[sharktrager]

They actually believe they could have shot down over 40 cruise missles which all reached their target in a span of less than 30 seconds?

[Renfield]

American cruise missiles are subsonic; depending upon the point of launch, they might take a half-hour to travel from the Persian Gulf to Baghdad. The MiG-31 has a sophisticated "look-down,shoot-down" radar designed to guide its missiles to cruise missiles and low altitude attack aircraft. The MiG-31, which was developed from the older MiG-25, was designed specifically to counter the B-1 bomber and U.S. cruise missiles.