To: cunning_fish
The MiG-31, the fastest fighter-interceptor in service anywhere in the world, has recently been the subject of a comprehensive upgrade to MiG-31BM standard. I was curious what does the "BM" mean?
4 posted on
04/13/2013 10:06:19 AM PDT by
Paleo Conservative
(Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not really out to get you.)
To: Paleo Conservative
5 posted on
04/13/2013 10:10:22 AM PDT by
GeronL
(http://asspos.blogspot.com)
To: Paleo Conservative
I was curious what does the "BM" mean? "Big Modernization" (Bolshaya Modernizatsiya)
7 posted on
04/13/2013 10:18:24 AM PDT by
Oztrich Boy
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To: Paleo Conservative
In fact they have various confusing abbreviations. There was a Mig-31bm version in earlier 80s and it was a 'РЭБ' - radio-electronic warfare aircraft or jammer and anti-AWACS, anti-radar platform. Recent one probably stands for 'deeply modernized' with long range bvr missiles and fire control to use it.
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