As usual, even if Russia can afford to build the aircraft at all, they'll build one squadron, if that, before they run out of money. That's not nearly enough to pose any real threat to NATO or the U.S.
This reminds me a lot of those "Secret Aircraft of the Fill-in-the-Blank" documentaries they used to show on the History Channel before it switched to an all hillbilly crab fishermen lineup. You know what I mean, the sort of program that shows how Germany or Japan could have won WWII if only they'd developed CGI.
The difference though is that this project is actually going to materialize. It is not an optional fantasy for Russia, the country does need a successor to MiG-31 even though it gets upgrades. It will take years though: for example, F-35 was started in 1993 and by now, almost thirty years later, is still not combat approved by the military. But it will be approved eventually.
@@1021132 I did not write "approved", I wrote started. Yes, the project is that old. It takes a long time. This MiG-41 thing was actually started years ago from now even though it is still not publicly presented. And it will take years from now before it will be operational.
IT isn't much known,but Mikoyan actually started his career by stealing Polikarpov's designs And presenting them as his own,for which He was allowed to start "his own" design bureau.
The ability to build an aircraft capable of going faster than the SR-71 has been around for a while. The reason why nobody has bothered building an interceptor with that capability is because there isn't much use for such a thing.
This it will just knock itself out of the air as soon as it launches a missile since its going so fast. Planes like these are just targets in the air since missiles now go faster than the speed they are hopping this can go.
Also the fuel... with engines that big whilst having such small wings along with a small fuselage the operational range would be small. It would take off and have to come back 10 minutes later.
I was wondering the same thing: what do they want to intercept at such speeds? Aurora (if it even exists)? Maybe they could use ramjets to accelerate for a ballistic hop out of the atmosphere and launch a missile at a low-flying spy satellite near its perigee?
@@Karackal 不是 Aurora. 是 'NGAD' , it is already in flight stage so therefore the new programme for the USAF has been in a head start for the 6th gen bomber/interceptor/air-dominance role aircraft. Although it seems Russia will be achieving finalised production in the 2030s along with UK, America already seems to have passed selection stage so the prototype will be finalised and in production within 2024-2025
Yeah but if we get a conventional weapon race going with some proper "who's bigger" energy behind it we might see unmanned sr71-esque vehicles as ridiculously huge cruise missiles with tons of ECCM.
I personally prefer Alexander Yartsev's interpretations which is basically a stealth mig 21. Most likely a lot less believable but aesthetically I like a lot.
@@paez4779 I'm talking design. The artist I mentined made an interpretation of the mig 41 with a similar nose intake to the mig 21. I'm referencing that, not combat roles.
For sure, it looks way better but being the interceptor, speed is the most important thing it has to have. So it means 2 engines and a bigger intake just like the model shown in the video.
@@MGZetta Indeed. especially considered it's supposed to be an evolution on the Foxbat/Foxhound airframe, this interpretation makes a lot of sense. That other artist rendition I mentioned is much older, likely before the real 41 was even announced. The only way it could be close to the real design would be if the russains somehow developed a super advanced hybrid ramjet or something that effect.
Yea I saw the stealth mig21 and I really loved it there was also a f117 style out there that was sexy that I want models of both the stealth mig21 and the Russian117
Everything starts with imagination. But the Russians have the knack of turning a fancied dream into a tangible reality. Especially today, when their jet fighters perform a lot better than their Western counterparts; and the West has no other sensible response than to treat Russian weapons with skepticism and disdain. Just like what they did in the Russia-Ukraine war with propaganda at first, and later, with a soft acceptance that all hope for Ukraine is lost.
😆😆 Mach 4 actually half the speed of Zyrcon and anyways cannot be achieved by western countries... SR 72 is nowhere near that level of performances. You talk too much.!
That's what they said about MiG-25 until they clocked at over Mach 3. Russia has always been the one pushing speed on actual combat jets - 25 and 31 hold many records. It's just we're back the Soviet style no compromise demands, I'm hoping MiG pull this one off! Sad project 142/144 never went anywhere, though I don't blame the decision when 29 and Sukhoi jets of gen 4 are so good. Wasn't needed at the time. I miss new Mikoyan products though.
Actually the SR71 did achieve Mach 3.5 in testing according to one of the test pilots and the Blackbird was only limited by the skins ability to not degrade from the heat. They said that they had lots of throttle left when flying at safe mach speed
who cares its easy to create a fast plane that does nothing but takes pictures with camera. MiG-31 fastest combat aircraft in the world still to this day.
The actual speed and altitude capabilities of the SR 71 are still classified. What you are quoting is just what the Defense Dept. was willing to admit to.
@@bonedoc4556 still classified SR 71 blackbird could do more than that even some source I read the missile fire at the SR 71 it could do 3.5 mach more than A12 3.3 mach and with altitude 85k/90k pretty high actually even the pilot say when you drive the SR 71 as long you want the top speed or go faster whatever you want is always have. It makes me smiles actually
Have spoken to a "toaster mechanic", what the SR71 was capable of far exceeded the release data. Had USSR actually know that they would have collapsed before 'SDI' bankrupted them. This is a last gasp/grasp for relevance, a "Pravda-esk" press release. Based loosely in facts yet consisting mostly of smoke-n-mirrors.
Not to mention how Russia always overhypes their tech not to mention is doubt this thing will be built yet again put in service this century or the coming century
As an interceptor it makes sense to only have frontal stealth as this machine’s primary mission is to defend the borders from attackers, meaning that the enemy will come from only one direction at a time.
Indeed, this is exactly the scenario for MiG-25/31/41. Its goal is to quickly jump into high altitude and intercept its targets that can, indeed, go from roughly one direction. Hence it does not need more than frontal and a bit of sideways stealth and it does not need super manoeuvrability. A totally different plane from anything else currently in use worldwide.
I would agree with you if this were a cold war scenario. But unfortunately it wouldn't work to well in a modern setting. The biggest reason being that their enemies won't come from a single direction. Frankly we never have. Look at D-day. That was a many pronged front with fake outs on distant beaches. Now that said, a nation like the USA would certainly have many assets in the air searching for Russian interceptors and SAMs. This means our new friend the Mig-41 isn't getting pinged from just the front. Furthermore he would be up against stealth fighters and bombers as well. So unless he activates his active radar he will have just as hard of a time hunting us. And of course as soon as he does that every air and naval asset will have his location and it'll be less than minutes before he's parachuting over the eastern coast of Russia.
Big engines, lots of speed, one big problem - doesn't looks to me like it has much fuel capacity. Not saying it's a bad plane, Russian have lots of good aircraft. But, if this plane does and has all these things, including an internal weapons bay, it has sacrificed fuel space. Speed isn't everything if you can go Mach 3.5+, but only might have a combat range of 2 to 3 hundred miles?
You would think they learned that lesson with the Mig25. It was fast but only in a straight line and at it's max speed the engine started eating itself. It could carry fuel OR weapons but not both at the same time because of it's weight. It was so heavy that it's range was 350 milesish and that's if they didn't kick in the afterburners. Basically a useless aircraft. We found all that out when Victor Belenko delivered one to Japan. He went to Japan because that's as far as he could get on a tank of Smirnoff potato juice. Even then he was down to the peelings when he landed.
Russia has always been good at making something with a seemingly massive advantage, but with a sacrifice elsewhere that negates it. Mig-25. Alpha class subs with amazing speed, but a steam locomotive noisy reactor that was dangerous. The list goes on.
For all the narrative of Russian design being simple, expedient and robust, their military aircraft (post ww2) have beautiful shapes. All of the SU27 group look fantastic. I find it interesting how much aesthetics plays a role in government contracts. A stark example would be the X-32/X-35 competition
I agree. The SU-27 is a beautiful example of a fighter jet. I often think about how much more advanced and beneficial our aerospace industry could be if our government's weren't so ignorant and corrupted with their greed for power and money.
Be interesting to see how fast this thing can really go if it's ever built, and also for how long. The big thing about the SR-71 was not only its speed but how long it could maintain that speed for. The MiG 31 can only go over Mach 3 in very short bursts or it'll burn up its engines.
"Can only" ? While its true you find lots of claims that its limited to a mach 2.8 for use, honestly "can only" ? The thing sits out there on a runway, no hangar, you climb in turn the key and go, Its a daily flyer so to speak. The SR 71 is a one off specialty that costs god only knows how much, requires weeks of prep before every flight and weeks of service after every mission flown. The Mig is lucky if they paint more than once every 20 years. Its made of leadish like materials and they used a brick for its aerodynamic profile. The SR-71? well thats where I would say "can only" to me the Mig is ten times more impressive. That however I get is just tomato, tomato. I just thought it a strange way to look at this impressive beast!
@@TP-ie3hj And the Mig25 was the same way. It was fast for sure. But only for a VERY short time and only in a straight line and then, at max speed, it's engines started eating itself. It was too heavy to carry weapons AND fuel. You could carry one or the other but not both. We found all this out when Victor Belenko delivered one to us in Japan. Lol. He went to Japan because that's as far as he could get on a tank of Smirnoff potato juice. If that's impressive to you, I bet you wet your draws when you see the Big Bad Pooty Daddy shirtless on the back of a horse.
It's also a curiousity of mine, of how fast the SR-71 could really go, in such overload, burst speed settings. There are pilot reports of Mach 3.5 in the SR-71, and that's the highest publically available speed data. Engineering analsys on the shock cones of the engines, i vaguely remember showed full retraction and losing thrust past a certain speed... Even so, the true top end is a vague question mark, still. Russia was much more boastful with the Mig-31. It'll be exciting to see how far they can push the new aircraft, honestly, anything past the high mach 2's all require similar feats of engine tech wizardry, in terms of novel engineering solutions, as the SR-71 has. It is more a question, as i understand it, of what speed range they tune it for. The SR-71 is a slide-rule designed plane, from... what now, 50+ years ago? Surely, computers can help us do better than just the 3.2 mach in bursts of the similarly, not hyper advanced computer design aided engine engineering techniques that exist in the MiG-31.
Well, I must say real or not...the PAK-DP is one good looking jet interceptor. Russia really knows how to make sexy looking fighter jets.🥰 Oh and one more thing... Jets with laser weaponry? Good grief and heaven sakes, this is slowly getting closer to becoming a real life Ace Combat 7 here.... And that is so F**KING AWESOME!! LoL!😅😁😂
What's wrong with laser weapons? That's like being a Roman Legionarre, going up against Hun forces, being hit with cannons, rockets, and fire lances, and then making fun of them for using "magic fire". You won't be laughing when those fire lances and rockets become full fledged muskets and your Roman legions are cut down with out ever getting with in fighting range. Lasers are already powerful weapons. But give that technology more funding and watch it advance from a suped-up laser pointer to a death star.
I hope not because I hear that kind of thing all the time. And everytime I think "OK grandpa I bet your dad complained about the horseless carriage too." 😆
@@pjduker05 Laser weapons have that retro-future aesthetics in them. They will not be something real in the world of weaponry for a long time, because they cost much, spend an incredible amount of energy if you want to use them as weapons, and the protection is cheap.
Doubt it, since Russia (Putin specifically) then got itself into a war with Ukraine, and been losing since. Their economy is plummeting fast and their ass is getting handed by the Ukrainians. And only god knows what fate will the country receive if they lose, considering the other countries, especially the ones in NATO will probably want to take something from Russia once the war ends.
I personally knew an SR-71 pilot. Corvettes where our Hobby, we both owned and showed several of them. I asked him once what do you do after you've been a SR-71 pilot? " You think about when you were an SR-71 pilot " I asked about the mig-31 and he stated.. "They have to guess where you will be at a certain point, and burn all the way to that point. We always knew when they were coming up, we had onboard equipment that let us know.. A simple 1.2° in any direction on any flight control surface.. would foil any attempt they had to even lock us on radar. As far as catching us, nobody ever found out one way or the other... never gave them a chance "
Exactly! Even though they apparently had a rearview mirror in the cockpit, they never had a reason to use it. Brian Shule mentioned it during his speaking tour days, while looking back at himself in it, inspired him to take what might have been the first selfie, from his personal camera on a 10 second timer looking back from his instrument panel during a training mission. As for the Mig they're going need to make some serious advances in engine technology, since both the 25 and 31 running balls out for maximum speed runs pretty much fubar the engines requiring immediate replacement. If that doesn't happen the next flight would be sketchy at best.
SR-71s never flew over USSR. They always flew along the border and at high altitudes to take pictures of the inside of the country. No Mig-31s were ever scrambled to intercept an Sr-71 ever, you are just talking shit lmao
@@WorldlyCoronet7 He never stated a course. Thousands of missiles were fired at the Sr 71. None of them ever caught one. Several intercept missions were flown by mig- 31 to intercept SR-71. These were flown over the Barrett sea. Major Mikhal Myagkiy flew a noted and documented mission to try an intercept. You are a very disrespectful young man. In a way I feel bad giving you any type of knowledge, for it's obvious you have gone through life as a mushroom.. You're just a foreign little commie lover.. Aren't you
Knowing just enough about the A-12 and SR-71 and what they had to overcome to make it happen, I am somewhat skeptical. Materials, electronics, and techniques have improved with time, but physics still applies. Keeping it in one piece and not melting from the heat is going to be a really neat trick. Turning something going that fast is also a tricky task. Lastly, let's not forget cost. Something like this would cost obscene amounts of money to develop, let alone to produce enough to be a real strategic or tactical threat.
They're already building hypersonic missiles, which are going at Mach 5+, so materials aren't a problem. But the question is can they keep a pilot alive in those conditions ?
@@jeroboam4486 Missiles aren't planes and vice versa. Big difference in what a missile is expected to do and what a fighter jet carrying a pilot is supposed to do. Hypersonic missiles also are not going to be able to make any kind of hard turns. It's designed to go from point A to point B and blow up a target. Fighters are expected to turn, dogfight, etc. That ain't gonna happen at Mach 5 or Mach 3.5 for that matter. The plane will disintegrate. It was the same with the SR71 and MiG25. Neither of them could make sharp turns. But the SR71 wasn't a fighter either so it didn't really have to. MiG25s were designed to go after high flying US bombers. Go straight to target as fast as possible and launch missiles. But if you think the Russians have the capability to make this happen you're dreaming. They don't have the expertise nor the money nor the wherewithall to do it. Just like with the SU57.
@@jeroboam4486 Missiles that can't hit what they are aimed at. and the same missiles are being shot down right now over Ukraine. And as you point out how is the pilot going to survive.. it's a heck of a lot harder to designer a airplane than a missile.
That's a cool looking CG airplane. I see why this fictional aircraft based on speculation is a very real threat to current and very real 5th gen fighters.....
It will definitely cheaper to produce comparing to the F35A, B, and C have recently ended up in the bottom of the sea…So long to the $300 million dollars for those so called “stealth” fighters junk…Such a small change for the “best army in the world “, of course !!! 🤪🤪🤪
Russian skill.. Anyone with any real talent left Russia when the communism fell. What you have left in Russia are alcoholics... 1 in 5 are addicted to alcohol.. Many of them in the military
The MIG41 probably doesn’t have the fuel capacity to keep up or surpass the SR-71. The Blackbird’s whole body was essentially a fuel tank and it had RAM jets which is why it could fly at Mach 3 for a long period of time.
@@anthonyallencabrera yeah the SR-72 is getting SCRAM jets, which can double as both regular thrusters for low speed and RAM jets for it's full Hypersonic speed. It has different air intakes for each
@@ItsTsuki yeah I heard something about it's intakes like they share the same entrance on the front of the jet but split into 2 separate intakes from the separate engines or something
The biggest problem with materials with the sr71 was getting the titanium without being suspicious from the very place this plane may be developed and built. Interesting but unlikely it will actually meet these specifications
@@BBooey - Top 3 titanium reserves are in China, Japan & Russia which is convenient for Russia. Japan will get leant on by the US to surrender its titanium if it becomes a heavily sought asset in the coming years. Ironically, Afghanistan and Iran's mountain ranges are laden with loads of sought after resources hence the warmongering in Afghanistan and against Iran (for the last 40+ years). Eurasia has a strong grip on sought after resources.
@@tbituner In one of the combat approved documentaries about latest submarine , they said as titanium is costly they used titanium and steel as combination. I didn't understand Russia has good titanium resources but why did he said costly
If the plane is meant to use the same "trick" that allows the Kinzhal it's extreme potential topspeed, well above mach 4 isn't nearly as impossible as it would most likely be otherwise. It would also greatly reduce fuel consumption at highspeed, which of course would be useful.
What trick? The Kinzhal is a missile, and for missiles this speed is nothing, since they don't need to breathe air. A WW2 V2 missile reached a maximum speed of mach 4.8 in flight, and anything from the 50s or later is significantly faster.
@@mephistoxd2627 "What trick? The Kinzhal is a missile, and for missiles this speed is nothing, since they don't need to breathe air." Wow... Maybe you should go look it up? "A WW2 V2 missile reached a maximum speed of mach 4.8 in flight" Yes? A V2 is a BALLISTICAL trajectory missile, using liquid oxygen instead of air and relying on completely different parts of physics than horisontal flight missiles. "and anything from the 50s or later is significantly faster." HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Your ignorance and idiocy is hilarious. Latest model of AMRAAM, topspeed of mach 4. Original AIM-7 Sparrow from 1958, topspeed of mach 2.5. Topspeed todays model, mach 4. AIM-54 Phoenix from 1974, mach 4.3. Just barely upped to mach 5 in the 1977 upgrade. Red hawk AAM from 1957, mach 2. Latest model Sidewinder, mach 2.5. Harpoon missile, topspeed mach 0.71. Yes, a Minuteman missile tops out at mach 23. In space. *lol*
The kinzhal is a rocket.. have you even seen it? It's basically an ICBM with a different warhead/navigation system.. And hitting the target means it came within 100 miles of where you were aiming.
@@rodshoaf "The kinzhal is a rocket.. have you even seen it? It's basically an ICBM with a different warhead/navigation system.." The same way that the Saturn V and a fireworks rocket is a rocket yes. No, it is absolutely not even remotely similar to an ICBM. It's not nuclear, it doesn't fly a purely ballistic trajectory, it doesn't come close to the reentry speeds of ICBMs etc etc... "And hitting the target means it came within 100 miles of where you were aiming." *lol* The Kinzhal was designed among other things to be a "one shot, one supercarrier destroyed" weapon. Do you understand? No, of course not. That means it was designed with the ability to hit POINT TARGETS even if they are MOVING. They have CEP of around 10m. Considerably less by some sources. Because, again, it's meant to be capable of reliably hitting a carrier moving at full speed and conducting evasive manevuering. It's a GUIDED MISSILE. It has a terminal guidance package.
Those intakes are gonna cause compressor stall at around mach 2.5 maybe it'll go a little faster but there's a reason the SR-71 had them weird lookin intakes It does look cool as hell tho
I find your video interesting as usual, well done! I'm always happy when the YT algorithm rightly suggests me your works. Last but not least, the way you read/pronounce the text of your videos makes them easily understandable for us, non-English native speakers.👏👏👏
You should make a video about a new advanced type submarine class Moskva. There was a rumor that it was seen in the black sea. Very advanced very super secret.
And you should make a video of how Ukraine will retake the Donbass and not lose Odessa to become landlocked 🤣🤣 Tell us also about the counterattack at Marioupol 🤣🤣🤣
@@Addi_Teacha509 when the war will end we ll see what videos to make. Russia hasn't got shit yet except war torn territory full of angry as hell people which will require 10000s of thousands of soldiers to control and keep. But the secret submarine Moskva is already doing its secret operations on the bottom of the sea now that is a fact!
Just a thought… the identical mig 25 and 31 had a difference in number by 6. Same goes for the mig 29 and 35. If it’s related to the foxhounds… shouldn’t it be a mig 37?
Those numbers means actually nothing to external viewer, for instance designation of Mig 35 originally was planned to be used for Mig 1.44 (1.4X) project
Mig-37 was planned in 90's as low RCS interceptor, always appearing as concept arts in military aviation books at that time but cancelled before it could even be built into prototype. The plan was to have Mig1.42 as multi-role stealth fighter while Mig-37 as stealth interceptor with F-19 style rounded edge fins & wings.
The latest news I've heard is that the MiG-41 prototype is going to have its first test flight later this year (i.e. 2023). I wonder if this video topic deserves an update?
The SR-72, son of the Blackbird is already in development, the Mig-41 is still playing catchup.As well as the NGAD fighter has already flown. Enough said!💪💪💪💪
@@melgarezuniverse1217 the Satan II is just a ballistic missile. Sure it's big but it doesn't really change anything strategically. Russia can blow up the world, the US can blow up the world. It was that way in the 60's and its that way now. Satan II hasn't changed a thing. The question is can Russia actually field a capable, well trained military or are they just gonna threated to blow the world up every time they get in a conflict?
@@TheJimicus Do i have to remind you what is one of the greatest armies in human history….WW2…..the red army defeated one of the most powerful army in history…USSR did that…it costed up to 30 million people…and so we have that in our dna…it ain’t about tangibles it’s all about intangibles 💯👈🏿…america and Europe have always been soft …the first one loses every single major one and the second one get occupied all the time..Napoleon did that as well as Hitler…so don’t know what you talking about 👈🏿
@@melgarezuniverse1217 the red army that were Nazi allies? The ones that invaded Poland and Finland and were perfectly happy to be bad guys until Hitler attacked them? Yea I'm aware of them. Good thing the US was willing to give them billions in planes, tanks, trucks, food, etc since they couldn't equip themselves. Otherwise they wouldn't have lasted the war. You have an interesting memory regarding US wars. Take Afghanistan for example. The USSR was in Afghanistan for less than ten years and lost something like 15k men with another 25-35k wounded. The US was there twice as long and only lost around 2.5k. Seems obvious who's army was more capable right? Your army has been in Ukraine for like 2 months and you've lost what 15-20k? Good job! I guess that's the "intagibles" your talking about? How's thst Satan II helping out lol. Btw, you pointed out that Europe keeps getting occupied... By Europe. That doesn't make sense.
@@TheJimicus wrong 👈🏿read molotov -ribbentrop..Hitler broke this 👈🏿and went as far as 20 km from Moscow while killing millions…then we BEAT HIS ASS💯👈🏿..the rest of the players are just softies ….good things are on the way💯👈🏿
This reminds me of the book I read a while ago named Arctic Storm Rising that also mentioned the PAK-DP. Quite interesting to see a video regarding the aircraft tbh
If a number of ASAT weapons are actually utilized space will be filled with debris, thereby denying space to satellites. Goodby to everything we take for granted, the internet we're using now, GPS, the list is endless.
Actually the PAK-DP Project also known as the MiG-41 Russia's plan to build fighter which can bring the Hypersonic Missile (KH-47M2) and become a new generation of interceptor aircraft
SR-71 was the fastest jet the US had in 1966. Introduced: January 1966 Retired: 1999. The one we have now is much much faster and better, problem is... it's a secret plane, so we don't know much about it. Maybe called Aurora, and the speed of it was mach 10 (7000 mph) . so it nice to see Russia finally made it to the tech level of the 1960's. innovation at it's slowest.
Yeah sure a "secret plane" going Mach 10, yet the US is years behind in hypersonic rocket technology. Both China and Russia have functioning hypersonic missiles like the Kinzhal that Russia actually used in Ukraine. US just had a 3rd test of their hypersonic missile after the previous 2 failed, and they succeeded this time. But that means that the testing phase isn't even over yet. US has better stealth technology but when it comes to pure speed and maneuverability, Russia has them beat there. Neither f22 or f35 have fully fledged thrust vectoring engines but Su57 does (su57 engines can move in a full 360 degree range of motion while the ones on f22 and f35 can only move up and down) Let's not even mention the fact that US military budget is bigger than the other top 5 countries combined, yet they can't even develop a decent rocket engine and have been using the Russian Soyuz rocket for decades to take their astronauts to the ISS.
@@techno999 you do realize is because the US didn't decide to focus on that technology and is now rapidly catching up and surpassing, and space flight has been handed over to the private sector right?!
@@xlxl9440 How about no? It's because USSR had many brilliant rocket engineers and scientists and Russia inherited mostly everything from the USSR. US had it's own space program, but the space shuttle was retired and is no longer in operation. Also no it's not rapidly catching up nor surpassing Russian rocket technology, it's years behind in that aspect. While Russians lack some of the more sophisticated computers, micro chips etc, they are far better at designing aerodynamic jets and rockets. Russians also focus on lowering upkeep costs of their military assets. Russian jets are extremely sturdy and can be maintained at remote air bases, while American fifth gen fighters like f35 and f22 require hours of maintenance for a single hour of flight. F35 needs to be sent to the manufacturer for repairs, it's not cost effective at all and during a time of total war you don't want an aircraft that spends more time in maintenance than in service. Can you ever admit that US is behind in some aspects which is only natural or are u gonna keep coming up with excuses?
@@zyoungson215 No, they actually didn’t. I quite sure the US military and/or one of the Alphabet agencies has something far beyond the capabilities of the SR-71.
@@jottka6410 Not much in terms of maneuvering performance. Anything with a human in it traveling in the neighborhood of mach 3 isn’t going to turn very well.
So they designed a plane that can catch an SR-71 nearly 60 years after it was introduced...and 30 years after it was retired. Impressive 🙄 Wait...is it in production or what?
well with a service ceiling that exceeds the f35 by 15 miles and a speed that is almost double youd still be scared to know that was above you with that big of a radar. if you ran out of arms or had to run, you would be chased down and targeted with soon to be hypersonic munitions on the mig 31s
Had to laugh at the citation of the Mig 25 being a "threat". Capable of hitting mach 3.2, this "interceptor" would have been challenged to land safely after actually hitting mach 2.7. It was a craft built around ancient tech, two very large engines which tended to shred themselves after that speed. As far as intercepting anything, it had better be right in front of them and within a very short range. It the Mig 25 had to make any turns, it couldn't exceed a very low G-force without shedding it's wings. Heck of a paper threat, but not a very practical one. Makes one wonder about this newest prodigy...
@@jamesoncurry5224 From what I've heard of the Blackbird, the margin between stall speed and top speed was around 6 knots of variance at top altitude. It would definitely take some skill to fly like that.
The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird. An advanced long-range strategic reconnaissance aircraft, capable of Mach 3 and an altitude of over eighty-five thousand feet!
It is my understanding that the limiting factor of speed with the SR71 had more to do with keeping the plane held back in a zone where it wouldn't destroy itself from the stresses of flying at a velocity the airframe could reasonably manage to handle for a sustained amount of time... not too much because of the engines lacking the ability to push it faster. This same airframe limitation is also why they didn't try to build a carrier version SR71, they couldn't make it robust enough to land without worries... I would suspect, if the Soviets could develop a similar or better power plant as the SR71, then the top sustainable speed world probably also be limited by the abilities of the airframe... tricky problems pushing airplanes that fast, not as easy to do as a missle, and there are other factors the SR71 took advantage of that don't seem to be in the mix of the rendition of aircraft shown in this video... but who knows... and of course, good luck to building such an amazing plane! LOL
why would you even think of trying to land an SR-71 on a carrier flight deck... a plane that needs a parachute just to land in something like 2 miles of runway. Get out of here with thinking of landing it on a carrier.. there were never any ideas of putting something like that on the flight deck. Hell it's so heavy it can barely get off the ground and needs all of the runway at takeoff speed.
I have seen footage of them launching off a carrier. This presumably was just to see if it could be done, similar to seeing how the Hercules was also considered and tested for carrier landing. I also remember hearing someone discussing them looking into the possibility of what it would take to beef up the airframe enough to land an SR71 varient on a carrier, but this idea was scrapped as unfeasible... and the SR71 was serving quite adequately in it's normal capacity... this wasn't my idea, these were things that were actually done or considered for proposals.... the military loves to consider possibilities that sound good but aren't sound....
I know right !!😂 Its no lie, we are 50 years ahead of the rest of the world militarily. Most everyone else's "modern aircraft" and "aircraft carriers" look like what we used during Vietnam. We stopped using sloping decks on carriers in WW2 for god sakes!
@@gregoryfuller1136 : Yeah, your right. I thought the 2 converted training carriers that were used by the Navy on the Great Lakes only had this type of deck.
hmm brand new plan with hyped stats being built to compete with the officially released and pretty certainly underrated speed of a US jet from the 60s. Most of this seems like hope and dreams engineering.
I have a feeling MIG design office is trying to sell Putin something big and beautiful. When they have sold it, they may have some little trouble to deliver...
According to a leaked document from the russian air force, the MIG 41 will be equipped with a new system that will automatically detect people uploading videos with a clickbait title and fire a hyperdupersonic long range nuclear missile at them.
I highly doubt they would produce this in sizable numbers. They've really only been converting old fighters to 2000s standards, and production numbers aren't good. My bet would be China developes an interceptor like this before Russia. It would take a serious econonic rejuvination for Russia to ever produce these.
Russia lacks the manufacturing capacity, whereas China lacks the engineering, creative, and scientific backend. All of their equipment today is a replication, reverse-engineering of Russian or western equipment. They are even having a hard time replicating the Engines from modern Sukhoi aircraft they operate.
@@dimitri1154 I think thats a pretty commonly accepted view. I would say that China having a hard time is where one could argue its not the case. While they are currently in that position it was not long ago that the most advanced fighters in China were F7g types. They have come a long way in what others would argue is a short time. Given their progress over the last twenty years I would think its not that far off.
I must say, I liked the 3D animations. Very realistic. What software was used? As for aircraft itself, by the time it comes, US will probably have an answer. It is a very beautiful jet though.
6:22 LOL yea right. Our current jets are limited in speed due to the RAM shedding from high speeds. To mitigate they artificially limit the speed in non war time. But Mach 3 even is silly. The RAM is ripped off at Mach + . Even if it has no RAM id guess this things max speed to be 2.7. I dont see them having the materials to accomplish mach 3+ on a mass made jet.
As usual for the Russian development model, they have two dozen airframes completed already. ...engines are still in development, and they'll totally fit while still producing 115% of the intended thrust 🙄 😄
As interesting and pretty as those hypothetical designs are, I highly doubt that they can beat the SR-71. I say this because the Blackbird was designed to cruise at Mach 2+ comfortably, and dash to Mach 3 if needed. Flying at high Mach numbers for sustained periods brings a host of problems. First is fuel consumption; the Blackbird consumes a lot of fuel, so it needed to large and carry large quantities of fuel. Second is heat which is caused by aerial friction. Anyway, I could go on but you can find that info online....
Not to mention that it won't be able to turn at those speeds which pretty much defeats the purpose of a fighter jet. SR71s flew straight and so did the MiG25. MiG25s were designed to go after high flying US bombers at the time and just launch missiles from a distance. There is no way anything going above Mach 3 is going to be able to make any kind of turn without disintegrating.
That was the saddest segway I have ever seen :). Well the MIG-25 turned out to be to really good at going fast and that was about it. I don't doubt the Russians could get those speeds, the more reasonable ones for very short bursts. but like the US 6th gen aircraft, or the various triangle of doom craft I'll believe it when I see it. Aircraft designers are capable of dreaming that wonderful dream and Russian designers with a bottle of the motherlands best under their belt have wandered far into the fuzzy out of focus part of dreamland so I wouldn't bet against them.
MIG-25 was actually terrible at going fast. It could only go at M2.5, like most other jets of its era. Going 2.8 was greatly reducing its lifespan, while going faster than that destroyed the engine almost immediately. And it was not really good in any other role… MIG-31 was the plane the 25 was trying to be.
There is no way on God's green earth that this thing is going Mach 4.3 just...no. That's not even a good bluff. It's not that the Russians aren't smart enough to produce a jet that fast, it's that the laws of jet engine mechanics don't work the same way at hyper sonic speeds. There's a very good reason the SR71 has those massive cones on their engines. Modern designs for moving this fast use SCRAM jet concepts, not an outdated 3rd gen interceptor.
Russia has great engineers. I don't understand why they aren't a bigger player on the international weapons market except for the fact they're so obsessed with one upping the US instead of selling more practical weapons systems on the world stage.
Because there is only one leader, the United States, and we let Russia puff its chest, and scream bloody murder, and we respond, "we are so weak, don't hurt us"
Mainly because most NATO countries will buy from the US or EU, I'd also imagine it has to do with Russia not being able to mass produce newly designed aircraft and tanks, along with sanctions and the war in Ukraine.
Russia HAD great engineers... They lost a lot of brain power when the wall came down and the USSR broke up. Many moved to the west for the money and the rest retired and died off They still cannot make electronics as they have no modern electronics makers within their borders... And no one is willing or stupid enough to sell them the hardware they need to make a modern CPU. They just had one company design a modern PC with an in house designed CPU.. but it won't boot.
They spend more money on CGI of their wonder weapons then they do on actual R&D or manufacture and prototyping. I'm going to miss putin. Guys a dead man walking.
Seems like a cool project, but I honestly don't think it's going to make it to production. Russia's got a lot of problems with its airforce, namely shortage of qualified pilots and modernization issues. This seems overly ambitious considering their current situation, but that being said, history always shows: NEVER underestimate the Russians.
Cool project for an artist. It will never be even a prototype. They don’t have any of the technology required for these claims. They don’t even mention these technologies, like ramjet. They just sketched a regular planes and put imaginary numbers next to it. The Russians are doing it all the time. They always dream about super weapons they never build.
I call BS on the speed. The SR-71 was really pushing it and it was specifically designed for max speed and they used a "kinda" ramjet engine for it. Just by looking at current hypersonic platforms you can figure out, that it is extremely hard to pull off something faster than the SR-71 as the heat and engine design become mind boggling tasks. If you engage in jet design rather than building rockets, everything faster than Mach 3 becomes an absolute nightmare...
Definitely, a speed of Mach 4.1 would imply that this thing uses ramjets, which it doesn't look like it does, and which have severe downsides (insane fuel consumption, very poor performance at low speeds). Also, such high speeds would require a specially designed airframe, which again this doesn't look like it has. A real Mach 4.1 aircraft would probably look more like a hypersonic missile than a plane. It would likely have to use a rocket booster to get up to ramjet speed, then use the ramjet to go above Mach 4, at which speed it would have very limited range, probably only a few hundred km one way.
@@alexeyvlasenko6622 Completely agree, you will need something like a dual stage approach to even get to ramjet speeds. Not to mention the ramjet prototypes that had been put out so far, proved a need for extensive cooling on almost every part and the prototypes as you mentioned already look like rockets, so there is little room for improvement aerdynamically speaking. The SR-71 was getting hot enough on the outside to have a BBQ party on the frame. There are good reasons nobody builds fighter jets with speeds greater than Mach 2.x. Sadly there is a lot of sensationalist videos here on YT, where the CGI rendering clearly dictates the story...
Mig 31 was more talk than walk. It couldn't hold top speed for long at all and couldn't turn for sh*t. It was a horrible dogfigher and had a very small window of opportunity to get shot at an SR71. There is a reason no SR71s have been shot down.
Russian propagandist: "Soon we make best new interceptor with top speed of...(uh, Sergei, how fast SR-71?)..." Sergei: "Mach 3.2" Russian propagandist: "...MACH 4.5!!!" The reported top speed of both the turbofan-powered MIG 25 and 31 required engine replacements as they self-destructed when pressed. To go another Mach number above that requires an exponential increase in power. It's just conjecture at this point unless they go aerospike or scramjet. We'll see...
This video REALLY discredits this whole channel. People don't understand the exponential increase needed for SMALL gains. As I replied to another user- this is like saying you've replaced the engine and body on a C2 Corvette and it now does 350mph for hundreds of miles. It's not happening. PERIOD. I appreciate you trying to ring in with a little reality check. It seems more and more of RUclips is content for kids- facts, psychics, and reality be damned.
With the way the Russian arms industry is lagging behind the West, with constant delays, and problems with parts, its unlikely the MIG41 will be in service for a very long time. Let's see Russia field a fleet of SU57 before we even begin to talk about more advanced jets.
@@wfwfewfds right now? Probably not. So? We will have them in less than 2 years. Unless Russia is going to start a war with the US in less than that time, the advantage Russia has means little to nothing. Will you have a fleet of Su57 in 2 years? No. But in 2 years the US will have hypersonics AND close to 1,000 F35, plus our F22s, and our 6th generation fighter will be just 5 years away from that point. When we have 6th generation fighters, 1200 F35, 110+ upgraded super F22s, AND multiple hypersonic platforms, what will Russia have? Maybe 100 Su57? No one is underestimating Russia, if anything, the war in Ukraine is showing the whole world we have been overestimating Russia for a very long time. Right now, Russia is the top threat, but in a very short amount of time, Russia will become absolutely nothing in comparison to China, especially with all of the consequences of this current war.
Do you really think the West has advanced technology? Your f35s are child's play compared to Russia's su-35. Russian aircraft engineering has years of experience, while the west builds f.jets from scratch, as a result those fighter jets have countless technical flaws, and are very expensive to maintain. Western fighter jets are made for posturing, while Russian ones are made for real combat.
Everyones been talking about how the engines could never reach those speeds, but i think that the possibility has to be entertained of russia using rotating detonation engines for this project.
@@carlosandleon Yeah but at this point it seems russia seeminly can't afford to mass produce Pak Fa. India's withdrawal from their joint partnership for production of the aircraft was clearly a huge blow to it's development. Russia desperately needs foreign investment to develope new military tech instead of retrofitting old gear with upgrades at this point. They are even struggling to implement AESA radar technology in their existing planes.
@@foobarmaximus3506 And as of this week, forever more especially after the russian economy endures it's now inevitable collapse that could at the very least be as bad as 91 if not worse in some regards. I really feel bad for russians in general. Putin must be terminally ill, going bonkers. Maybe a mix of the former but regardless I feel bad for russian aerospace contractors cause they have creative minds and come up with some truely fascinating civil aircraft concepts that are never realized because they are mostly employed by the kremlin. Things look so bleek now for the future of russia's aerospace industry compared to just a week ago.
I dont get it? How has this aged poorly? Russia isnt sending their latest gen fighters against Ukraine, just like we arent sending our top shit to fight against the terrorists in the middle east, lol. They are absolutely not a weak country, despite what propaganda may have you believe, and we should be on alert of them and china @ all times.
Mach 4.3 won't happen. Mach 3.5 probably won't either. Not because they can't, but because there's no use case. The SR-71 needed speed to outrun air defences of the day and be in and out before presenting enough time to detect, track, and fire upon. It needed that speed. Fast interceptors are nice, but buying 10 slower and more widely dispersed aircraft is always going to beat buying 1 stupidly fast and stupidly expensive engineering marvel. For fast threats no manned machine is going to be better than a fast modern missile.
It is kinda funny how the US thought that the MIG 25 was some sort of super fighter, when in reality all it could really do was go REAL fast and shoot down bombers and spy planes, because that is what it was built to do. Yet the US panicked and rushed to develop an all purpose fighter that could beat the image of the MIG 25 they had in their heads.
Complete Russian propaganda vaporware plane. They can't even field the Su57 (which isn't even really a Gen 5 fighter), what makes people think the Russians have some magical Mig 41?
No? I justed imagined my new f75 Bluebird and it can go mach 25 and also have FTL engine so i can travel through space! it also carries anti matter missiles to spawn blackholes on whereever the missile hits!! its great man
At H =40 km temperature, according Standard Atmosphere modeli is: 251 K So Stagnation temperature T0=T*(1+0,2 Ma^2) will be 866 K @ Ma=3,5 and "only" 1180 K.
I read in a book recently , the Russians are working on a hybrid attack fighter . “ Drakkor 15 “ with liquid rocket fuel auxiliary , used to exit- enter combat zone at extreme speeds .,....
If ever realized it would likely be detectable by a Cessnas onboard radio, barely faster than the Mig-31, built a total of 8 times and be stored away for parade purposes
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These new CGI jets are getting faster and faster. Amazing
At the same time new US CGI jets become stealthier and stealthier, so even CGI is classified.
@@alexanderbelov6892 Bro the F35 is real
As usual, even if Russia can afford to build the aircraft at all, they'll build one squadron, if that, before they run out of money. That's not nearly enough to pose any real threat to NATO or the U.S.
@@skookapalooza2016
Russia built 350+ fighters of 4/4++ gen in the last 15 years. How it could happen Russia did not run out of money after that?
@@alexanderbelov6892 BRUH THEY ARE LITERALLY PLANES FROM THE 80S
Yes hypothetical planes are always faster than real ones. I imagined a plane yesterday that can do Mach 20
Not when that hypothesis is coming from Mikoyan itself.
@@Heshem_Joel if my entire existence relies on generating foreign sales, I'll be engaged in some optimistic reporting myself.
@@mignik01
In which Mach 20 is quite an optimistic imaginary feat I should say.
@@Heshem_Joel that's what the space shuttle does
@@mignik01
Are we on Mikoyan PAK DP or the Space Shuttle?.
This reminds me a lot of those "Secret Aircraft of the Fill-in-the-Blank" documentaries they used to show on the History Channel before it switched to an all hillbilly crab fishermen lineup. You know what I mean, the sort of program that shows how Germany or Japan could have won WWII if only they'd developed CGI.
The difference though is that this project is actually going to materialize. It is not an optional fantasy for Russia, the country does need a successor to MiG-31 even though it gets upgrades. It will take years though: for example, F-35 was started in 1993 and by now, almost thirty years later, is still not combat approved by the military. But it will be approved eventually.
@@StrangerHappened If F35 is approved in 1993 ,what was approved later
@@1021132 I did not write "approved", I wrote started. Yes, the project is that old. It takes a long time. This MiG-41 thing was actually started years ago from now even though it is still not publicly presented. And it will take years from now before it will be operational.
@@StrangerHappened Yes indeed these things will take long time to go from Paper to an actual product.
There are lot of technical challenges involved.
hahahahahaha
I hope MiG gets a chance - they are one of the most iconic aircraft design bureaus on the planet. I would be sad to see them go.
Good riddance. Let them all burn, and humiliate Russia in the process.
Would you be happy to see Putin go?
Bring them to the US lol
@alb9229 I completely forgot about UAC lmao
IT isn't much known,but Mikoyan actually started his career by stealing Polikarpov's designs And presenting them as his own,for which He was allowed to start "his own" design bureau.
The ability to build an aircraft capable of going faster than the SR-71 has been around for a while. The reason why nobody has bothered building an interceptor with that capability is because there isn't much use for such a thing.
This it will just knock itself out of the air as soon as it launches a missile since its going so fast. Planes like these are just targets in the air since missiles now go faster than the speed they are hopping this can go.
Also the fuel... with engines that big whilst having such small wings along with a small fuselage the operational range would be small. It would take off and have to come back 10 minutes later.
I was wondering the same thing: what do they want to intercept at such speeds? Aurora (if it even exists)? Maybe they could use ramjets to accelerate for a ballistic hop out of the atmosphere and launch a missile at a low-flying spy satellite near its perigee?
@@Karackal 不是 Aurora. 是 'NGAD' , it is already in flight stage so therefore the new programme for the USAF has been in a head start for the 6th gen bomber/interceptor/air-dominance role aircraft. Although it seems Russia will be achieving finalised production in the 2030s along with UK, America already seems to have passed selection stage so the prototype will be finalised and in production within 2024-2025
Yeah but if we get a conventional weapon race going with some proper "who's bigger" energy behind it we might see unmanned sr71-esque vehicles as ridiculously huge cruise missiles with tons of ECCM.
I personally prefer Alexander Yartsev's interpretations which is basically a stealth mig 21. Most likely a lot less believable but aesthetically I like a lot.
That would be the new Checkmate fighter... Which is a single engine cheap 5th gen fighter that will fill that role.
@@paez4779 I'm talking design. The artist I mentined made an interpretation of the mig 41 with a similar nose intake to the mig 21. I'm referencing that, not combat roles.
For sure, it looks way better but being the interceptor, speed is the most important thing it has to have. So it means 2 engines and a bigger intake just like the model shown in the video.
@@MGZetta Indeed. especially considered it's supposed to be an evolution on the Foxbat/Foxhound airframe, this interpretation makes a lot of sense.
That other artist rendition I mentioned is much older, likely before the real 41 was even announced. The only way it could be close to the real design would be if the russains somehow developed a super advanced hybrid ramjet or something that effect.
Yea I saw the stealth mig21 and I really loved it there was also a f117 style out there that was sexy that I want models of both the stealth mig21 and the Russian117
Flies at the speed of imagination.
31415927101 mph...
Everything starts with imagination. But the Russians have the knack of turning a fancied dream into a tangible reality.
Especially today, when their jet fighters perform a lot better than their Western counterparts; and the West has no other sensible response than to treat Russian weapons with skepticism and disdain.
Just like what they did in the Russia-Ukraine war with propaganda at first, and later, with a soft acceptance that all hope for Ukraine is lost.
Mach none
😆😆 Mach 4 actually half the speed of Zyrcon and anyways cannot be achieved by western countries...
SR 72 is nowhere near that level of performances.
You talk too much.!
That's what they said about MiG-25 until they clocked at over Mach 3. Russia has always been the one pushing speed on actual combat jets - 25 and 31 hold many records. It's just we're back the Soviet style no compromise demands, I'm hoping MiG pull this one off! Sad project 142/144 never went anywhere, though I don't blame the decision when 29 and Sukhoi jets of gen 4 are so good. Wasn't needed at the time. I miss new Mikoyan products though.
Actually the SR71 did achieve Mach 3.5 in testing according to one of the test pilots and the Blackbird was only limited by the skins ability to not degrade from the heat. They said that they had lots of throttle left when flying at safe mach speed
who cares its easy to create a fast plane that does nothing but takes pictures with camera.
MiG-31 fastest combat aircraft in the world still to this day.
The actual speed and altitude capabilities of the SR 71 are still classified. What you are quoting is just what the Defense Dept. was willing to admit to.
Yeah, archangel surpassed even the 71.
@@bonedoc4556 still classified SR 71 blackbird could do more than that even some source I read the missile fire at the SR 71 it could do 3.5 mach more than A12 3.3 mach and with altitude 85k/90k pretty high actually even the pilot say when you drive the SR 71 as long you want the top speed or go faster whatever you want is always have. It makes me smiles actually
Have spoken to a "toaster mechanic", what the SR71 was capable of far exceeded the release data. Had USSR actually know that they would have collapsed before 'SDI' bankrupted them. This is a last gasp/grasp for relevance, a "Pravda-esk" press release. Based loosely in facts yet consisting mostly of smoke-n-mirrors.
@@Zulu4impi if you genuinely believe Star Wars bankrupted the USSR you're delusional.
Not to mention how Russia always overhypes their tech not to mention is doubt this thing will be built yet again put in service this century or the coming century
As an interceptor it makes sense to only have frontal stealth as this machine’s primary mission is to defend the borders from attackers, meaning that the enemy will come from only one direction at a time.
Heat generated at those speeds makes stealth somewhat useless. Also RAM coating doesnt like heat.
You have no idea what you're talking about
I don't think it works like that
Indeed, this is exactly the scenario for MiG-25/31/41. Its goal is to quickly jump into high altitude and intercept its targets that can, indeed, go from roughly one direction. Hence it does not need more than frontal and a bit of sideways stealth and it does not need super manoeuvrability. A totally different plane from anything else currently in use worldwide.
I would agree with you if this were a cold war scenario. But unfortunately it wouldn't work to well in a modern setting. The biggest reason being that their enemies won't come from a single direction. Frankly we never have. Look at D-day. That was a many pronged front with fake outs on distant beaches. Now that said, a nation like the USA would certainly have many assets in the air searching for Russian interceptors and SAMs. This means our new friend the Mig-41 isn't getting pinged from just the front. Furthermore he would be up against stealth fighters and bombers as well. So unless he activates his active radar he will have just as hard of a time hunting us. And of course as soon as he does that every air and naval asset will have his location and it'll be less than minutes before he's parachuting over the eastern coast of Russia.
Big engines, lots of speed, one big problem - doesn't looks to me like it has much fuel capacity. Not saying it's a bad plane, Russian have lots of good aircraft. But, if this plane does and has all these things, including an internal weapons bay, it has sacrificed fuel space. Speed isn't everything if you can go Mach 3.5+, but only might have a combat range of 2 to 3 hundred miles?
You would think they learned that lesson with the Mig25. It was fast but only in a straight line and at it's max speed the engine started eating itself. It could carry fuel OR weapons but not both at the same time because of it's weight. It was so heavy that it's range was 350 milesish and that's if they didn't kick in the afterburners. Basically a useless aircraft. We found all that out when Victor Belenko delivered one to Japan. He went to Japan because that's as far as he could get on a tank of Smirnoff potato juice. Even then he was down to the peelings when he landed.
Interceptors dont need much range they are a defencive plane to intercept incomming enemies they dont need to go far
@@chopracer If that was true than why give it a top speed of Mach 3.5+? Your answer defeats itself.
@@williamprice3929 for propaganda maybe, the russians claiming they have a "3.5 mach interceptor" sounds better
Russia has always been good at making something with a seemingly massive advantage, but with a sacrifice elsewhere that negates it. Mig-25. Alpha class subs with amazing speed, but a steam locomotive noisy reactor that was dangerous. The list goes on.
Thank you for introducing Magellan TV to me! I love it!
For all the narrative of Russian design being simple, expedient and robust, their military aircraft (post ww2) have beautiful shapes. All of the SU27 group look fantastic. I find it interesting how much aesthetics plays a role in government contracts. A stark example would be the X-32/X-35 competition
I agree. The SU-27 is a beautiful example of a fighter jet. I often think about how much more advanced and beneficial our aerospace industry could be if our government's weren't so ignorant and corrupted with their greed for power and money.
@Anon Ymous you're funny
I agree, Su-27 family is most versatile airframe in existence, from pure fighter and interceptor to ground attack, 27 have it all.
@Anon Ymous f15 is a fighter more then anything
mig 29
Be interesting to see how fast this thing can really go if it's ever built, and also for how long. The big thing about the SR-71 was not only its speed but how long it could maintain that speed for. The MiG 31 can only go over Mach 3 in very short bursts or it'll burn up its engines.
"Can only" ? While its true you find lots of claims that its limited to a mach 2.8 for use, honestly "can only" ? The thing sits out there on a runway, no hangar, you climb in turn the key and go, Its a daily flyer so to speak. The SR 71 is a one off specialty that costs god only knows how much, requires weeks of prep before every flight and weeks of service after every mission flown. The Mig is lucky if they paint more than once every 20 years. Its made of leadish like materials and they used a brick for its aerodynamic profile. The SR-71? well thats where I would say "can only" to me the Mig is ten times more impressive. That however I get is just tomato, tomato. I just thought it a strange way to look at this impressive beast!
@@TP-ie3hj And the Mig25 was the same way. It was fast for sure. But only for a VERY short time and only in a straight line and then, at max speed, it's engines started eating itself. It was too heavy to carry weapons AND fuel. You could carry one or the other but not both. We found all this out when Victor Belenko delivered one to us in Japan. Lol. He went to Japan because that's as far as he could get on a tank of Smirnoff potato juice. If that's impressive to you, I bet you wet your draws when you see the Big Bad Pooty Daddy shirtless on the back of a horse.
Since turbojets don’t work well above Mach three, the MiG-41 must be capable of running on ramjets to achieve Mach 4.
@@jamesstreet228 You don't cream your pants at images of Great Leader Kim Jong-Un riding hirses?
It's also a curiousity of mine, of how fast the SR-71 could really go, in such overload, burst speed settings. There are pilot reports of Mach 3.5 in the SR-71, and that's the highest publically available speed data. Engineering analsys on the shock cones of the engines, i vaguely remember showed full retraction and losing thrust past a certain speed...
Even so, the true top end is a vague question mark, still. Russia was much more boastful with the Mig-31.
It'll be exciting to see how far they can push the new aircraft, honestly, anything past the high mach 2's all require similar feats of engine tech wizardry, in terms of novel engineering solutions, as the SR-71 has. It is more a question, as i understand it, of what speed range they tune it for. The SR-71 is a slide-rule designed plane, from... what now, 50+ years ago? Surely, computers can help us do better than just the 3.2 mach in bursts of the similarly, not hyper advanced computer design aided engine engineering techniques that exist in the MiG-31.
Well, I must say real or not...the PAK-DP is one good looking jet interceptor. Russia really knows how to make sexy looking fighter jets.🥰
Oh and one more thing... Jets with laser weaponry? Good grief and heaven sakes, this is slowly getting closer to becoming a real life Ace Combat 7 here.... And that is so F**KING AWESOME!! LoL!😅😁😂
What's wrong with laser weapons? That's like being a Roman Legionarre, going up against Hun forces, being hit with cannons, rockets, and fire lances, and then making fun of them for using "magic fire". You won't be laughing when those fire lances and rockets become full fledged muskets and your Roman legions are cut down with out ever getting with in fighting range. Lasers are already powerful weapons. But give that technology more funding and watch it advance from a suped-up laser pointer to a death star.
@@Attaxalotl yep
@@pjduker05 No one has a problem with laser weapons, my man.. chill out.
I hope not because I hear that kind of thing all the time. And everytime I think "OK grandpa I bet your dad complained about the horseless carriage too." 😆
@@pjduker05 Laser weapons have that retro-future aesthetics in them. They will not be something real in the world of weaponry for a long time, because they cost much, spend an incredible amount of energy if you want to use them as weapons, and the protection is cheap.
The operational costs are unimaginable! Mainly because the plane won't even operate.
Russian CGl fleet sure are getting larger and larger while their theoretical performance gets even better and better
@Johannes 黄皇唱 LOL If the Chinese think they can subdue the bear they got another thing coming.
@@CrossWindsPat Dudes crazy 🤣
@Johannes 黄皇唱 lol. China becoming No. 1 in terms of economy. What Chinese drug are you smoking?
@@CrossWindsPat At least Chinese soldiers are trained.
@@jaanikaapa6925 Ahahaha roasted
man this is the most beautiful aircraft. I once imagine the foxbat got an upgrade with stealth. Maybe one day this design even manage to get airborne.
Doubt it, since Russia (Putin specifically) then got itself into a war with Ukraine, and been losing since. Their economy is plummeting fast and their ass is getting handed by the Ukrainians. And only god knows what fate will the country receive if they lose, considering the other countries, especially the ones in NATO will probably want to take something from Russia once the war ends.
Well, that was a different ending. Thank you for doing the research on this, nice job.
You would not know if it's faster because, even to this day the SR-71s top speed is still classified!
The SR-71 is old as hell and nothing new. It's capabilities are absolutely known by now...
Here in Britain we clocked at Mach "Jolly quick!"
That's a whole Mach higher than "Fairly swift!"
@@t.800XRstill not declassified
@@jakekn7304 still old as hell, still nothing new
@@t.800XR still doesn't change the fact it's capabilities are classified and unknown. We only know speculations.
I personally knew an SR-71 pilot.
Corvettes where our Hobby, we both owned and showed several of them. I asked him once what do you do after you've been a SR-71 pilot?
" You think about when you were an SR-71 pilot "
I asked about the mig-31 and he stated..
"They have to guess where you will be at a certain point, and burn all the way to that point.
We always knew when they were coming up, we had onboard equipment that let us know..
A simple 1.2° in any direction on any flight control surface.. would foil any attempt they had to even lock us on radar.
As far as catching us, nobody ever found out one way or the other... never gave them a chance "
Exactly! Even though they apparently had a rearview mirror in the cockpit, they never had a reason to use it. Brian Shule mentioned it during his speaking tour days, while looking back at himself in it, inspired him to take what might have been the first selfie, from his personal camera on a 10 second timer looking back from his instrument panel during a training mission.
As for the Mig they're going need to make some serious advances in engine technology, since both the 25 and 31 running balls out for maximum speed runs pretty much fubar the engines requiring immediate replacement. If that doesn't happen the next flight would be sketchy at best.
SR-71s never flew over USSR. They always flew along the border and at high altitudes to take pictures of the inside of the country.
No Mig-31s were ever scrambled to intercept an Sr-71 ever, you are just talking shit lmao
@@WorldlyCoronet7
He never stated a course.
Thousands of missiles were fired at the Sr 71. None of them ever caught one.
Several intercept missions were flown by mig- 31 to intercept SR-71. These were flown over the Barrett sea.
Major Mikhal Myagkiy flew a noted and documented mission to try an intercept.
You are a very disrespectful young man.
In a way I feel bad giving you any type of knowledge, for it's obvious you have gone through life as a mushroom..
You're just a foreign little commie lover..
Aren't you
@@WorldlyCoronet7 ah yes, because the u.s. is gonna declassify that kind of info unless it has too.
@@kirbyball97 Plane was retired 25 years ago
Knowing just enough about the A-12 and SR-71 and what they had to overcome to make it happen, I am somewhat skeptical. Materials, electronics, and techniques have improved with time, but physics still applies. Keeping it in one piece and not melting from the heat is going to be a really neat trick. Turning something going that fast is also a tricky task. Lastly, let's not forget cost. Something like this would cost obscene amounts of money to develop, let alone to produce enough to be a real strategic or tactical threat.
They're already building hypersonic missiles, which are going at Mach 5+, so materials aren't a problem. But the question is can they keep a pilot alive in those conditions ?
Agreed but I'm a whole lot skeptical, skin seal issues, maneuverability, shooting itself down and other questions.
i mean sr71 was introduced in 1966 thats a pretty big timegap considering just by how much tech has improved since then xq
@@jeroboam4486 Missiles aren't planes and vice versa. Big difference in what a missile is expected to do and what a fighter jet carrying a pilot is supposed to do. Hypersonic missiles also are not going to be able to make any kind of hard turns. It's designed to go from point A to point B and blow up a target. Fighters are expected to turn, dogfight, etc. That ain't gonna happen at Mach 5 or Mach 3.5 for that matter. The plane will disintegrate. It was the same with the SR71 and MiG25. Neither of them could make sharp turns. But the SR71 wasn't a fighter either so it didn't really have to. MiG25s were designed to go after high flying US bombers. Go straight to target as fast as possible and launch missiles. But if you think the Russians have the capability to make this happen you're dreaming. They don't have the expertise nor the money nor the wherewithall to do it. Just like with the SU57.
@@jeroboam4486 Missiles that can't hit what they are aimed at. and the same missiles are being shot down right now over Ukraine. And as you point out how is the pilot going to survive.. it's a heck of a lot harder to designer a airplane than a missile.
That's a cool looking CG airplane. I see why this fictional aircraft based on speculation is a very real threat to current and very real 5th gen fighters.....
It will definitely cheaper to produce comparing to the F35A, B, and C have recently ended up in the bottom of the sea…So long to the $300 million dollars for those so called “stealth” fighters junk…Such a small change for the “best army in the world “, of course !!! 🤪🤪🤪
@@daivietnguyen7289 It and the aircraft carriers were enough to keep Taiwan independent
@@trajhenkhet02 …In your dream, of course !!! 🤪🤪🤪
@@daivietnguyen7289 Yes, me thinks you suffered a bout of Mandela Effect. Good try though🤡
@@trajhenkhet02 …You should take another pill to go into a deeper dream…🤪🤪🤪
It is not only the speed but also the ability and the skill of the pilot also matters
This plane will be a interceptor Linked to the russian iads ia control
Russian skill.. Anyone with any real talent left Russia when the communism fell.
What you have left in Russia are alcoholics... 1 in 5 are addicted to alcohol.. Many of them in the military
The MIG41 probably doesn’t have the fuel capacity to keep up or surpass the SR-71. The Blackbird’s whole body was essentially a fuel tank and it had RAM jets which is why it could fly at Mach 3 for a long period of time.
Thought they were scram jets not ram jets? Or are scram jets when it goes like Mach 7? And ram jets for Mach 3.
@@anthonyallencabrera I think they’re using SCRAM jets on the new Black Bird and it can go up to Mach 10.
@@anthonyallencabrera yeah the SR-72 is getting SCRAM jets, which can double as both regular thrusters for low speed and RAM jets for it's full Hypersonic speed. It has different air intakes for each
@@ItsTsuki yeah I heard something about it's intakes like they share the same entrance on the front of the jet but split into 2 separate intakes from the separate engines or something
@@anthonyallencabrera literally a miracle of modern aeronautical engineering, yeah.
The biggest problem with materials with the sr71 was getting the titanium without being suspicious from the very place this plane may be developed and built. Interesting but unlikely it will actually meet these specifications
Russia holds some of the world's largest reserves of Titanium
@@BBooey - Top 3 titanium reserves are in China, Japan & Russia which is convenient for Russia. Japan will get leant on by the US to surrender its titanium if it becomes a heavily sought asset in the coming years. Ironically, Afghanistan and Iran's mountain ranges are laden with loads of sought after resources hence the warmongering in Afghanistan and against Iran (for the last 40+ years). Eurasia has a strong grip on sought after resources.
It was only hard to get the titanium because the U.S was getting it from... Russia. I don't think Russia will have this problem.
@@tbituner In one of the combat approved documentaries about latest submarine , they said as titanium is costly they used titanium and steel as combination.
I didn't understand Russia has good titanium resources but why did he said costly
@@1021132 it's because titanium is harder and more expensive to refine and work with then steel
If the plane is meant to use the same "trick" that allows the Kinzhal it's extreme potential topspeed, well above mach 4 isn't nearly as impossible as it would most likely be otherwise. It would also greatly reduce fuel consumption at highspeed, which of course would be useful.
What trick? The Kinzhal is a missile, and for missiles this speed is nothing, since they don't need to breathe air. A WW2 V2 missile reached a maximum speed of mach 4.8 in flight, and anything from the 50s or later is significantly faster.
@@mephistoxd2627 "What trick? The Kinzhal is a missile, and for missiles this speed is nothing, since they don't need to breathe air."
Wow... Maybe you should go look it up?
"A WW2 V2 missile reached a maximum speed of mach 4.8 in flight"
Yes? A V2 is a BALLISTICAL trajectory missile, using liquid oxygen instead of air and relying on completely different parts of physics than horisontal flight missiles.
"and anything from the 50s or later is significantly faster."
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Your ignorance and idiocy is hilarious.
Latest model of AMRAAM, topspeed of mach 4.
Original AIM-7 Sparrow from 1958, topspeed of mach 2.5. Topspeed todays model, mach 4.
AIM-54 Phoenix from 1974, mach 4.3. Just barely upped to mach 5 in the 1977 upgrade.
Red hawk AAM from 1957, mach 2.
Latest model Sidewinder, mach 2.5.
Harpoon missile, topspeed mach 0.71.
Yes, a Minuteman missile tops out at mach 23.
In space. *lol*
The kinzhal is a rocket.. have you even seen it? It's basically an ICBM with a different warhead/navigation system.. And hitting the target means it came within 100 miles of where you were aiming.
@@rodshoaf "The kinzhal is a rocket.. have you even seen it? It's basically an ICBM with a different warhead/navigation system.."
The same way that the Saturn V and a fireworks rocket is a rocket yes.
No, it is absolutely not even remotely similar to an ICBM.
It's not nuclear, it doesn't fly a purely ballistic trajectory, it doesn't come close to the reentry speeds of ICBMs etc etc...
"And hitting the target means it came within 100 miles of where you were aiming."
*lol*
The Kinzhal was designed among other things to be a "one shot, one supercarrier destroyed" weapon.
Do you understand?
No, of course not.
That means it was designed with the ability to hit POINT TARGETS even if they are MOVING.
They have CEP of around 10m. Considerably less by some sources.
Because, again, it's meant to be capable of reliably hitting a carrier moving at full speed and conducting evasive manevuering.
It's a GUIDED MISSILE. It has a terminal guidance package.
Love the MIG25R AND THE MIG31 Interceptor
Those intakes are gonna cause compressor stall at around mach 2.5 maybe it'll go a little faster but there's a reason the SR-71 had them weird lookin intakes
It does look cool as hell tho
Unless there's some sort of variable intake ramp like the Concorde buried in there it ain't getting anywhere near the speed of the SR-71
plus the SR-71 had bypass ducts to feed the afterburners.. The Russians are still way behind the west in aircraft engine development..
every beer drinkin , burger eatin , school sh**tin murican thinks they're engineers at the skunkworks! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 this ain't no tom cruise movie 🤘🏼😁
Doesn't matter, the plane would melt at such speeds anyway.
@@docwolf1561 You're right, it isn't a Tom Cruise movie... Those actually get made.
Love your videos! been subscribed since 25k. Its really fascinating what these crazy machines have to offer
Thanks for watching! you are a real OG
@@FoundAndExplained you're a fake living in a fantasy world.
@@FoundAndExplained -- this is a fake 3D-model created by a citizen of Ukraine in 2009 just for fun
@@ИванХарив-я1н lol ruZZian bot trolling a ruZZian bot LOL
I find your video interesting as usual, well done! I'm always happy when the YT algorithm rightly suggests me your works. Last but not least, the way you read/pronounce the text of your videos makes them easily understandable for us, non-English native speakers.👏👏👏
interesting render
really captures the feel of both mig-25 and su-57
You should make a video about a new advanced type submarine class Moskva. There was a rumor that it was seen in the black sea. Very advanced very super secret.
But we should make video on Javelins and NLAWs, super secret.
And you should make a video of how Ukraine will retake the Donbass and not lose Odessa to become landlocked 🤣🤣
Tell us also about the counterattack at Marioupol 🤣🤣🤣
@@Addi_Teacha509 when the war will end we ll see what videos to make. Russia hasn't got shit yet except war torn territory full of angry as hell people which will require 10000s of thousands of soldiers to control and keep. But the secret submarine Moskva is already doing its secret operations on the bottom of the sea now that is a fact!
@@crusadercatwoman02 Don't forget the new turretless T-90 tanks. SUper advanced.
@@Addi_Teacha509 No need. The Russians in Marioupol will simply starve to death
Just a thought… the identical mig 25 and 31 had a difference in number by 6. Same goes for the mig 29 and 35. If it’s related to the foxhounds… shouldn’t it be a mig 37?
Those numbers means actually nothing to external viewer, for instance designation of Mig 35 originally was planned to be used for Mig 1.44 (1.4X) project
Mig-37 was planned in 90's as low RCS interceptor, always appearing as concept arts in military aviation books at that time but cancelled before it could even be built into prototype. The plan was to have Mig1.42 as multi-role stealth fighter while Mig-37 as stealth interceptor with F-19 style rounded edge fins & wings.
man mig-11 mig-15 mig-21 mig-31 :
is only role they is interceptor plane
mig-29-mig-35 : same 30% different
The latest news I've heard is that the MiG-41 prototype is going to have its first test flight later this year (i.e. 2023). I wonder if this video topic deserves an update?
It does need updating.... If this was a book in a public library, it would be in the Russian proproganda/fiction section.
The SR-72, son of the Blackbird is already in development, the Mig-41 is still playing catchup.As well as the NGAD fighter has already flown. Enough said!💪💪💪💪
Mug41 isnt even real tbh
ok?
As usual, Russian military is more rumor than reality. Really love this flat canopy... visibility must be great. Almost like thru window in roof :D
Yeah..hold my satan 2👈🏿😂
@@melgarezuniverse1217 the Satan II is just a ballistic missile. Sure it's big but it doesn't really change anything strategically. Russia can blow up the world, the US can blow up the world. It was that way in the 60's and its that way now. Satan II hasn't changed a thing.
The question is can Russia actually field a capable, well trained military or are they just gonna threated to blow the world up every time they get in a conflict?
@@TheJimicus Do i have to remind you what is one of the greatest armies in human history….WW2…..the red army defeated one of the most powerful army in history…USSR did that…it costed up to 30 million people…and so we have that in our dna…it ain’t about tangibles it’s all about intangibles 💯👈🏿…america and Europe have always been soft …the first one loses every single major one and the second one get occupied all the time..Napoleon did that as well as Hitler…so don’t know what you talking about 👈🏿
@@melgarezuniverse1217 the red army that were Nazi allies? The ones that invaded Poland and Finland and were perfectly happy to be bad guys until Hitler attacked them? Yea I'm aware of them. Good thing the US was willing to give them billions in planes, tanks, trucks, food, etc since they couldn't equip themselves. Otherwise they wouldn't have lasted the war.
You have an interesting memory regarding US wars. Take Afghanistan for example. The USSR was in Afghanistan for less than ten years and lost something like 15k men with another 25-35k wounded. The US was there twice as long and only lost around 2.5k. Seems obvious who's army was more capable right? Your army has been in Ukraine for like 2 months and you've lost what 15-20k? Good job! I guess that's the "intagibles" your talking about? How's thst Satan II helping out lol.
Btw, you pointed out that Europe keeps getting occupied... By Europe. That doesn't make sense.
@@TheJimicus wrong 👈🏿read molotov -ribbentrop..Hitler broke this 👈🏿and went as far as 20 km from Moscow while killing millions…then we BEAT HIS ASS💯👈🏿..the rest of the players are just softies ….good things are on the way💯👈🏿
This reminds me of the book I read a while ago named Arctic Storm Rising that also mentioned the PAK-DP. Quite interesting to see a video regarding the aircraft tbh
I'm sure all four that are eventually built will be somewhat formidable.
If only cardboard and plywood could fly!!!
Everybody gangsta until hyper sonic SR-72 gets revealed
If a number of ASAT weapons are actually utilized space will be filled with debris, thereby denying space to satellites. Goodby to everything we take for granted, the internet we're using now, GPS, the list is endless.
most of the internet is through cable under the ocean.
Actually the PAK-DP Project also known as the MiG-41 Russia's plan to build fighter which can bring the Hypersonic Missile (KH-47M2) and become a new generation of interceptor aircraft
Reminds me of the 4' tall guy bragging about the 5' lift on his truck.
SR-71 was the fastest jet the US had in 1966. Introduced: January 1966
Retired: 1999.
The one we have now is much much faster and better, problem is... it's a secret plane, so we don't know much about it. Maybe called Aurora, and the speed of it was mach 10 (7000 mph) . so it nice to see Russia finally made it to the tech level of the 1960's. innovation at it's slowest.
Dont shit too much
Yeah sure a "secret plane" going Mach 10, yet the US is years behind in hypersonic rocket technology. Both China and Russia have functioning hypersonic missiles like the Kinzhal that Russia actually used in Ukraine. US just had a 3rd test of their hypersonic missile after the previous 2 failed, and they succeeded this time. But that means that the testing phase isn't even over yet. US has better stealth technology but when it comes to pure speed and maneuverability, Russia has them beat there. Neither f22 or f35 have fully fledged thrust vectoring engines but Su57 does (su57 engines can move in a full 360 degree range of motion while the ones on f22 and f35 can only move up and down) Let's not even mention the fact that US military budget is bigger than the other top 5 countries combined, yet they can't even develop a decent rocket engine and have been using the Russian Soyuz rocket for decades to take their astronauts to the ISS.
@@techno999 you do realize is because the US didn't decide to focus on that technology and is now rapidly catching up and surpassing, and space flight has been handed over to the private sector right?!
Try the so called "Aurora" programs or even the reported "TR-3B Black Mantra "
@@xlxl9440 How about no? It's because USSR had many brilliant rocket engineers and scientists and Russia inherited mostly everything from the USSR. US had it's own space program, but the space shuttle was retired and is no longer in operation.
Also no it's not rapidly catching up nor surpassing Russian rocket technology, it's years behind in that aspect. While Russians lack some of the more sophisticated computers, micro chips etc, they are far better at designing aerodynamic jets and rockets.
Russians also focus on lowering upkeep costs of their military assets. Russian jets are extremely sturdy and can be maintained at remote air bases, while American fifth gen fighters like f35 and f22 require hours of maintenance for a single hour of flight. F35 needs to be sent to the manufacturer for repairs, it's not cost effective at all and during a time of total war you don't want an aircraft that spends more time in maintenance than in service.
Can you ever admit that US is behind in some aspects which is only natural or are u gonna keep coming up with excuses?
Wow… Absolutely incredible!!!This plane is going to be faster than the one we designed and built 50+ years ago.
They found the limits of materials 50 years ago so it is an achievement
@@zyoungson215 No, they actually didn’t. I quite sure the US military and/or one of the Alphabet agencies has something far beyond the capabilities of the SR-71.
I wonder how good the fighting abilities of the SR 71 were.
Could there be a difference between an interceptor and a spy plane?
@@jottka6410 Not much in terms of maneuvering performance. Anything with a human in it traveling in the neighborhood of mach 3 isn’t going to turn very well.
@@jottka6410 Yes there is a difference. A-12 was designed as an Interceptor. The SR-71 as a reccy (spy plane)
So they designed a plane that can catch an SR-71 nearly 60 years after it was introduced...and 30 years after it was retired. Impressive 🙄
Wait...is it in production or what?
Nope, and probably won't be any time soon.
Go fast... get shot down by another that turns fast. Great call
well with a service ceiling that exceeds the f35 by 15 miles and a speed that is almost double youd still be scared to know that was above you with that big of a radar. if you ran out of arms or had to run, you would be chased down and targeted with soon to be hypersonic munitions on the mig 31s
Had to laugh at the citation of the Mig 25 being a "threat". Capable of hitting mach 3.2, this "interceptor" would have been challenged to land safely after actually hitting mach 2.7. It was a craft built around ancient tech, two very large engines which tended to shred themselves after that speed. As far as intercepting anything, it had better be right in front of them and within a very short range. It the Mig 25 had to make any turns, it couldn't exceed a very low G-force without shedding it's wings.
Heck of a paper threat, but not a very practical one. Makes one wonder about this newest prodigy...
its kind of just clickbait imho. To maintain SR71 speed is hard... even doing that isnt easy to sustain and make happen due to the heat itself.
@@jamesoncurry5224 From what I've heard of the Blackbird, the margin between stall speed and top speed was around 6 knots of variance at top altitude. It would definitely take some skill to fly like that.
The thing with the Foxbat was that, it was proper perceived threat...
Until the USA got it's hands on one, and discovered it was a load of bullshit.
The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird. An advanced long-range strategic reconnaissance aircraft, capable of Mach 3 and an altitude of over eighty-five thousand feet!
yes and is retired & mig-31 active ?
It is my understanding that the limiting factor of speed with the SR71 had more to do with keeping the plane held back in a zone where it wouldn't destroy itself from the stresses of flying at a velocity the airframe could reasonably manage to handle for a sustained amount of time... not too much because of the engines lacking the ability to push it faster. This same airframe limitation is also why they didn't try to build a carrier version SR71, they couldn't make it robust enough to land without worries... I would suspect, if the Soviets could develop a similar or better power plant as the SR71, then the top sustainable speed world probably also be limited by the abilities of the airframe... tricky problems pushing airplanes that fast, not as easy to do as a missle, and there are other factors the SR71 took advantage of that don't seem to be in the mix of the rendition of aircraft shown in this video... but who knows... and of course, good luck to building such an amazing plane! LOL
why would you even think of trying to land an SR-71 on a carrier flight deck... a plane that needs a parachute just to land in something like 2 miles of runway. Get out of here with thinking of landing it on a carrier.. there were never any ideas of putting something like that on the flight deck. Hell it's so heavy it can barely get off the ground and needs all of the runway at takeoff speed.
I have seen footage of them launching off a carrier. This presumably was just to see if it could be done, similar to seeing how the Hercules was also considered and tested for carrier landing. I also remember hearing someone discussing them looking into the possibility of what it would take to beef up the airframe enough to land an SR71 varient on a carrier, but this idea was scrapped as unfeasible... and the SR71 was serving quite adequately in it's normal capacity... this wasn't my idea, these were things that were actually done or considered for proposals.... the military loves to consider possibilities that sound good but aren't sound....
@@scottturcotte1860 No you haven't... Because it has never happened.. not even once
It's funny how people think this will actually enter production.
It only took Russia SIX DECADES to make a CGI to compete with the SR-71
Wow, they almost have it figured out just over 50 years later!
I know right !!😂 Its no lie, we are 50 years ahead of the rest of the world militarily. Most everyone else's "modern aircraft" and "aircraft carriers" look like what we used during Vietnam. We stopped using sloping decks on carriers in WW2 for god sakes!
We did not have "sloping" flight decks in WW2.
@@gregoryfuller1136 : Yeah, your right. I thought the 2 converted training carriers that were used by the Navy on the Great Lakes only had this type of deck.
hmm brand new plan with hyped stats being built to compete with the officially released and pretty certainly underrated speed of a US jet from the 60s. Most of this seems like hope and dreams engineering.
I have a feeling MIG design office is trying to sell Putin something big and beautiful. When they have sold it, they may have some little trouble to deliver...
It's total horsesh*t clickbait.
More Russian vaporwear.
Hopes and dreams indeed....
According to a leaked document from the russian air force, the MIG 41 will be equipped with a new system that will automatically detect people uploading videos with a clickbait title and fire a hyperdupersonic long range nuclear missile at them.
I highly doubt they would produce this in sizable numbers. They've really only been converting old fighters to 2000s standards, and production numbers aren't good. My bet would be China developes an interceptor like this before Russia. It would take a serious econonic rejuvination for Russia to ever produce these.
Same with the Armata MBT.
Russia lacks the manufacturing capacity, whereas China lacks the engineering, creative, and scientific backend. All of their equipment today is a replication, reverse-engineering of Russian or western equipment. They are even having a hard time replicating the Engines from modern Sukhoi aircraft they operate.
@@dimitri1154 I think thats a pretty commonly accepted view. I would say that China having a hard time is where one could argue its not the case. While they are currently in that position it was not long ago that the most advanced fighters in China were F7g types. They have come a long way in what others would argue is a short time. Given their progress over the last twenty years I would think its not that far off.
Just like how american turning 40 years old F15 into F15EX
@@haikalhadzik7744 F-22, F-35...
it's like a 4th best plane that Russia builds hype about but never delivers.
Like mig29 mig35 mig31 mig25 su 27 su35 su57 su34?
I must say, I liked the 3D animations. Very realistic. What software was used?
As for aircraft itself, by the time it comes, US will probably have an answer.
It is a very beautiful jet though.
Blender
Usa have no answer to mig29 in dog fight. Hahaha.
Sounds like a nice ride.
probably has a range of 30km at top speed then its engines explode
6:22 LOL yea right. Our current jets are limited in speed due to the RAM shedding from high speeds. To mitigate they artificially limit the speed in non war time. But Mach 3 even is silly. The RAM is ripped off at Mach + . Even if it has no RAM id guess this things max speed to be 2.7. I dont see them having the materials to accomplish mach 3+ on a mass made jet.
There is no way this jet is capable of Mach 3+. Too much forward surface area to push through that much air.
Тоесть для массового производства гиперзвуковых ракет материалы есть, а для массового производства самолётов нет? Перестаньте курить марихуанну
@@УниборСибирский you don't need RAM on missiles, nor would it survive the flight speeds.
As usual for the Russian development model, they have two dozen airframes completed already.
...engines are still in development, and they'll totally fit while still producing 115% of the intended thrust 🙄
😄
There is a saying,it goes like this-''the need is mother of all knowledge''.It is true for so many things,for this thing too...
As interesting and pretty as those hypothetical designs are, I highly doubt that they can beat the SR-71. I say this because the Blackbird was designed to cruise at Mach 2+ comfortably, and dash to Mach 3 if needed. Flying at high Mach numbers for sustained periods brings a host of problems. First is fuel consumption; the Blackbird consumes a lot of fuel, so it needed to large and carry large quantities of fuel. Second is heat which is caused by aerial friction. Anyway, I could go on but you can find that info online....
Not to mention that it won't be able to turn at those speeds which pretty much defeats the purpose of a fighter jet. SR71s flew straight and so did the MiG25. MiG25s were designed to go after high flying US bombers at the time and just launch missiles from a distance. There is no way anything going above Mach 3 is going to be able to make any kind of turn without disintegrating.
@@gigakrait5648 Interceptors aren’t designed to be able to turn.
Sukhoi : _I Will Send You To Jesus_
That was the saddest segway I have ever seen :). Well the MIG-25 turned out to be to really good at going fast and that was about it. I don't doubt the Russians could get those speeds, the more reasonable ones for very short bursts. but like the US 6th gen aircraft, or the various triangle of doom craft I'll believe it when I see it. Aircraft designers are capable of dreaming that wonderful dream and Russian designers with a bottle of the motherlands best under their belt have wandered far into the fuzzy out of focus part of dreamland so I wouldn't bet against them.
MIG-25 was actually terrible at going fast. It could only go at M2.5, like most other jets of its era.
Going 2.8 was greatly reducing its lifespan, while going faster than that destroyed the engine almost immediately.
And it was not really good in any other role…
MIG-31 was the plane the 25 was trying to be.
Wow, that is amazing.👍👍👍
There is no way on God's green earth that this thing is going Mach 4.3 just...no. That's not even a good bluff. It's not that the Russians aren't smart enough to produce a jet that fast, it's that the laws of jet engine mechanics don't work the same way at hyper sonic speeds. There's a very good reason the SR71 has those massive cones on their engines. Modern designs for moving this fast use SCRAM jet concepts, not an outdated 3rd gen interceptor.
It could go M4.3..........in a full afterburner 80° dive!!!
@@scotchsoda3165 ok you got me there. And I'm sure once struck by a sidewinder missile, parts of it will go flying than mach 4. 😅
@@pjduker05 might even hit Mach 5, hehehe
@@scotchsoda3165 idk. He might be breaking up by then. 😅
@@pjduker05 Russian engineering make weapons STRONG...........especially when you need a sledge hammer to turn the steering controls on a T-72!!!
Russia has great engineers. I don't understand why they aren't a bigger player on the international weapons market except for the fact they're so obsessed with one upping the US instead of selling more practical weapons systems on the world stage.
Because there is only one leader, the United States, and we let Russia puff its chest, and scream bloody murder, and we respond, "we are so weak, don't hurt us"
Mainly because most NATO countries will buy from the US or EU, I'd also imagine it has to do with Russia not being able to mass produce newly designed aircraft and tanks, along with sanctions and the war in Ukraine.
For Russia it's about defence and not money. Yes, top engineers
Russia HAD great engineers... They lost a lot of brain power when the wall came down and the USSR broke up. Many moved to the west for the money and the rest retired and died off They still cannot make electronics as they have no modern electronics makers within their borders... And no one is willing or stupid enough to sell them the hardware they need to make a modern CPU. They just had one company design a modern PC with an in house designed CPU.. but it won't boot.
Because it is fake garbage.
Russia still can make more than a handful of it's 5th gen fighters.
Su57 is 4+
@@Conan-ny1um said who Facebook scientist like you.. 😂🤣
That's why you know the F22 raptor is a bad boy because everybody else is trying to copy that shape
They spend more money on CGI of their wonder weapons then they do on actual R&D or manufacture and prototyping. I'm going to miss putin. Guys a dead man walking.
Seems like a cool project, but I honestly don't think it's going to make it to production. Russia's got a lot of problems with its airforce, namely shortage of qualified pilots and modernization issues. This seems overly ambitious considering their current situation, but that being said, history always shows: NEVER underestimate the Russians.
Cool project for an artist.
It will never be even a prototype. They don’t have any of the technology required for these claims. They don’t even mention these technologies, like ramjet. They just sketched a regular planes and put imaginary numbers next to it.
The Russians are doing it all the time. They always dream about super weapons they never build.
I call BS on the speed. The SR-71 was really pushing it and it was specifically designed for max speed and they used a "kinda" ramjet engine for it. Just by looking at current hypersonic platforms you can figure out, that it is extremely hard to pull off something faster than the SR-71 as the heat and engine design become mind boggling tasks. If you engage in jet design rather than building rockets, everything faster than Mach 3 becomes an absolute nightmare...
Definitely, a speed of Mach 4.1 would imply that this thing uses ramjets, which it doesn't look like it does, and which have severe downsides (insane fuel consumption, very poor performance at low speeds). Also, such high speeds would require a specially designed airframe, which again this doesn't look like it has. A real Mach 4.1 aircraft would probably look more like a hypersonic missile than a plane. It would likely have to use a rocket booster to get up to ramjet speed, then use the ramjet to go above Mach 4, at which speed it would have very limited range, probably only a few hundred km one way.
@@alexeyvlasenko6622 Completely agree, you will need something like a dual stage approach to even get to ramjet speeds. Not to mention the ramjet prototypes that had been put out so far, proved a need for extensive cooling on almost every part and the prototypes as you mentioned already look like rockets, so there is little room for improvement aerdynamically speaking. The SR-71 was getting hot enough on the outside to have a BBQ party on the frame. There are good reasons nobody builds fighter jets with speeds greater than Mach 2.x.
Sadly there is a lot of sensationalist videos here on YT, where the CGI rendering clearly dictates the story...
Mig 31 was more talk than walk. It couldn't hold top speed for long at all and couldn't turn for sh*t. It was a horrible dogfigher and had a very small window of opportunity to get shot at an SR71. There is a reason no SR71s have been shot down.
Russian propagandist: "Soon we make best new interceptor with top speed of...(uh, Sergei, how fast SR-71?)..."
Sergei: "Mach 3.2"
Russian propagandist: "...MACH 4.5!!!"
The reported top speed of both the turbofan-powered MIG 25 and 31 required engine replacements as they self-destructed when pressed. To go another Mach number above that requires an exponential increase in power. It's just conjecture at this point unless they go aerospike or scramjet. We'll see...
This video REALLY discredits this whole channel. People don't understand the exponential increase needed for SMALL gains. As I replied to another user- this is like saying you've replaced the engine and body on a C2 Corvette and it now does 350mph for hundreds of miles. It's not happening. PERIOD. I appreciate you trying to ring in with a little reality check. It seems more and more of RUclips is content for kids- facts, psychics, and reality be damned.
mig-31 : get 3.2 mach but explode
sr-71 : get 4.2 mach but explode
and mig-25 get 3.0 but exlpode ?
With the way the Russian arms industry is lagging behind the West, with constant delays, and problems with parts, its unlikely the MIG41 will be in service for a very long time. Let's see Russia field a fleet of SU57 before we even begin to talk about more advanced jets.
Tell me, does your "advanced" power have hypersonic missiles that can be used? Don't underestimate Us, think about yourself. You are ordinary people.
@@wfwfewfds right now? Probably not. So? We will have them in less than 2 years. Unless Russia is going to start a war with the US in less than that time, the advantage Russia has means little to nothing. Will you have a fleet of Su57 in 2 years? No. But in 2 years the US will have hypersonics AND close to 1,000 F35, plus our F22s, and our 6th generation fighter will be just 5 years away from that point. When we have 6th generation fighters, 1200 F35, 110+ upgraded super F22s, AND multiple hypersonic platforms, what will Russia have? Maybe 100 Su57? No one is underestimating Russia, if anything, the war in Ukraine is showing the whole world we have been overestimating Russia for a very long time. Right now, Russia is the top threat, but in a very short amount of time, Russia will become absolutely nothing in comparison to China, especially with all of the consequences of this current war.
@@wfwfewfds yeah, no response like a typical coward
Do you really think the West has advanced technology?
Your f35s are child's play compared to Russia's su-35. Russian aircraft engineering has years of experience, while the west builds f.jets from scratch, as a result those fighter jets have countless technical flaws, and are very expensive to maintain. Western fighter jets are made for posturing, while Russian ones are made for real combat.
@@wfwfewfds
We do, actually. We've had them since the 60s. They're called ICBMs.
Everyones been talking about how the engines could never reach those speeds, but i think that the possibility has to be entertained of russia using rotating detonation engines for this project.
It’s got voice activated weapons and rearward firing missles too lmao
But you have to think in Russian, Clint.
@@ChristopherKnotts someone as old as me lol 😂
Im having a hard time believing russia can afford such an aircraft after getting their asses kicked and going bankrupt in Ukraine.
They have a lot of money saved up, in gold I believe.
So what's are excuse, we couldn't control Vietnam, We couldn't control Afghanistan,we couldn't control Iraq
@@ok0_0 they put it all in sanctioned bank accounts. It will all be sequestered for rebuilding Ukraine.
This comment didn't age well lol
that's right they can't, just sabre rattling cgi vapour ware. Like there other failed attempt at countering the F35.
And just like almost every other interesting and impressive sounding russian aircraft design, it will end up as vaporware...
PAK FA managed though
@@carlosandleon Yeah but at this point it seems russia seeminly can't afford to mass produce Pak Fa. India's withdrawal from their joint partnership for production of the aircraft was clearly a huge blow to it's development.
Russia desperately needs foreign investment to develope new military tech instead of retrofitting old gear with upgrades at this point. They are even struggling to implement AESA radar technology in their existing planes.
@@711truther6 Of course they can. But they'd have to be serious about the war.
Nazis built FW 190s in tunnels and bunkers.
@@foobarmaximus3506 And as of this week, forever more especially after the russian economy endures it's now inevitable collapse that could at the very least be as bad as 91 if not worse in some regards.
I really feel bad for russians in general. Putin must be terminally ill, going bonkers. Maybe a mix of the former but regardless I feel bad for russian aerospace contractors cause they have creative minds and come up with some truely fascinating civil aircraft concepts that are never realized because they are mostly employed by the kremlin. Things look so bleek now for the future of russia's aerospace industry compared to just a week ago.
@@carlosandleon If 3 combat capable aircraft are your definition of managed that's pretty sad.
Man, this aged poorly. Now that we know Russia barely has the incline plane let alone a stealth plane.
Yeah, and they won’t have a way to fund it. They can hardly afford the su57 which already seems like it wont ever be production ready
@@animalmother4 they can't even get the mig-35 right let alone any 5th gen plane
I dont get it? How has this aged poorly? Russia isnt sending their latest gen fighters against Ukraine, just like we arent sending our top shit to fight against the terrorists in the middle east, lol. They are absolutely not a weak country, despite what propaganda may have you believe, and we should be on alert of them and china @ all times.
@Angry Yankee
Good one!👍
Dude really said MiG-25 was a threat. Thing was basically a drag car of the skies. Can’t turn
yeah but it was the only plane to injure the f15 so it was definitely not useless
The Russians can get this done
not anymore they can't
@@pontushaggstrom6261 The Russians continue to develop at a impressive pace under sanctions.I will not underestimate their ability like so many others
Mother Russia at it finest, always producing state of the art imaginary Jets in animation
They're NOT imaginary!
You're a really "smart" American. Maybe you could even find Russia on a map. With a little help from non-Americans.
@@henrybrewer8906 Given how poor Russians are, I don't think it's necessary to look for them
Mach 4.3 won't happen. Mach 3.5 probably won't either. Not because they can't, but because there's no use case.
The SR-71 needed speed to outrun air defences of the day and be in and out before presenting enough time to detect, track, and fire upon. It needed that speed.
Fast interceptors are nice, but buying 10 slower and more widely dispersed aircraft is always going to beat buying 1 stupidly fast and stupidly expensive engineering marvel. For fast threats no manned machine is going to be better than a fast modern missile.
It is kinda funny how the US thought that the MIG 25 was some sort of super fighter, when in reality all it could really do was go REAL fast and shoot down bombers and spy planes, because that is what it was built to do. Yet the US panicked and rushed to develop an all purpose fighter that could beat the image of the MIG 25 they had in their heads.
Complete Russian propaganda vaporware plane. They can't even field the Su57 (which isn't even really a Gen 5 fighter), what makes people think the Russians have some magical Mig 41?
No? I justed imagined my new f75 Bluebird and it can go mach 25 and also have FTL engine so i can travel through space! it also carries anti matter missiles to spawn blackholes on whereever the missile hits!! its great man
MiG 41 = CGI
F-35 = Reality
thunder doesn't kill, lightning does.
At H =40 km temperature, according Standard Atmosphere modeli is: 251 K So Stagnation temperature T0=T*(1+0,2 Ma^2) will be 866 K @ Ma=3,5 and "only" 1180 K.
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The only thing legendary about the MIGs was how consistently they were shot down. Lol
Also, nice CGI planes. Very cool, much wow.
That’s a beautiful design
February: "Ha, all of Russian weapons are rusted away and all they have is peasant boys with old AKs!"
March: "W-why are they having CRUISE MISSILES?"
I Wish we had one of those MiG 41 FOXBAT Things.
The SR 71 now sits in museums across then U.S.
The U.S. probably has something far superior by now.
They never stop evolving.
I read in a book recently , the Russians are working on a hybrid attack fighter .
“ Drakkor 15 “ with liquid rocket fuel auxiliary , used to exit- enter combat zone at extreme speeds .,....
Amazing & Best Stealth Sonic Jet In Future✨️✨️💯
If ever realized it would likely be detectable by a Cessnas onboard radio, barely faster than the Mig-31, built a total of 8 times and be stored away for parade purposes
T-14 Armada lol