The fastest fighter today? The fastest fighter in the world

A few people upstairs asked about combat aircraft.

The fastest is the Russian MiG-31 interceptor.

The MiG-31 fighter is an air defense interceptor designed by the Mikoyan and Grevich Aircraft Design Bureau, and the main targets of interception are the SR--71 supersonic high-altitude strategic reconnaissance aircraft and the low-altitude incoming Tomahawk cruise missile.

The aerodynamic shape of the aircraft is very similar to that of the MiG-25, with an upper single wing, double vertical tail, and air intake layout on both sides. The length of the aircraft, the wingspan meters, the height of the aircraft, equipped with two D-306 afterburner turbofan engines, each with a maximum thrust of 14,600 kg, a high-altitude (18,300 meters) maximum flight speed m, a low-altitude flight speed m, a combat radius of 1,500 kilometers, a maximum take-off weight of 46,200 kg, a practical ceiling of 24,000 meters, a maximum endurance of hours, a refueling in the air for 6-7 hours.

SR71 Blackbird, Mach, but supposedly decommissioned!

X-41 verification drone, Mach 9, not practical, under test....The MiG-31 interceptor, Mach, should be the fastest in active service at the moment!

The above three types of aircraft are detailed in the encyclopedia!

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The fastest fighter in the world

In the process of developing missiles, we attach great importance to the speed of missiles. You must know that only by having sufficient speed can you seize the opportunity in the battle and play a greater role. The same is true for fighters, and every country attaches great importance to the improvement of the speed of fighters.

Which is the fastest fighter in the world?

As we all know, the most advanced fighter in the world is the fifth-generation fighter, but to say that the fastest fighter in the world is not the fifth-generation fighter, but a MiG-25 developed by the Soviet Union in the 60s of the last century. It is reported that the speed of the MiG-25 can reach Mach, and in modern fighters no longer pursue high-altitude speed, therefore, in 20 to 30 years it is impossible to appear again fighters with speeds exceeding Mach.

You must know that even the most advanced F-22 in the United States, its maximum speed can only reach Mach, MiG-25 "Lone Bat" is a high-altitude and high-speed interceptor fighter developed by the Soviet Union's Mikoyan Design Bureau in the late 60s of the 20th century, and it is also the world's first fighter with a maximum flight speed of more than Mach 3.

The MiG-25 uses a large number of stainless steel structures, emphasizes high-altitude and high-speed performance in the design, has broken a number of world records for flight speed and flight altitude, and is one of the only three manned aircraft in the world that has broken through the "thermal barrier" (the other two are the American SR-71 and the Russian MiG-31).

The Soviet Union built 1,200 MiG-25s in a pure tone, and the MiG-25, with its "elusive" speed, was a lingering nightmare for Western countries for a long time. Even the American missiles have no way to take this fighter, and in the case of the American Sidewinder missile, its speed is already quite good among missiles, and it can reach Mach.

Even if the US plane launches the Sidewinder missile, this missile can only look at the MiG-25 getting farther and farther away from itself, and in terms of speed alone, it will throw the F22 a few streets away. Although the MiG-25 fighter is the fastest in the world, it does not mean that its performance is the best. The MiG-25 also has a lot of shortcomings, such as poor steering ability and does not have an advantage in close-quarters air combat, so most of the MiG-25 is a reconnaissance type.

In 2017, the MiG Group announced that it plans to develop a MiG-41 fighter, which will be a new long-range interceptor that will inherit the advantages of the MiG-25 and MiG-31. The most attractive thing is still the flight speed, and it is reported that the maximum speed of the MiG-41 is expected to exceed Mach 4, far exceeding the F-22 fighter. According to the plan, the MiG-41 is expected to be delivered around 2025.

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The most advanced in modern times must be one of the few fifth-generation fighters, and the fifth-generation fighters are constantly pursuing faster and higher flight speeds, if they are not excessively pursuing stealth performance. With the development of science and technology, the pursuit of speed of fighter jets can be said to have reached an unprecedented high stage, after all, air combat has been more and more important, and the standards for fighter jets will naturally be more stringent.

The vital existence of the speed of the fighter is undoubtedly the aero engine it has, and the research on the aero engine is outside the United States and Russia, the level of other countries are behind these two countries, especially the United States, which is absolutely the world's first level in the field of aero engines, otherwise two advanced fifth-generation fighters will not be designed.

While other countries are struggling to develop fifth-generation fighters, the United States is already far ahead of them, and has already put two fifth-generation fighters into service. However, these two fighters are not the fastest fighters in the air, what is more powerful is their stealth performance, so which fighters are extremely fast?

In terms of supersonic flight, Russia has mastered this technology enough, but this MiG-25 fighter is not developed by Russia, but its predecessor, a high-speed interceptor developed by the Soviet Union. And this "old fighter", which was born in the 70s of the last century, is actually a fighter specially created for the US Air Force.

The speed of the MiG-25 fighter can reach up to Mach 4, and the ultimate flight speed can reach 3470 kilometers per hour, but in addition to the ultra-fast flight speed, the maximum climb altitude of the MiG-25 is also extremely powerful, in 1977, the MiG-25 set a world record of 37650 meters in the sky, which is enough to show its strength.

YF-12 fighter.

Although this American-made high-altitude interceptor is not as fast as the MiG-25 fighter, the maximum speed of the Mach is enough to make many fighters out of reach. In fact, its birth time is about the same as the advent of the MiG-25 fighter, which is a product of the 70s of the last century.

As the only Mach three speed interceptor in the United States that has successfully flown in the United States, this fighter is actually faster than the Blackbird, and the ceiling is relatively high, but in terms of data, it is behind the MiG-25 fighter after all.

MiG-31 fighter.

The MiG-31 fighter is a high-speed fighter developed after the MiG-25, which is fast and has great firepower, and it is also a fighter that Russia attaches great importance to. Although the speed of this fighter is only Mach, the speed is lower than the above two, but Russia is still very rich in the research and development of fighters, so whether it is the MiG-25 or the MiG-31 fighter is a trustworthy air weapon.