In Russia, they conducted training from high-rise interception to the MiG-31: Do the F-35 owners scare

Norway Air Force pass from F-16 fighters to F-35. With their appearance, Russia's strategic situation in the northern regions is projected to worsen significantly as the F-35 has a technological advantage. On November 7, the Northern Navy of the Navy conducted a high-rise interception over the Barents Sea with the use of MiG-31 fighters.

In this regard, Western experts point out that these machines are increasingly responsible for the safety of the northern regions of the Russian Federation against the background of the transformation of the Norway Air Force, which pass to the latest F-35. What strategic challenges in the north to face the PCS of Russia is said in Bulgarian Military.

According to the press service of the Fleet of the Russian Federation, the MiG-31 crews, according to a given educational situation, worked out the interception of a potential opponent in the stratosphere. "As a result of competent maneuvering, the probable invader was forced to deviate from the course and leave the state borders of Russia," the message reads.

The observers say that the Russian PCS has a park of more than 100 MiG-31 aircraft, according to experts, another 32 aircraft are part of the Northern Fleet. At the same time, two-thirds of aircraft belong to a separate MiG-31 regiment and about 10 aircraft-to a mixed regiment, in which they are neighbors with shock fighters of Su-24m. Meanwhile, Norway Air Force is moving from F-16 fighters to F-35, which led to a seismic change in their combat potential.

Although the MiG-31 has a significant advantage over the F-16 by combat characteristics due to the larger size and more sophisticated radar, with the advent of the F-35 arena, the power equilibrium was not much disturbed in favor of Russian machines. Experts emphasize that the F-35 has stels, high-tech sensors, more sophisticated avionic and arsenal of weapons. Earlier, the F-16, having a size of less than a third of the size of the MiG-31 and with a weaker radar, pointed less threat.

However, the appearance of the F-35 threatens serious consequences for the Russian forces, despite the fact that the American fighter is abundant and cannot still fight high intensity. "After the final elimination of the current problems associated with the F-35, the strategic situation of Russia will be significantly deteriorated," the observers emphasized. At the same time, the Russians try to improve their altitude interceptors, equipped with a new radar system and onboard electronics.

Thus, MiG-31bm/BSM modifications appeared. However, the further fate of the MiG-31 park remains in a state of considerable uncertainty, despite the development of successors in the person "Project 701" and Pak yes, their status remains vague. "Currently, the likelihood that Mig-31 can complete its life cycle and never replace any equivalent interceptor. More often suggesting that Su-57 fighters may be reinterpreted as double-range variants To displace the Mig-31 park, "-experts summed up.