28-03-2024, 11:50 PM
F-16 vs. Russia’s Best Fighter Russian Air Force may maintained very significant pressure on NATO-backed Ukraine. Russia has at least one major aerial advantage: the terrifying combination of the MiG-31 and its very long-range R-37M missile.
R-37M armed MiG-31 since October 2022, is main threat against Ukrainian AirForce reportedly shot down several Ukrainian aircraft, mainly by using the long-range R-37, in August 2023, an R-37-armed MiG-31 also used on Norwegian P-8A Poseidon too on Dec 2023, a Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter jet was shot down by R-37M long-range air-to-air missile reportedly fired by a MiG-31. In August 2023, the National Police of Ukraine claimed that an R-37 missile had been used in an airstrike in Kramatorsk region. Ukrainian pilots hope the soon-to-be-supplied F-16 fighter jets armed with the AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles will be a defense missiles system.
R-37M armed MiG-31 since October 2022, is main threat against Ukrainian AirForce reportedly shot down several Ukrainian aircraft, mainly by using the long-range R-37, in August 2023, an R-37-armed MiG-31 also used on Norwegian P-8A Poseidon too on Dec 2023, a Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter jet was shot down by R-37M long-range air-to-air missile reportedly fired by a MiG-31. In August 2023, the National Police of Ukraine claimed that an R-37 missile had been used in an airstrike in Kramatorsk region. Ukrainian pilots hope the soon-to-be-supplied F-16 fighter jets armed with the AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles will be a defense missiles system.