The first 24 of the modernized MiG-31BM entered service, more than 10 aircraft will be delivered to the troops every year, said Deputy head of the Ministry of defense of Russia Yuri Borisov. "After the modernization of the MiG-31 we expect more than 130 machines in the army. Updated, wonderful, with extreme performance characteristics ", - RIA "news" words of Borisov. the Deputy defence Minister also clarified that modernized 12-13 aircraft per year. According to his statement to the troops already delivered 24 aircraft. Borisov noticed that on Thursday During a factory visit Nizhny Novgorod aircraft building plant " Sokol ", where the modernization of the aircraft, once again convinced that the program of import substitution " is going according to plan "." in practice, the entire Russian industry took on their own shoulders in this or that extent, the issues that we have previously been linked with Ukraine. This is a very wide range. We have 186 products signed schedule and tens and hundreds of different components, " - said the Deputy Minister. Avionics modernized fighter-interceptor MiG-31BM provides the opportunity for productive interactions with anti-aircraft missile defense systems. The aircraft can be used in the form of air command post, coordinating the actions of fighters of other types, not equipped with a more powerful radar. The upgraded fighter equipped with new weapon control system, enabling to increase the detection range of up to 320 kilometers and a range of up to 280 kilometers. The MiG-31BM is capable at the same time be accompanied by up to ten air targets, six of which have the opportunity to be at the same time fired. The main purpose of the fighter-interceptor MiG-31 is the destruction of aircraft and missiles with wings in the border and the interior of the country. 10px