There were more than 500 units: how many in Russia there is aircraft of "Aviaspetsna" MiG-31-media

The existing Mig-31 fighter fighters have already declined before the war. Also, journalists say, planes are stuck or are damaged. The Soviet double supersonic all-hemage of the MiG-31 long-range fighter is one of the most threatening aircraft in the enemy aviation. The total volume of its production from 1975 to 1994 amounted to 519 units, writes Defense Express.

At the same time, The Military Balance 2023 claims that the full-scale invasion of the Russians had 85 MiG-31BM interceptors, 12 MiG-31K and 32 MiG-31bm, which was 129 aircraft. But now this figure has declined significantly as a result of the strokes of the Defense Forces of Ukraine.

However, if you take the figure at the level of "500 units", it turns out that over the last 30 years the existing MiG-31 park at the disposal of the Russian Federation has declined in a margin, suggesting in the publication. In addition, planes of this type are no longer manufactured. According to the material, the Russians themselves reduced the operational resource of aircraft, which belong to the "special forces of VO".