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: ''This article describes the real-life MiG-31. For the fictitious craft having this designation, see [[Firefox (novel and film)]].''
The Mikoyan-Gurevich '''MiG-31''' (NATO codename: Foxhound) is a [[Russia]]n-built, two-seat interceptor used for air defense. It is derived from the [[MiG-25]] Foxbat.
The Mikoyan-Gurevich '''MiG-31''' (NATO codename: Foxhound) is a [[Russia]]n-built, two-seat interceptor used for air defense. It is derived from the [[MiG-25]] Foxbat.
One version of the MiG-31, the “D” model, was being developed as an anti-satellite aircraft,<ref>''The World’s Great Fighters: From 1914 to the Present Day'', by Robert Jackson, Amber Books, 2005</ref> but this project was cancelled after two prototypes were built.<ref>[http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/types/russia/mig/mig-31/mig-31.htm Mikoyan Mig-31 Foxhound]</ref>
One version of the MiG-31, the “D” model, was being developed as an anti-satellite aircraft,<ref>''The World’s Great Fighters: From 1914 to the Present Day'', by Robert Jackson, Amber Books, 2005</ref> but this project was cancelled after two prototypes were built.<ref>[http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/types/russia/mig/mig-31/mig-31.htm Mikoyan Mig-31 Foxhound]</ref>
== Terminology in fiction ==
The term MiG-31 appears in ''[[Firefox (novel and film)]]'' as a fictitious single-seat jet fighter-interceptor with a maximum speed of Mach 5 or 6, and armed with four missiles, two cannons, and two rearward flak layers, controlled by an Electroencephalographic Decision Estimate system.
==Notes and References==
==Notes and References==