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Summary! No Passage to Ukraine! 

Ukraine Has Seized Russia Train Containing All Russia's Ammunition!", discusses how Ukrainian intelligence successfully intercepted a train carrying Russian MiG 41 fighter jets, a technologically advanced aircraft equipped with stealth technology, sensors, and avionics. 

Ukraine employed various tactics to gather critical info, including getting intel from defectors, decrypting communications, analyzing satellite imagery, & utilizing drones for reconnaissance. 

It his seizure significantly weakened Russia's air power & caused psychological erosion within their military. 

The Ukrainian forces showed their resolve by destroying their crew equipment and missiles, & implementing deception and misdirection tactics to safeguard the jets. 

The impact of this event went beyond the military sphere, potentially changing the regional political landscape and boosting Ukraine's international standing. However. 

Ukraine Vs Russia conflict remains complex & rapidly evolving, as both sides continue to adjust to the shifting dynamics.

Russia Pushes ‘Aviation Boundaries’ With MiG-41 PAK DP 6th-Gen Fighters; Can It Really Fly By Early 2030s?.

Russia’s Mikoyan MiG-41 sixth-generation fighter as a replacement for the Mikoyan MiG-31 is back in the news. Reports are that Russia is pushing the boundaries of aviation engineering as it accelerates the development of the MiG-41.

The plane will not just chart the higher atmosphere but also leap towards lower space. It draws inspiration from the operationally well-established MiG-31M air dominance fighter.

The MiG-31 “Foxhound” had a top speed of 2.83 Mach. It was equipped with a very big arsenal of weapons and guns, including 6× R-37 long-range missiles.


MiG-41 will embody all the advantages of the MiG-31 fighter-interceptor jet. MiG-41 would have to be a more powerful weapon platform. 

Weapons would have to be carried internally. Russians say that it will introduce features not seen by the aviation world yet. Really? Time to understand the features and developmental status of this the next from the Soviet/Russian arsenal.

MiG-41 Development Status -- MiG-41 PAK DP (Prospective air complex for long-range interception) is evolving Russian program to develop a stealth supersonic interceptor cum heavy fighter aircraft, to replace the Mikoyan MiG-31 in the Russian Aerospace Forces in the mid-2030s. The actual platform designation will evolve around the time it is entering service. It will imbibe sixth-generation technologies and design.

The design of the PAK DP was reportedly finalized around the end of 2019. Ilya Tarasenko, the General-Director of the MiG Corporation, as well as the head of the Sukhoi Company, said in an interview in July 2020 that the PAK DP will be created as an advancement of the MiG-31’s design.

Tarasenko also said that it would be a new platform design and construction capable of Mach number 4-plus, equipped with an anti-missile laser, and would be able to operate at very high altitudes and even in near space, flying at altitudes between the stratopause (45 km) and the tropopause (12 km).

Aircraft is also meant to borrow concepts technologies from MiG-31M, with advanced Zaslon-M radar. It could use a variant of the Izdeliye 30 engines currently under development for Su-57. The AMNTC Soyuz divulged some info on website already-developed R-579 300 engine, a potential match for Su-57, among others.

The principal challenge for MiG-41 appears to be ongoing development of the pulse-detonation engine that will power aircraft, especially the management of engine’s wear & tear, given exceptionally dynamic load it will handle. PAK DP will use stealth technology.

Russia is developing an electromagnetic pulse [EMP] gun, a potential game-changer in aerial warfare, a innovative ‘energy gun’ could expand range of achievable targets.

Russia anticipates MiG-41 electromagnetic cannon by 2025. A less powerful version of the EMP gun could be an effective deterrent against unmanned aerial vehicles. MiG-41 might be equipped with R-37M missiles.

It could be transformed into an unmanned version later. In January 2021, Rostec Corporation, the owner of Mikoyan, announced that the PAK DP had entered the development phase.

Fact the targeted first flight is in 2025 means a lot of work has already taken place, design should have been frozen, & metal cutting must have been ongoing for a long time. The aircraft powering and initial engine runs may have been completed. If timelines is realistic, then taxi tests may begin in 2024.