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The United State's current long-range strategic bomber inventory consists of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, the Rockwell B-1 Lancer, and the Northrup Grumman B-2 Spirit. Unlike the Soviet-era Tupolev ...

6 Apr 2023, 20:05 UTC · By: Henry Kelsall // The Tupolev Tu-144 was the Soviet's answer to Concorde, but a crash at the 1973 Paris Airshow was just one problem that befell the troubled airliner ...

Key Point: Beijing has imported many Soviet or Russian-made planes. Here is how the Tu-16 became useful to both countries. This Soviet-designed heavy bomber is still in Service with China’s PLA Air ...

Key Points and Summary: The Tupolev Tu-95 “Bear,” a Cold War icon and the world’s only frontline turboprop bomber, is facing an existential crisis in Ukraine. -The Threat: Used as a “missile truck” to ...

In the aftermath of the Second World War, the Soviet Union was strapped for bombers. The most prominent member of the USSR’s bomber arsenal was a turboprop bomber, the Tu-4. The “Bull” as it was known ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a defense technology journalist, based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Russia’s Tupolev is best known for building a strategic ...

Much like in the evolution of living creatures, the evolution of vehicles is a divergent process. Once everyone understands the basic idea behind what makes a particular type of vehicle work, the ...

MOSCOW—Russia’s Tupolev, a subsidiary of United Aircraft Corporation, rolled out the first modernized Tu-22M3M strategic bomber Aug. 16. The latest iteration of the Tu-22M Backfire family, the ...