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A Ukrainian spokesman said, "We can confirm the damage to two Tu-22M3 aircraft. We are talking about aircraft No. 33 and No. 31. No. 33 has holes in the upper part of the fuselage, and aircraft No. 31 also has some body damage." [75] On 15 August 2024, a Russian Tu-22M3 crashed and burned in the Irkutsk Oblast. [76] [77] [78] [79]
To deploy the brand new Kh-22 (AS-4 Kitchen) anti-ship missile, a new aircraft had to be used, as the Tu-95 was too slow, and the Tu-16 could not carry it, thanks to its weight. Because of this, the Tu-22 was developed as a missile carrier, the Tu-22K (Blinder-B). It first entered service in December 1968,with 76 built between 1965 and 1969.
Ukraine said it shot down a Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bomber for the first time on Friday, destroying a warplane capable of carrying long-range missiles used to attack Ukrainian cities. The ...
The Tupolev Tu-22M ‘Backfire’ strategic bomber was designed in the mid-1960s to overcome the powerful air defenses around U.S. aircraft carriers and NATO military bases. To increase the ...
Russia has often used TU-22M3 planes to bomb Ukraine, it added, criticising what it called the "notoriously inaccurate" heavy anti-ship missiles which the plane fires.
By August 2016, Russia was finalizing the trials of the Kh-32 cruise missile, a derivative of the Kh-22. Designed for use by the Tu-22M3 bomber, the missile is designed to climb to 40 km (130,000 ft) to the stratosphere after launch, transition to level flight, then perform a steep dive to the target. The cruise missile version is also designed ...
A Russian Air Force Su-34 A Russian Air Force Su-35S A Tu-160 during the 2018 Victory Day Parade A Beriev A-50 in flight A Tu-214R taking off from Borisoglebskoye Airfield An Il-78M of the 203rd Guards Air Refuelling Regiment An An-124-100 accompanied by a Su-27UB A Russian Air Force Ka-52 in flight A Yak-130 at the 2012 Farnborough International Airshow
The Raduga Kh-15 or RKV-15 (Russian: Х-15; NATO: AS-16 "Kickback"; GRAU:) is a Russian hypersonic aero-ballistic air-to-ground missile carried by the Tupolev Tu-22M and other bombers. Originally developed as a standoff nuclear air-to-ground missile similar to the U.S. Air Force's AGM-69 SRAM, versions with conventional warheads have been ...