MiG-31 FOX HOUND
     MANUFACTURED BY: MIKOYAN AVIATION NPO (MiG), RUSSIA TYPE - FIGHTER/INTERCEPTOR/ANTI-SATELLITECREW - TWO IN TANDEM PILOT/WEAPONS OFFICERARM - FOUR HARD POINTS - TWO ON EACH WING, FOUR BELLY HARD POINTS - TYPICAL ANTI-AIR MISSION FOUR R-33 AAMRANGE - 1,630 MILES INTERNAL - HAS AIR REFUELING CAPABILITYWING SPAN - 44.1 FT.LENGTH - 74.5 FT.HEIGHT - 20.2 FT.WEIGHT - 90,000 POUNDS TAKE OFFENGINE - TWO AFTERBURNING SOLOVIEV D-30GGUIDANCE - GPS SUPPLIED BY ROCKWELL INTERNATIONALSPEED - 1,900 MPH OR MACH 2.8 AT ALTITUDE
UNCONFIRMED**** Russia and China concluded an agreement to transfer twenty four MiG-31 FOXHOUND fighters to China in 1992. The agreement included a deal to manufacture up to 200 more inside China. The transfer cannot be confirmed in that NO MiG-31 aircraft have appeared in the PLAAF inventory at this time. U.S. intelligence sources indicate that the MiG-31 may be used by the PLAAF in an anti-satellite role by firing a specialized missile.
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