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    The Tupolev Tu-95 (Russian: Туполев Ту-95; NATO reporting name: "Bear") is a large, four-engine turboprop-powered strategic bomber and missile platform...
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    succeeded the failed Tu-95PLO project, Tupolev's first attempt at modifying the Tu-95 for maritime use. The Tu-142 differed from the Tu-95 in having a stretched...
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    The Tupolev Tu-114 Rossiya (Russian: Tyполев Тy-114 Poccия; NATO reporting name Cleat) is a retired large turboprop-powered long-range airliner designed...
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    The Tupolev Tu-4 (Russian: Туполев Ту-4; NATO reporting name: Bull) is a piston-engined Soviet strategic bomber that served the Soviet Air Force from the...
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  • turboprop powered Tupolev Tu-95 bomber which could cover the same range at a far higher speed. Neither the Tu-4 nor the Tupolev Tu-80 were true intercontinental...
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    The Tupolev Tu-22 (Air Standardization Coordinating Committee name: Blinder) was the first supersonic bomber to enter production in the Soviet Union. Manufactured...
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  •  'flying atomic laboratory') which flew from 1961 to 1965 was a modified Tupolev Tu-95 Soviet bomber aircraft, analogous to the United States' earlier Convair...
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    the Tupolev Tu-114 with its wider fuselage instead. This solved problems with cooling and operator space that existed with the narrower Tu-95 and Tu-116...
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    The Tupolev Tu-134 (NATO reporting name: Crusty) is a twin-engined, narrow-body jet airliner built in the Soviet Union for short and medium-haul routes...
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    The Tupolev Tu-22M (Russian: Туполев Ту-22М; NATO reporting name: Backfire) is a supersonic, variable-sweep wing, long-range strategic and maritime strike...
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    The Tupolev Tu-144 (Russian: Tyполев Ту-144; NATO reporting name: Charger) is a Soviet supersonic passenger airliner designed by Tupolev in operation from...
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    The Tupolev Tu-16 (USAF/DOD reporting name Type 39; NATO reporting name: Badger) is a twin-engined jet strategic heavy bomber used by the Soviet Union...
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    The Tupolev Tu-160 (Russian: Туполев Ту-160 Белый лебедь, romanized: Bely Lebed, lit. 'White Swan'; NATO reporting name: Blackjack) is a supersonic, variable-sweep...
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    the USSR. The Tu-116, like the Tu-114, was based on the Tu-95 strategic bomber. Both airliners were developed in parallel with the Tu-116 taking priority...
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    The Tupolev Tu-104 (NATO reporting name: Camel) is a retired medium-range, narrow-body, twin turbojet-powered Soviet airliner. It was the second to enter...
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  • The PAK DA is set to complement and eventually replace the older Tupolev Tu-95 in Russia's Air Force service. According to the 2020 Izvestia report, three...
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    The Tupolev Tu-14 (NATO reporting name: Bosun) (USAF/DOD reporting name: Type 35), was a Soviet twinjet light bomber derived from the Tupolev '73', the...
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    The Tupolev Tu-334 (Russian: Туполев Ту-334) was a Russian short-to-medium range airliner project that was developed to replace the aging Tu-134s and Yak-42s...
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    world records. Tupolev produced many notable designs such as the Tu-2, Tu-16, Tu-95, and Tu-104, and the reverse engineered Tu-4. Tupolev was highly honoured...
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    the first flights of the Tu-16 and Tu-20/Tu-95, Tupolev was working on supersonic bombers, culminating in the unsuccessful Tu-98. Although that aircraft...
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    Lancer (75,000 lb (34,000 kg)) Tupolev Tu-22M (46,300 lb (21,000 kg)) Tupolev Tu-95 (55,000 lb (25,000 kg)) Tupolev Tu-160 (88,200 lb (40,000 kg)) Xian...
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    propeller on the Tupolev Tu-95MS A-90 Orlyonok Antonov An-22 Tupolev Tu-95 Tupolev Tu-114 Tupolev Tu-116 Tupolev Tu-126 Tupolev Tu-142 Data from Aircraft...
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    fighter escort for Soviet heavy bombers such as the Tupolev Tu-95, Tupolev Tu-22M and Tupolev Tu-160. The Su-27 was developed into a family of aircraft;...
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  • The Tupolev Tu-8, OKB designation '69', was a long-range variant of the Soviet Tupolev Tu-2 medium bomber that first flew after the end of World War II...
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    that fly faster than 0.6–0.7 Mach, with some exceptions such as the Tupolev Tu-95. However, propfan engines, which are very similar to turboprop engines...
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  • SVP-24. The Tu-22M3 is being upgraded with the SVP-24-22 system, and digital processing for the aircraft's radar. A SVP-24-22-equipped Tu-22M underwent...
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    aircraft. Supersonic tip-speeds are used in some aircraft like the Tupolev Tu-95, which can reach 575 mph (925 km/h).[citation needed] The earliest references...
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    Xian H-6  Soviet Union/ Russia Myasishchev M-4 Tupolev Tu-16 Tupolev Tu-95 Tupolev Tu-22M Tupolev Tu-160  United Kingdom V bombers Avro Vulcan Handley...
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    experimental Tupolev Tu-95LAL (Russian: LAL- Летающая Атомная Лаборатория, lit. 'Flying Nuclear Laboratory') which derived from the Tupolev Tu-95 bomber, but...
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  • the letter "B", and names like "Badger" (Tupolev Tu-16), "Blackjack" (Tupolev Tu-160) and "Bear" (Tupolev Tu-95) have been used. "Frogfoot", the reporting...
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