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Russian MiG-31 Fighter Jets Good Enough Until ‘At Least 2028’
Ria Novosti ^
| 30/08/2013
Posted on 08/31/2013 9:14:50 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
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To: sukhoi-30mki
Thanks to 0bama we won’t be able to afford the fuel to gas up our planes, so it doesn’t matter how good the russkies are.
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posted on
08/31/2013 9:16:54 AM PDT
by
The Sons of Liberty
(For congress, it's not the principle of the thing, it's the money.)
To: sukhoi-30mki
I guess we’ll be finding out how good they are in a few days. Obama the destroyer of worlds.
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posted on
08/31/2013 9:22:07 AM PDT
by
crazydad
(Obamamohamed is a traitor)
To: sukhoi-30mki
It seems to be a rather dated fighter jet, but there is something to be said for having large numbers of aircraft.
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posted on
08/31/2013 9:24:45 AM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( ==> sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: sukhoi-30mki
MIG 25
![photo mig31_zps276eee6f.jpg](http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x233/wleppler/mig31_zps276eee6f.jpg)
It's de ja vu all over again!!!
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posted on
08/31/2013 9:29:05 AM PDT
by
ontap
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To: sukhoi-30mki
My knowledge of things military is somewhat limited to what happens on the ground. I freely admit to a paucity of understanding when it comes to fighter aircraft.
Please enlighten me - It seems that 260 rounds of ammunition for the main gun on a fighter would not be very much.
Are these rounds especially effective? Or are Russian pilots really good marksmen? Or do these cannon fire very slowly?
When I read “Gatling cannon” the image in my mind goes to mini-guns spewing out thousands of rounds per minute.
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posted on
08/31/2013 9:33:32 AM PDT
by
shibumi
(Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
To: sukhoi-30mki
3000 Km per hour seems pretty fast. Isn’t that nearly 2000 mph?
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posted on
08/31/2013 9:36:45 AM PDT
by
yarddog
(Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
To: sukhoi-30mki
As always the hype is it being the fastest aircraft in service. If it's like the past it can maintain that incredible speed for literally ....seconds!!! Meanwhile it has all the stealth of a flying aircraft carrier. This dinosaurs life expectancy in an actual combat situation would about equal it's ability to go fast!!!
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posted on
08/31/2013 9:36:54 AM PDT
by
ontap
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To: shibumi
They’re big rounds, you can only carry so much.
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posted on
08/31/2013 9:40:27 AM PDT
by
Bulwyf
To: shibumi
I remember Chuck Yeager talking about the MIG 15 during the Korean War. The MIG had a large cannon but Yeager said the .50 cal. would do the job.
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posted on
08/31/2013 9:44:32 AM PDT
by
yarddog
(Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
To: ontap
It is not only the fastest but also flies the highest and equipped with an AWACS class powerful radar easily burning through countermeasures.
This plane is an extremely potent BVR interceptor platform, a Mig-25 replacement with most of it’s bugs and shortcomings fixed.
To: shibumi
Or are Russian pilots really good marksmen?
Technology has improved the "aim".
Wiki says the gas-operated cannon can run 9,000-10,000 round/min, and 260 rounds is, obviously, gone in less than two seconds.
To: smokingfrog
but there is something to be said for having large numbers of aircraft. Yes, I think it was Stalin who said quantity has a quality all its own.
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posted on
08/31/2013 10:01:08 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Bush: Cowboy Diplomacy. Obama: Rodeo Clown Diplomacy.)
To: yarddog
Not if it is based off the MIG-25.
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posted on
08/31/2013 10:38:29 AM PDT
by
Chipper
(You can't kill an Obamazombie by destroying the brain...they didn't have one to begin with.)
To: yarddog
1,864.113576712 miles per hour
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posted on
08/31/2013 11:06:52 AM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
To: carriage_hill
1,864.113576712 miles per hourAs a general officer I once worked for used to say, if you need more decimal places, convert from English to Metric and back. He was being sarcastic, of course.
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posted on
08/31/2013 11:32:23 AM PDT
by
JoeFromSidney
( book, RESISTANCE TO TYRANNY, available from Amazon.)
To: Bulwyf
Large? Not as large as the A10’s 30mm round and the A-10 carries over 1,000 of those.
For this Russian jet the number of rounds is awfully inadequate. They likely expect a one pass haul a$$ worth of gun engagement as that box car can’t turn worth a darn to survive a gunfight.
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posted on
08/31/2013 11:37:16 AM PDT
by
Hulka
To: cunning_fish
WOW!!! All the money the US and Soviets have spent the last 40 yrs and the secret is a revamped 40 yr old airframe with pirated radar and gas guzzling engines!!! Again this thing won't last half an hour up against the radar and missiles of half a dozen countries!!!
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posted on
08/31/2013 11:38:48 AM PDT
by
ontap
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To: carriage_hill
That is close enough for government work.
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posted on
08/31/2013 11:43:38 AM PDT
by
yarddog
(Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
To: JoeFromSidney
Heh; that’s more numbers than I need to deal with. I can’t even imagine those kind of mach speeds.
I once did 200mph (300ft/sec) laps testing BFG tires at Daytona in an mid-80s IMSA GTP Porsche 956, and that was plenty fast enough for me.
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posted on
08/31/2013 12:15:09 PM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
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