The MiG-31 Foxhound was the Soviet Union’s answer to emerging threats like cruise missiles, AWACS aircraft, and low-flying bombers. Equipped with a massive radar and long-range R-33 missiles, it could ...

Source: The National Interest and Globalsecurity.org. There have been multiple accounts of MiG-31 fighters chasing away SR-71s, the legendary high-altitude US spy plane. A Russian pilot claimed he ...