MiG-31 shot down cruise missile

A Russian Air Force MiG-31 successfully shot down a cruise missile fired from a Tu-95MS in Russia’s northwestern region.

MiG-31 Pichugin-1
By Dmitriy Pichugin (http://russianplanes.net/id49677) [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons

The press statement said the missile was taken out while flying 300 meters above the ground and 10 kilometers from its target.

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