MIG-31 is a two-seat fighter-interceptor intended for destroying aerial targets at low and high altitudes in the front and rear semispheres in the free space and at the earth background, in the visual and instrumental meteorological conditions during hostile applying maneuver and active ECM. Performs combat operations in response to automatic control system information both in the command guidance and semi-autonomous (supported by coordinate data) modes, singly or in the group of up to 4 interceptors with automatic data link and target distribution among the members of the group.