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Anon · 05-03-2005, 04:45 AM

"that would depend on the role for which u want to use the two."

They're both interceptors, but the Tomcat is a much better 'knife fighter', and has a much more capable strike function.

The Mig-31 is pure interceptor, but the F-14D despite lower actual flight performance(talking speed and altitude) actually was still the better interceptor because of it's APG-71(AWG-9) radar and the mighty AIM-54C Phoenix missile.

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Anon New Member Join Date: 08-03-03 Posts: 0	"that would depend on the role for which u want to use the two." They're both interceptors, but the Tomcat is a much better 'knife fighter', and has a much more capable strike function. The Mig-31 is pure interceptor, but the F-14D despite lower actual flight performance(talking speed and altitude) actually was still the better interceptor because of it's APG-71(AWG-9) radar and the mighty AIM-54C Phoenix missile.