Russia has officially launched the development of a replacement for the MiG-31 'Foxhound' interceptor under the PAK DP (Predpola-gayemyy vozdukha Kompleks dlya Dal'ney Perekhvat: Prospective Air Complex for Long-Range Interception) programme. "Development of the next generation of interceptor fighters has already begun," Rostec announced on 22 January. "The project of the PAK DP under the designation 'MiG-41' is at the stage of development work." The programme had been touted as far back as 2015. News of the work comes some five-and-a-half years after the then commander-in-chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS), Colonel-General Viktor Bondarev, said in August 2015 that the effort would be launched in 2019, with the goal of fielding a replacement for the 1970s-era MiG-31 in the 2028 timeframe.
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