ni believes that the "old" russian weapons are capable of " destroying the world»
The four-engine Tu-95MS propeller bomber was created in the USSR in the middle of the last century, but it is still capable of" destroying the world", according to the material of The National Interest magazine. This aircraft was compared to the American B-52, while noting that most of the Tu-95 was developed in the 1980s, so the Soviet aircraft are relatively young.
The American magazine The National Interest claims that Russia has "old" weapons that "can still destroy the world."
In the material of the publication indicated that the four-engine propeller bomber Tu-95MS, which was developed in the middle of the last century, is constantly undergoing modernization. It, as noted in the publication, still remains a key element of the air component of the Russian nuclear triad.
This aircraft was developed in the 1950s. Then, according to the publication, the Soviet Union needed a combat vehicle capable of hitting targets throughout the United States. The choice of screw engines in the material was explained by the extremely rapid combustion of fuel in jet engines of that time.
The publicist drew attention to the fact that as a result of modernization, the bomber has the opportunity to use the latest X-101 cruise missiles, which can change the target during flight.
As emphasized in the NI material, this combat vehicle, like the United States B-52 aircraft similar to it, created in the 1950s,"does not show any signs of decommissioning." At the same time, compared to the B-52, most of the Tu-95s were produced already in the 1980s, since it was impossible to upgrade earlier models. For this reason, the publication notes, they can be considered relatively young compared to some aircraft of the North Atlantic Alliance.
In mid-October, two Tu-95MS carried out a planned flight over the neutral waters of the Arctic and the northern part of the Far East.
"Two Tu-95MS strategic missile carriers of long-range aviation performed a planned flight in the airspace over the neutral waters of the Chukchi, Beaufort, Bering and Okhotsk Seas. The flight duration was about 12 hours, " the Russian Defense Ministry said.
As the Russian military stressed, long-range aviation pilots constantly fly over the neutral waters of the Arctic, the North Atlantic, the Black and Baltic Seas, and the Pacific Ocean. The Ministry assured that all flights of aircraft of the Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation are carried out in strict accordance with international rules for the use of airspace.
The Joint Aerospace Defense Command of North America recently reported that US Air Force aircraft escorted two Russian Tu-95 bombers along with two Su-35 fighters off the coast of Alaska on the evening of October 19. As indicated in the message, all Russian aircraft were in international airspace. It was noted that they did not invade the airspace of other States.
In early August, the head of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), Yuri Slyusar, reported to Russian President Vladimir Putin that the deeply modernized strategic missile carrier Tu-95MSM has been completely updated.
"We have strengthened the wing, changed the individual units of the airframe. The car with a new set of weapons, with a new onboard complex of electronic equipment, with new modified engines, new propellers, and, in fact, the combat capabilities of the car exactly doubled after this modernization, " Slyusar said.
In March, the press service of "Tupolev" noted that together with the Beriev TANTK, work on the first deeply modernized Tu-95MSM was completed in parallel. Then there was the development of updated aircraft systems.
Kristina Sizova
