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MrWowWow

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1. How Much More of This B4 Fighting Breaks Out?
Fri Sep 19, 2025, 09:54 PM
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Or a nuclear exchange occurs?

Note:
The MiG-31 is a high-speed interceptor with underwing/pylon hardpoints. The aircraft itself is a launch platform.

A specially modified variant, the MiG-31K, is fitted to carry the Kh-47M2 “Kinzhal” hypersonic missile — which Russian sources state can be armed with either conventional or nuclear warheads.

So the aircraft can deliver a nuclear weapon via a compatible air-launched missile, but it is not a strategic nuclear bomber in the classic sense.


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