Russians tend to imitate MiG-31K takeoffs in Belarus

The Russian Aerospace Forces and the Belarusian Air Force have begun to imitate the takeoffs of MiG-31K jets during the takeoffs of other types of aircraft, reports Belaruski Hajun.

Source: Belaruski Hajun, an independent Belarusian military monitoring media outlet

Quote: "Yesterday, in the afternoon, we reported two group flights of Russian Aerospace Forces aircraft from Machulishchy airfield at 13:00 and 16:00. These flights had a number of oddities that we later noticed (the most obvious being that they did not return to Machulishchy). One might have thought that the MiGs had flown to Russia or crashed into the swamp, but the situation was different.

There were indeed flights and sources reported them, for which we thank everyone again, but yesterday morning a group of fighter jets flew to Machulishchy from Baranavichy. Throughout the day, these fighters took off from the Machulishchy airfield, and the sound of takeoff was extremely similar to MiG-31K and A-50 takeoffs.

We believe that yesterday the fighter jets from Baranavichy were conducting imitation flights at the airfield in Machulishchy. And, very likely, the goal was to fake the takeoff of a MiG-31K when a standard Su-type fighter took off.

Various factors indicate that our theory is correct and that in this case it was extremely difficult to tell the difference between Su and MiG without visual observation (which is impossible due to fog, snow, rain, etc.).

Reference: During the takeoff of a MiG-31K, which is capable of carrying a Kinzhal supersonic missile, an air-raid siren is always announced throughout Ukraine.

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