Tupolev Tu 22m3m Bomber
Tu 22m3m backfire tupolev the first flight of the newest bomber missile tu 22m3m lasted 37 minutes.
Tupolev tu 22m3m bomber. Manufactured by tupolev the tu 22 entered service with the soviet military in the 1960s the last examples were retired during the early 2000s. Produced in comparatively small numbers the aircraft was a disappointment lacking. On 11 may 2020 it was reported by tass citing anonymous sources in the military industrial complex that a test launch of a new hypersonic missile not belonging to the kh 32 family was conducted from a tu 22m3m. The tupolev tu 22 nato reporting name.
Blinder was the first supersonic bomber to enter production in the soviet union and the world s first aircraft of its class. In conceptual terms it could best be considered a larger supersonic equivalent to the raf s 1960s v bombers armed with a more evolved equivalent to the raf s avro blue steel mk 1 supersonic standoff missile. The tupolev tu 22m3 backfire c is in a class of its own. This was reported on 28 decembner 2018 in the press service of pjsc tupolev.