Satellite images of hangars under construction for Tu-160 and Tu-95MS strategic bombers have appeared online. The protective shelters are located at the base in Engels.
It is difficult to estimate the scale of the structures from the footage, but apparently, they are at least 100 m long and more than 75 m wide — this is exactly what is needed for comfortable basing of such combat aircraft.
In May 2025, photos of mock-ups of rapidly deployable protective block-modular structures for long-range aviation went viral online. But at that time, it was about cheap tent-mobile shelters designed to protect strategic bombers from bad weather.
Lieutenant General of the Russian Aerospace Forces Alexander Maksimtsev noted that the Ministry of Defense plans to provide shelters for aviation protection to the entire airfield network of the Armed Forces.
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