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The Tu-116, like the Tu-114, was based on the Tu-95 strategic bomber. Both airliners were developed in parallel with the Tu-116 taking priority due to the numerous visits of General Secretary Nikita Khrushchev to both Western and Eastern countries during the so-called Khrushchev Thaw. The aircraft's mission was to transport the head of state ...
Tu-230 (also known as Tu-260): hypersonic attack aircraft project, 1983 Tu-230 : twin-engine military cargo transport; cancelled in favor of Ilyushin Il-214 Tu-244 : SST concept developed from the Tu-144, 1979
The Tupolev Tu-95 (Russian: Туполев Ту-95; NATO reporting name: "Bear") is a large, four-engine turboprop-powered strategic bomber and missile platform. First flown in 1952, the Tu-95 entered service with the Long-Range Aviation of the Soviet Air Forces in 1956 and was first used in combat in 2015.
Tupolev Tu-82 experimental swept-wing jet bomber; Tupolev Tu-85 long-range heavy bomber derivative of the Tu-4; Tupolev Tu-86 long-range jet bomber project; Tupolev Tu-91 prototype naval attack aircraft; Tupolev Tu-95 long-range strategic bomber; also known as Aircraft 'V' Tupolev Tu-95LAL nuclear-powered bomber developed from the Tu-95M
A painting depicting the loading of Raduga Kh-15 missiles on a Tu-22M rotary launcher. The bomber depicted is an early Tu-22M2, with distinctive air intakes. In 1962, after the introduction of the Tupolev Tu-22, it became increasingly clear that the aircraft was inadequate in its role as a bomber. In addition to widespread unserviceability and ...
Tu-2 - 1941 medium bomber; Tu-4 - 1947 strategic bomber; Tu-14 - 1949 torpedo bomber; Tu-16 - 1952 strategic bomber; Tu-22 - 1959 medium bomber Tu-22M - 1969 strategic bomber; Tu-28 - 1964 interceptor; Tu-95 - 1952 strategic bomber; Tu-126 - 1962 airborne early warning and control aircraft; Tu-142 - 1968 maritime patrol and anti-submarine ...
Often described as the worst terrorist attack in history, the trauma of 9/11 is still felt keenly by many more than 20 years on. Images showing the horrifying events unfolding – as first one and ...
Even before the first flights of the Tu-16 and Tu-20/Tu-95, Tupolev was working on supersonic bombers, culminating in the unsuccessful Tu-98. Although that aircraft never entered service, it became the basis for the prototype Tu-102 (later developed into the Tu-28 interceptor) and the Tu-105, which evolved into the supersonic Tu-22 bomber in ...