- The CEO of the Russian MiG corporation said on Friday that work on an experimental design for a MiG-41 fifth-generation interceptor will begin "in the immediate future."
- The CEO also said that the next-generation jet fighter would be delivered to the Russian Air Force in the mid-2020s.
- The MiG-41, or PAK DP, would be the successor to the speedy fourth-generation MiG-31 interceptor.
- But experts were skeptical that the aircraft would materalize anytime soon, and one expert even said that to build a pure interceptor is like "living in the past."
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Russia says it's working on an experimental fifth-generation MiG-41 — but an expert says a pure interceptor is already obsolete
The MiG-41, or Prospective Aviation Complex of Long-Range Interception, would be the successor to the speedy fourth-generation MiG-31 interceptor, which was known to have chased away SR-71 Blackbirds.
The CEO of the Russian MiG corporation said on Friday that work on an experimental design for a MiG-41 fifth-generation interceptor will begin
Tarasenko, who previously claimed that the MiG-41 would also said that the MiG-41s are expected to start being delivered to the Russia military in the mid-2020s.
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