The appearance of the MiG-41 fighter in service with Russia is questionable.

Despite the fact. that information about the development of Russian designers of MiG-41 fighters periodically appears on the Web, according to analysts, this aircraft may never take off at all. This is primarily due to the absence of any official statements from the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, as well as the emergence of information about the design of the PAK DP (Advanced Long Range Intercept Aviation Complex) fighter, but not about the development of the MiG-41. Moreover, it became known that Russia was closely engaged in the modernization of the MiG-31 fighters, which needed to be replaced by the more promising MiG-41.

According to experts, the fact that we are talking about the PAK DP project, and not about the MiG-41 fighter may indicate that the development concerns a fundamentally different aircraft that is in no way related to the MiG-41 fighter. In addition, given the statement by the head of the United Aircraft Building Corporation (UAC) about plans to modernize all existing MiG-31 to 2023, and the appearance of the MiG-41 fighter was expected to be 2025, it can be assumed that In this connection, the demand in the MiG-31 still exists.

According to some data, the 120 of the MiG-31 fighter jets is in service with the VKS of Russia, and about a hundred of these aircraft are located at the storage bases.