr8qd9g]

They are both at same time

[@ohioplayer-bl9em]

I love the runway is soaked and has patches of snow and ice. In the US they would have guys with hairdryers cleaning the runway.

[@dr0pps]

Потому что в России техника для войны, а в США для парадов 😂

[@ThomasJensen-ce2ob]

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

[@mich5a879]

Huge engines the size of this incredible plane

[@discount8508]

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

[@hikvision1019]

Amazing jet fighter, Russian MIG-31 winner !

[@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.

[@ReaperCoding]

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

[@DK-gl3ih]

@@MonMalthias 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@deckdeckard5297]

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

[@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

[@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....................

[@Phuckyou313]

This was the jet designed to intercept the sr71 it's not a dog fighter its a high altitude intercepter. Even tho there's war going on between nations I still love aviation and the migs. The fact they don't need a crew to seat you in and the pilot can do it himself is a great thing. By the time your strapped in their already in the air and coming for ya.

[@alexsvilla7962]

the difference is that the mig 31 can outmaneuver the straight flying sr71 which also cannot carry anything other than pilots.

[@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.

[@user-ik3ie5sw7p]

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

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@blackindstratus7808]

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

[@112deeps]

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

[@Godiswithus7836]

Flying 3 times faster than sound is wild

[@camaralassana4278]

Barabo👍👍👍

[@TridentDriver]

How many SR-71s did these shoot down?

[@honahwikeepa2115]

The one and only legend 💪😎🇷🇺

[@shehanp66]

70,000 ft, fckn hell man

[@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]

I come from beyond the kiper belt this place is hell

[@ThomasJensen-ce2ob]

Now the radio a coil earphones and the diod from the remote holding the coil I couldn't be happier a station

[@Yada_EL]

Amazing

[@firexl007]

I just love that DBZ voice 😂😂😂

[@edde2402]

wut?

[@raymundovergararoman2473]

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

[@boussoumaiga1070]

I think Russians are the smartest human being in the earth .

[@johnnyparallax7321]

if you look at their budget vs usa , its true

[@BRMCX69]

@@johnnyparallax7321 being the real aggressor with almost 800 foreign bases require a lot of money. too much budget for military, yet can't even built a brigdes and public infrastuctures should tell you something.

[@raymondanderson751]

If you are Russian I have serious doubts about that statement, human beings live on the earth not in it.

[@sahachas9062]

Это правда поэтому англосаксам это ни нравиться, тупо зависть, вот и гигемоны нас достают суки

[@thegreatestofalltimes.theg6530]

My respect to russian the greatest nation. From congo kinshasa 🇨🇩🇨🇩🇷🇺🇷🇺

[@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

[@ThomasJensen-ce2ob]

I keep the blue light cool

[@icun2212]

Do the An26 please

[@GloopSerious-nt9dv]

Antonov factory is located in Ukraine :D

[@ThomasJensen-ce2ob]

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

[@hecava9618]

" Man, is this a machine." It wouldn't surprise me that this was the jet that intercepted the incoming asteroid over Russia some years ago, therefore saving their country. 👍🦊

[@perseus9084]

Тот астероид перехватить было невозможно!

[@Oplix]

The sickest plane ever made.

[@adrianioandajulesc2530]

SUPER , bravo RUSIA

[@battlefatigue7476]

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

[@ThomasJensen-ce2ob]

Each photon depression point at the highest kevel ever ..a incomplete

[@whammo11224]

Isn't this episode a repeat?

[@ThomasJensen-ce2ob]

The crab resilience ,determination ..is it's easier way

[@ThomasJensen-ce2ob]

As soon as tested rain clouds increased to compensate

[@ThomasJensen-ce2ob]

Upon death I shall simple fly in the clouds to we're ever I want .dream weaver

[@combat4252]

the best rocket was fired from it so it is the best plane on the planet 🚀kinzhal🚀

[@combat4252]

@Dreamcatcher 😊💪

[@dragod7233]

flat earthers left the show 🤣🤣

[@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]

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

[@ThomasJensen-ce2ob]

Phillip the transducer should give in

[@mhmmd.adisatrio3801]

Most epic moment at 04:51 - 04:53 😎

[@ronaldblythe7559]

"Whoa there's someone already in here" lol

[@ThomasJensen-ce2ob]

This divice makes rain

[@ThomasJensen-ce2ob]

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

[@kentjohansson3177]

MIG 25 flög upp till 35997meter höjd

[@benjaminperez7328]

Is this narrated by Jim Florentine?

[@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]

Перестать тратить ресурсы на оружие.. а преступить всем миром в освоение космоса.. работать на улучшением уровня жизни всей планеты.. развивая зеленую энергетику.. Миру мир.. уважать друг друга 😊

[@przecie3856]

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

[@ThomasJensen-ce2ob]

Miss 2018 dive

[@ThomasJensen-ce2ob]

Mack 2. The speed of sound

[@ThomasJensen-ce2ob]

Impossible to make one of these

[@ThomasJensen-ce2ob]

The kiper belt is heaven. Mark burnt up in the van allen radiation belt

[@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 steak for the antenna dipped in party dress morning glory and touched to a snake

[@nacerkhamou3149]

awesome my baby ❤❤❤❤❤

[@elta6241]

That narrator is utterly fantastic.

[@rioalcones9136]

🎉👏