The unique Soviet Supersonic Interceptor, known as the Mikoyan MiG-31. Currently the world's fastest manned aircraft - 3,000 km/h MAX and 2,500 km/h Cruise Speed (one of the features to qualify for 5th Gen is to go supersonic without using the afterburner or "forsage" in Russian) Just 4 MiG-31 can control the frontal airspace of around 800-900 km. The MiG-31 was the world's first operational fighter with a passive electronically scanned array radar (PESA), the Zaslon S-800. Its maximum range aga