Possible MiG-31 successor - MiG-41?

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I more fear MiG-31 being modernized to a low SFC and super cruising at Mach 1.5, standoff bomber destroyer integrated into system 500 than a new airframe. A supplement to Sukhoi's T-50 like F-15C Golden Eagle supplements F-22.

How do you define supercruise?

By any useful measure or yardstick, right now, the MiG-31 will fly significantly faster, for significantly longer, than the F-22 when the F-22 is "supercruising".

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Indeed. To my mind, 'supercruise' means supersonic cruising - however it is achieved. The SR-71 supercruised tremendously well, for example. The F-22 'only true supercruise' crowd seem to me to have a quasi-religious attitude to it. They have a definition based on dogma, & only The One True Way is allowable.

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I am skeptical about the +M4 performance. How would you launch the missiles and protect the missile sensors? What would be the range? IIRC PAK-FA was supposed to be faste, but the requirement was lowered due to complexity.

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