Can you imagine that one of the most effective World War II bombers was developed by a prisoner while he was held in a Gulag camp?
Also, in 2010 a Polish Tu-154 that was carrying the country’s leadership, including President Lech Kaczyński, crashed near Smolensk.The Tu-160 strategic heavy bomber, generally known as “White Swan,” is the pride of the Russian Air Force. It is the only active propeller-powered strategic bomber in the world.With a speed of 860 km/h, the Tu-95 is the fastest prop-driven aircraft.
It is armed with Kh-55 cruise missiles that have nuclear warheads able to destroy targets at a distance of 2,500 km.The first combat use of the Tu-160 happened in November 2015 during Russia’s Syrian campaign. We've got more than 1,7 million followers on Facebook.
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In 1985 the largest air catastrophe in the history of the Soviet aviation took place when a Tu-154 crashed in Uzbekistan with 200 passengers onboard.
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After the 1978 air disaster, all Tu-144s were grounded. Since the tips of its propeller blades move faster than the speed of sound, it is believed to be one of the loudest military aircraft ever.The Tu-95B, one of the aircraft’s modifications, was built in a single copy for the test of the RDS-202, aka Tsar Bomba, the most powerful nuclear weapon ever created and detonated.
The aircraft landed, overran the runway and rammed into a nearby small forest, finally coming to a stop in a swamp. Design Bureau is a full-service boutique design firm based in Cape Town. While getting into the cockpit he banged his head against the instrument panel.
This world’s largest and heaviest combat aircraft is the foundation of the country’s nuclear arsenal. Ilyushin Design Bureau went down in history by designing the most-produced combat aircraft ever and the favorite jet of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
One of the finest World War II bombers has a very unusual history - it was designed in a Gulag camp.
Its Su-34 fighter-bomber began replacing the Su-24, while the redesigned Su-39 ground-attack aircraft began substituting for its older Su-25 variant.
In the 1970s and early ’80s the design bureau produced the high-performance, variable-wing Su-24 multirole aircraft and the Su-25 close-support aircraft.