Tupolev Tu-95MS Bear-H - Turboprop-Powered Strategic Heavy Bomber

Support / Поддержка: Donationalerts - Paypal - Teespring Store - Webmoney USD - Z789416365352 Webmoney EUR - E518067593070 Webmoney RU - R788497986526 Tu-95MS/Tu-95MS6/Tu-95MS16: It is the only propeller-powered strategic bomber still in operational use today and unique as a propeller-driven aircraft with swept wings that has been built in large numbers. Completely new cruise missile carrier platform based on the Tu-142 airframe. This variant became the launch platform of the Raduga Kh-55 cruise missile and put into serial production in 1981. Known to NATO as the Bear-H and was referred to by the U.S. military as a Tu-142 for some time in the 1980s before its true designation became known. Currently being modernized to carry the Kh-101/102 stealth cruise missiles. 21 aircraft have been modernized as of April 2019. In 2019-2020, 10 modernized Tu-95MS aircraft have joined