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A infografia mostra as características do MiG-31 e o armamento.
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Novo papel do interceptor MiG-31 pode incluir caça a satélites

October 23, 2018 - O avião interceptor super-rápido MiG-31 foi reequipado com algumas das armas de ataque ao solo mais avançadas da Rússia, incluindo mísseis hipersónicos e possivelmente caça-satélites.

The Mikoyan MiG-31, known to NATO as the “Foxhound”, is a Soviet fighter dating from the 1980s, and remains one of the fastest and highest flying jets ever built. About 130 are currently in service with the Russian Armed Forces.

The aircraft has been extensively upgraded, but it has also taken on new tasks: as an air-launcher for the Kinzhal ground-strike weapon and as an aerospace missile system to deliver small satellites to orbit or intercept enemy satellites, according to Aviation Week.

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PUBLISHED: 24/10/2018; STORY: Graphic News
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