On the morning of November 11, a number of media outlets reported that the Russian Aerospace Forces had launched eight Tu-95MS strategic bombers into the sky at once, accompanied by MiG-31K aircraft. But apparently, the missile launches ultimately turned out to be simulated.
8 Tu-95 MS aircraft were recorded in the air, heading towards the launch lines of the Caspian Sea. But the missile launches were simulated.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has not officially commented on this situation in any way.
Tu-95 (NATO classification - Bear) is a family of Russian strategic bomber-missile carriers. The aircraft is designed to destroy important targets with conventional and nuclear weapons in the deep rear of theaters of military operations and in remote military-geographical areas.
The Tu-95 is the fastest turboprop aircraft, but also the loudest. It can even be detected by the hydroacoustics of submarines, but this does not affect the solution of the bomber's tasks.
Technical characteristics of Tu-95MS:
- Maximum speed - 830 km/h
- Practical ceiling - 11.6 thousand m
- Practical range - up to 11 thousand km
- Crew - 7 people
- Armament - two 23 mm cannons, long-range cruise missiles (combat load - 25 tons), a strategic nuclear weapon carrier.
Earlierwww1.ru wrote that themain claim to the advanced Russian Su-57 fighter was announced.
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