it is not much bigger that it is adding sqm. infact missile look more out of place on Rafale. cockpit is too much raised.

compared the size of meteor and mica vs RVV-BD and you will see
also Rafale clean RCS is 0.1 m2 => the cocpkit have nothing to do here

No aircraft can supercruise at sea level not even F-22. However if you are asking if MiG-31 can reach max speed of 1.2 at S/L, it can, indefinetaly (meaning until its 19 ton fuel tank run dry).

Thats not the way MiG-31 would conduct anti-shipping anyway. Suppose target is a carrier group; It would cruise to the 700km of the target at ~M0.8, then climb to 70k feet, and cover an additional 400km at M2.5+ while actively jamming. Then it would launch 4x Klub or Kh-15S missiles from 300km range and run away at M1.5+, evading any fighter aircraft launched from the carrier itself.

i dont think i can detect ship at 300 km ( ship have jamming too ) , it can also easy to get detect by AWACs

You got me wrong. What I’ve tried to say is if you put a pre-programmed (before take off) active-radar homing Klub or Kh-35 to follow a certain path, it can be utilised by MiG-31 by releasing it on a pre-determined waypoint. This is the way Su-33 is supposed to fire Kh-41. However, Kh-41 is programmable, and its capable of scanning, identifying and prioritizing the targets it attack on its own.

However, I spaculate this ability came from SS-N-22, which Kh-41 derived, as it is a must for a surface ship to attack OTH targets, and may not be possible with solely air-launched anti-ship missiles like Kh-31A or Kh-15 etc.

i get it 😎
btw they could just put the irbis-e on mig-31 :rolleyes:

i dont think kh-31 , kh-58 seeker can detect lpi emission , but they have anti ship version with radar too

does it need to fly low for a ship mission..?
Just let it ripp a few mini ‘clubs’ at 19km altitude and return home to base.

I’m not sure how large and heavy ordinance it can mount though.. guess thats the limitation for the jet.

against new stealth ship , the range that radar can detect them is short => better to fly low to take advantage of radar horizon
also modern ship have very long range SAM especially against target that big , not maneuver , high RCS , fast , fly high like mig-31 , i think su-35 or even mig-35 is much better for this role

so Meteor tests with Gripen done with AWACS help?. RCS is much smaller? do you even know that difference between 3sqm and 1sqm is not that much. and Flanker has much stronger and bigger jamming pods. so it defeating BVR missile and lockon will be much easier.

1- no one say that they test the Meteor on gripen with max range => your argument about it is nonsense
2- as i said like a billions time before deceptive jamming dont need extremely high power ( also noise jamming can be really easy to defeat by HoJ which almost every radar guide missiles have )
3- who say the su-35 will have rcs = 3 m2 with weapon ??? ( remember that your RVV-BD is much bigger than meteor or mica , the su-35 weapon rack also bigger => affect rcs more

I didnot said AWACS didnot have greater range than Gripe radar. It is just turboprop AWACS operate at low altitude of 20k to 25k feet. and has engine power much lower. It is unlikely ideal platform dealing with fighter that can easily to go 70k feet.

you say Awacs dont have much greater lock range than gripen => completely wrong , Awacs dont need to fly at very high or very fast to detect fighter
, they have been used to deal with fighter for age 😉 ( btw su-35 max service ceiling is 19 km => doesnot mean it can easy go to that altitude , and even the f-4 can reach 60K feet => it not really something special )

Every thing is much higher.

no they are not , also at least give a number to support your argument

You can give update tech to missile much faster than updating an aeroplane. heavier missile have much stronger motor and more fuel. as i said Su-35 has more surplus power so it is inhibited by carrying heavier AAMs. Just like there heavier SAMs with higher speed.

based on what ???
btw bigger missile also heavier , have more drag

weapon sells does not mean overall money available to manufacturers for product improvement and Russia dont do that much offsets so it sells are more profitable.

base on what russian have more money than USA ??? or you just blow it out of your ass :confused: