After modernization, the fighting efficiency of Russian fighters-interceptors MiG-31 triples, Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Alexei Krivorucko, representatives of the Nizhny Novgorod aircraft factory “Sokol”, reports RIA Novosti.
“Modernization, which is carried out with a complete replacement of onboard radio electronic equipment into modern samples and provides for the use of modern aviation means of lesion, approximately three times increases the combat effectiveness of the aircraft,” the enterprise said.
In September, The Military Watch Magazine drew attention to the expanded arsenal interceptors MiG-31BM and MiG-31BSM, which includes a new air-air R-74M rocket rocket, which makes MiG-31 one of the most versatile aircraft.
Undergraduate since 2007 suggests, in particular, replacing the onboard equipment and a lantern, a glider defecting, an update of wiring and rubber gaskets MiG-31.