Stratosphere maneuvers: MiG-31 of the PCS of the Russian Federation conducted training fights at an altitude of 11 km (video)

According to the idea of ​​flight, the conditional enemy aircraft approached the state border of Russia, which was reacted by the PCS fighters of the Russian Federation. On October 10, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. "According to the training, the enemy's plane was approaching the state border of the Russian Federation.

In order to identify the air target and to prevent the violation of the state border of the Russian Federation into the air, the MiG-31 fighter was raised from the next forces of the Northern Fleet Anti-Fleet Defense," the report said. It should be noted that on October 6, the Russian Defense Department reported that an air target was discovered above the Norwegian Sea near the Russian borders, after which the MiG-31 fighter was raised into the sky to stop the disruption of the airspace.

He was the US Navy reconnaissance aircraft P-8A Poseidon. According to the Bulgarian Militis, the training maneuvers are probably related to this incident, although no violation of the borders of the Russian Federation was recorded. In general, experts write, the involvement of MiG-31 in the high-rise educational combat is not an unprecedented case.

For example, in 2019, a modernized MiG-31BM fighter fighter was first fighting in the upper atmosphere over the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Far East of Russia, imitating during a training of practical invasion of airspace. Meanwhile, it should be noted that after the start of a full -scale war in Ukraine, NATO military aircraft are constantly patrolling in the airspace near the Russian borders.

"Such increased aviation activity threatens stability in the region due to possible misunderstanding, which can lead to unpredictable escalation against the background of existing tension," the observers summed up. We will remind, on September 19, the Air Force Air Force spokesman of the Armed Forces said that the Russian air forces received a modernized Mig-31I interceptor, which is capable of launching missiles according to established parameters.