If, and I stress the if, this report [about the Tu-22 production line sale] proves true then China has just made yet another massive commitment toward its strategy of area denial vis-a-vis the US Navy ...

Production of the “Blinder” ceased in 1969. As an interesting sidebar note, the Rikhter R-23 cannon made history in its own right as the only cannon fired in outer space; this event took place on ...

The fall of a Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bomber, a platform often valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars, marked a rare and symbolic blow against one of Moscow’s most important long-range strike ...

Soltsy-2 airbase, which is home to Russian Tu-22M3 Backfire swing-wing bombers, was hit by a drone strike yesterday. Images of black smoke billowing from the base further solidified those reports, but ...

As already shown by several other clips released by the Russian MoD, the Tu-22s mainly employ iron bombs from high-altitude: although dumb bombs can be dropped with a fair accuracy on soft targets, ...

Though the Tu-22 had some characteristics that appeared to be beneficial, at least on paper, it was not pleasant to fly. It had two engines mounted above the fuselage near the tail assembly. The high ...

January 16, 2020: A Russian program to refurbish and modernize its Cold War era Tu (Tupelov)-22 "Backfire" heavy bombers is running into more problems. The Russian Air Force wanted to design a new ...

The Tu-22 bomber has been widely used by the Russian forces in their attacks on Ukrainian towns. Russia Ukraine War Latest News Today: In a major setback for Russian air defence, a drone strike by ...

There never was a worst time for two of the world’s most potent militaries to play games with one another. With Europe still uncertain about what will happen in Ukraine, and with American and Russian ...

Russian pilots flying a Tu-22M3 supersonic bomber mistakenly hit a grain ship in the Black Sea having "targeted it in haste," likely while trying to evade Ukrainian air defenses, U.K. defense ...

Russian propagandists announced the downing of the Tu-22M3, which on December 29 launched missiles over the territory of Ukraine. This is stated in the message of the Ukrainian military correspondent ...

Ukraine on Sunday carried out a surprised drone attack on Russian airfields and claimed that it has destroyed more than 40 Russian planes. Russia confirmed Ukrainian drone attack and said that several ...