The MiG-31 high-altitude fighter-interceptor performed as an air border infringer at an altitude of about 20 kilometres. The “infringer” was to penetrate into the airspace of Russia at the maximum speed, cross the assigned line and shake off any pursuit.

The MiG-31 interceptor scrambled from the Yelizovo air base to intercept the target (Kamchatka Krai). In order to complicate the task, the MiG-31 crew was ordered to locate and eliminate the “infringer” without involving any ground-based air defence means.

In order to achieve optimal conditions for target interception, the fighter crew took a position in lower layers of the stratosphere at supersonic speed of over 2,200 km / h at an altitude of more than 14 km, carried out searching, seizing and eliminating the air target through electronic missile launch. Despite the anti-missile manoeuvring of the mock “infringer”, the target was successfully hit. The mock air border infringer was eliminated at a distance of more than 100 km.