MiG-41 – Russia’s top secret stealth fighter project…

The US media has shown special interest in two secret stealth aircraft being developed by Russia silently, namely the MiG-41 and Su-60.

It is not the Su-57 but the MiG-41 stealth aircraft that Russia is quietly developing that can defeat the F-35 and make America the most worried. The statement was quoted by the Russian RIA news agency as written in Defense News article. The United States and its allies are currently restless because there are reports that Russia is continuing to implement the MiG-41 aircraft project with many improvements compared to the previous one.

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two new generation Russian fighter jets are being developed at the same time, which needs special attention.MIG-41    SU-60.

The MiG-41’s information is kept strictly confidential, but this interceptor is likely to be based on the MiG-31. This is perfectly reasonable as it will save money and take less time to research. However, Russian officials said that the MiG-41 would be a completely a new aircraft, and not a deep upgrade version of the MiG-31. The Mig-41 will probably use the Izdeliye 30 engine currently developed for the Su-57. MiG-41 will possess all the advantages, combining the use of lessons learned from the design and thirty years of use experience of its predecessor MiG-31, as well as inheriting the essence of previous generation aircraft.

According to some experts, the MiG-41 will be considered a 5 ++, or 6 generation fighter. One of the key challenges in the near future that the MiG-41 will face may be supersonic fighters, traditional threats from cruise missiles and bombers of potential enemies. In addition to the manned version, the unmanned version of the MiG-41 is also being considered.

Some Russian sources claim that the MiG-41 interceptor will be delivered to the Russian Aerospace Forces in the mid-2020s. However, many analysts believe that the MiG-41 will only be able to take off in 2035, and even 2040.

It is clear that the MiG-41 will be costly to Russia and, if successful, will not be mass produced.

Many argue that the simultaneous implementation of both the MiG-41 and Su-57 programs is considered quite impossible because Russia’s defense budget is very limited. Spending money on two advanced fighter research projects at the same time is extremely unreasonable, even for a country with a lot of money like the United States. So for now the MiG-41 is still a myth on the drawing board and how soon these planes will take off will be difficult to judge.

The Mikoyan MiG-41 is a Russian stealth interceptor aircraft/heavy fighter under development by Mikoyan, under the programme PAK DP (Russian: ПАК ДП, short for: Перспективный авиационный комплекс дальнего перехвата, romanized: Perspektivny aviatsionny kompleks dalnego perekhvata, lit. Prospective air complex for long-range interception) which intends to replace the Mikoyan MiG-31 in the Russian Air Force in mid-2020s.

 According to the Russian defence analyst Vasily Kashin, the MiG-41 would be considered as a 5++ or 6th generation project.[

In an interview for Russia Today, the Director General of RSK MiG, Ilya Tarasenko, said that it would be a new construction capable of Mach number 4–4.3, equipped with an anti-missile laser, and said would be able to operate at very high altitudes and even in near space. He also stated that it could be transformed into an unmanned version later. If purchased by the Russian Air Force, he said that the first production MiG-41 would be completed in 2025.^[

美國軍事情報分析指出,俄羅斯的空軍,已經成功研發最超強的隱形戰鬥機 ,MIG-41.性能超越

 SU-57.,F-35.形成俄羅斯第六代的飛機,有訊息指出MIG-41.早已在2020年中期便以成功研製.

基本上MIG-41.是改良從MIG-31.自2018年便著手進行工作,而且SU-57.並不是俄羅斯現行的空軍主力,SU-57.已經確定外銷於國際市場,可惜僅有中國捧場購買,而且技術轉移,協助俄羅斯改進SU-57.的缺點

筆者blog.曾經詳細報導,中國購買俄羅斯SU-57.隱形戰鬥機,並且在俄羅斯遠東軍區共青城,設立生產線與俄羅斯共同製造裝備SU-57.,並有望於2022年交付中國空軍使用.

目前俄羅斯財政情況不良,無法編列預算,生產MIG-41,業裝空軍使用成為主力戰鬥機.專家預測分析將於2035-2040時期交付俄羅斯空軍使用,美國軍事情報認為俄羅斯已經密秘試飛MIG-41.原型機以供驗證及日後改良之用,但是俄羅斯空軍則希望於2025年完成使用.