RARE | Tupolev Tu-95MS Bear Inflight | HD
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- Опубликовано: 16 мар 2013
- This is a rare sight at the Tu-95 at work from the inside!
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Thanks for watching and enjoy! Helicopterpilot16|2013 
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"how much sound do these engines generate?"
"yes"
ruclips.net/video/0aWx3mMhZ5M/видео.html
"What?"
"What?"
"How much noise?"
"What?"
*YES*
So much noise the submarine microphones around the Bering sea can hear the planets cruising height and speed.
The B-52 stands little chance of getting over Moscow.
This dinosaur had little chance of ever getting over mid Bering sea.
@@riceburnerbiker1483 Why?
This thing doesn't need bombs, it blasts it's enemy with noise until they surrender...
well you very well could do that fly over an enemy formation at 150m at full power its likely to make their ears bleed
Donald Baker there is two similar coments. 1 of them in russian language.
Well, not really. I live in Moscow under their traditional rout on Grate Patriotic War Victory Day Parade (9th of May we celebrate it). So, once they had a repetition a couple days earlier in the morning, Bears came unexpected (for me). I was sleeping. I woke up in panic because of my building was literally shivering. In my first moments I opened my eyes I was terrified. I live in 9-store concrete building and it was like an earthquake! I almost shit my pants - that how it was scary. I moved to the window and realized, that it is just and 3 old trusty Bears making this grate "BUUUUUUUUZZZZ". I don't know how high they were flying, 500-800 meters, I think.
It might be fun to joke about how loud the Tu-95MS is, but it's an deadly aircraft. Its' stealthy payloads is the deadliest part. It's doesn't need to fly close to its' enemies or targets, because it can carry Kh-101 and Kh-102 stealthy nuclear tipped cruise missiles that can be launched from 5,000km away from its' targets and enemies. The Kh-102 has an 250 kiloton nuclear tipped warhead, and each Tu-95MS can carry up to 16 Kh-101/Kh-102 cruise missiles. That's a total of 4 megaton by Bear bomber. The Bear bomber has never been used as an conventional bomber anyways. 10 Bear bomber aircrafts can deliver 40 megaton of nuclear destructive power to any of its' targets and enemies. With a total of 60-65 bombers in the Russian military arsenal, that's enough to destroy any country that threatens Russia. 260 megatons of explosive power isn't something to joke about. No one is going to hear the Bear bomber from thousands of kilometers away when it drops its' payloads anyways
this joke source was the US fighter XF84H "Thunderscreech"...
Submariners have claimed they can hear this engine under water.
The sonar can pick the engines up. But that's not the purpose of the Tu-95. They are designed to clear out secondary targets after the first nuclear strike. Today they are used to launch cruise missiles.
@@Tengri30 I believe they are/were used in lots of variants for lots of purposes.
Fact
@@SolarWebsite there was one painted white to drop the tsar bomba
With earplugs..
Them coaxial contra-rotating props tho. Soviet-era tech is cool as hell.
It sure is, but you don't actually think the Soviets invented those do you? Those are not a unique or new invention. Fairey Gannet; Spitfire, Hawker Fury, and a number of others.
Where are they all now? ))
justforever96 he said Soviet-Era, not Soviet-Invented Soviet-Era
@@user-tz3sx7fz2h Retired, mostly.... Canada and a few other air lines still run turbo props.
@@user-tz3sx7fz2h Russia is receiving improved ones.
Pros: *+You get a bomber that’s incredibly efficient and robust*
Cons: *-Stealth*
Yeah, but how awesome is it to be able to blast submarines with noise through their sonar.
🤡
You dont rly need stealth for that
@@Sandsteine Stealth may not be a soviet/russian thing but there's no doubt that it's a huge asset for bombers.
Pyotr the soviet scientist is the father of stealth technology wtf u talking about xD. Why you need stealth for 8 000 km range missle ?
I have heard stories from retired Bear crewman and a vast majority of them have permanent hearing damage from those engines. No amount of hearing protection works because the sound waves pass through the head, not just through the ear canal. The pilots sat well forward and were not too bad off, but the others in the center, like the bombardier, navigator and radioman were right between the wings and bore the brunt of it.
still not deterring me, I still want to fly in one!!
Tyler H Yeah, me too. Short term would not be a problem. But some of those poor bastards would fly 12 hour missions day after day...that would be a real bitch.
Is there a jet engine in each engine used to turn the props at that high speed of rpm's? I know it is called a turboprop engine, so I believe that rules out the use of pistons. The prop tips can exceed the speed of sound, and I am unsure if a piston engine can produce that kind of rotational speed. Just ask ing, seems to me that a jet engine can easily produce such a high speed propeller rotation.
Fk67Lg From what I understand, the power generated by the jet turns a gearbox, which then turns the blades in opposite directions. It has something to do with laminar flow and makes the engine more powerful than just a jet by itself. And that turbulence is what causes the hearing damage. But, what do I know, I am in the dark too.
WWII engines became so powerful that they started pushing the propeller tips to supersonic speeds. IT explains why later designs had many blades instead of the more efficient two or three: more blades means you can turn slower for the same thrust.
These are turboprops, driven by a jet engine's turbine and geared to spin slower than the turbine.
The turboprops are more efficient than a jet engine, by a lot. They can barely reach the speed of sound at high altitude (the plane's top speed is 925km/h) but can travel much further.
As iconic as the B-52. These two warbirds just keep going and going.
I mean the B52 can carry 70,000 lbs of ordinance while this can only carry 33000
The Tu-95 keeps going because they can't afford anything better.
The B-52 keeps going because they can't really MAKE anything better with the design brief of 'goes a long way, drops a lot of bombs, comes back', and because it's so damn old that every single issue is documented with a list of fixes. And because there are warehouses full of spares pulled off the planes the Soviets had them break up for arms limitation treaties, so they could stop paying for old nuclear missiles that may or may not have actually existed.
Cal Crappie probably because they barely have any flight hours on them compared to smaller more maneuverable planes.
@@johnberner2012 that's just not true for a long time they had b52s doing constant border patrol
The b52 had nothing on the Avro Vulcan. British engineering has always been the best.
You don't have to be a fan of Russia or the Soviet Union to appreciate this beautiful plane.
Never understand this sort of comment. Russia is a country of 146+million people. It’s silly to be against an entire nation.
Ka Gala
Fine, let me rephrase that. You don’t have to be a fan of the Russian government or its politics to appreciate this beautiful plane.
@@eccentricgamer4111 I completely agree with you. The Bear is a plane of sheer beauty.
@@earthandwind820 Not necessarily. We all were against Germany, Italy and Japan at some point, were we not ?
Dislike communism but Russia and the Soviet Union has some of the most interesting history and things ever.
It uses the most powerful turboprop engine ever built, Kuznetsov NK-12: 14,800 shaft horsepower (11,000 kW) each! Driving contra-rotating props that, at full power, exceed the speed of sound at the tips... Making it one of the noisiest aircraft ever.
The Ruskies use only the strongest glue on those propeller blades. You better believe it!
CAG Hotshot even though i am pro-American and not fan of Russia , I have to say it’s one of the best bombers , and considering it’s age , it’s a very capable aircraft like the B-52
I think the noisiest was the XF-84H Thunderscreetch, there are reports of people becoming nauseous from standing within 30 feet of the aircraft due to the sonic waves generated from the props.
and causing a shit ton of drag
@CAG Hotshot I mean, B-52's have suffered the same issues.
Its almost as if both nations have safety standards and don't like losing expensive pilots.
I love the sound of those Kuznetsov engines.
no engine stop-the effect is just from the shutter of the camera!!!!
1:26 The camera frame rate and engine props are close in sync at 1:56 the engine is shut down, windmilling with prop blades feathered.
I remember heard the sound of this plane many times, when I was a little kid in south central Cuba's horse country; the sound remains audible for about 15 o 20 minutes, what intriguing me was: in any case I could see the plane! -Not even on clear days-. Only, many years after, in Luanda's airport, Angola, I had the chance to see this TU-95MS on the airfield, and also, flying at not too high altitude; immediately I recognized the sound! Mystery solved! You can watch the Cuban Film "Hombre de Maisinicu", in the lynching scene you can hear the distinct sound of a far away TU-95MS on the background! The film was shot on the Escambray mountains, located at south central Cuba.
Sounds like a V1 rocket.
Kuznetsov NK12 Contra Rotating Turboprops are pieces of art!
Tbh I was more impressed with the astonishing landing gear design that actually flips the bogie upside down. Seems a huge amount of thought went into making all that fold up so compact.
@Scott- Calculus is your friend.
It's supposed to be able to land on dirt runways
@@xuevgermanist ты что с ума сошёл!? На грунтовую ВПП он никогда не приземлится
The Mighty Bear.....saw one up close and very low over my ship when we were underway in the Sea Of Ohkosk (sp) A truly awesome airplane, we laughed, waved and gave the crew the one finger salute. They did the same and I was glad, it was a reminder that we are all people
Absolutely unbelievable prop action! Never seen anything like this.
AFP you were here all this while?
IKR!
Blog it
incredible enginering of this turbo prop motors with contra reductors for his propellers....
Wow excellent 👍👌
These engines are incredibly fuel efficient.
max service ceiling for the bear is 45,000 feet and max speed is 575mph making it the fastest propeller driven bomber ever built. the engines are Kuznetsov NK-12 turboprops generating 14,800hp a piece
Yes, very economical. If you destroyed one of the screws, then torque other screw pulls the engine out of the mounts and destroy the aircraft. The incredible power and strength.
What's the numbers?
@@derekwall200 i just had the craziest idea. put it in a dragster
@@rojiii69420 sure why the hell not. after all they put a GE F-110 turbofan from an F-16 in a jet dragster. and marine turbine technology put an allison 250-18C turboshaft inside a motorcycle called the Y2K. so what is to stop you or anyone else from putting a Kuznetsov NK-12 in a dragster?
Always liked this airplane because it has props for no other reason.
I want one.
Me too
The engineers decided to use turboprops for this plane as they were more efficient for its role than a turbofan/piston design
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I love how the cameras frame rate per second creates the illusion these fast spinning propellers are still or spinning backwards. Very impressive engines.
Now we know why the Soviet Air Forces' pilots and crew all went deaf.
It is true. Russian pilots who are retired said they lost most of their hearing because the engines are so loud.
Дураки вы оба)
Докажи) В чём?)
discover99999 к сожалению, события говорят о том что дураки вы
discover99999 moron.
I can actually feel the spirit of USSR in that plane. Stunning.
Tactically not relevant. Big, loud and slow, it's a perfect target and the Russians know it. Why do you think they fly them near our airspace?
@@kerrystewart3145 same reason we fly our overrated crap close to their airspace
Congratulations comrades
Third world country with a first rate military.
@@thomasgellos1732 Overrated? Tell that to our pilots who've shot their shit down.
0:38 sounds like the beginning of the PlayStation 1 startup sound
The frequency of sound is very close if not the same
made in 50's, been constantly upgraded, first used against the real enemy in 2015.
bear been waiting for so long, if planes has feeling he's probably crying right now.
ахаха, его миссия просто быть.
alexnaq Well What happened to the “Bison”, That was a good brother to the Bear
Real enemy being a Syrian hospital. Most glorious
@@davidp2707 keep watching CNN moron... Had no clue Syria had 19,012 hospitals... Pretty extensive healthcare system... Wow. And Russia bombed them all!!!
@@kylepartridge100 Also hospitals are great targets to use a multi million dollar cruise missile on. The whole idea of hospitals and schools being targeted by the RuAF is rediculous. In reality, they annihilated ISIS and the FSA
An incredible plane... the Tu-95! I love the sound of it's engines and in my opinion one of the most beautiful prop planes ever built! Thanks for the show...I thoroughly enjoyed every minute!
With the am-22
The Antonov 22 is the lovely Queen ❤️
Tu-95's engines sound like death for me.. but the sound is indeed beautiful
Man, the blade pitch is crazy. Even at normal power, they almost look like they are feathered.
amazing machine maximum altitude:45,000ft maximum speed:925km/h awesome for a turboprop!!!
german engineering! still the most powerful and fastest production propeller airplane in the world. engines designed and developed by german engineers deported to russia after ww2...
@@tsangpogorge Russia would have just invaded Germany instead
@@visionist7 no, not really, considering russia other than the alliance didn't really have much with the Germans, but the nazi leader wanted to overthrow the Russians for the plan of world domination(yes, I said world domination for the german Aryan race.)...plus he hated communists and russia/ussr was a communist state and it was no doubt that the Russians would be invaded, just that no one truly knew these ideologies of the nazi leader in any other country until after ww2
@@tsangpogorge LMAO "you"
Turbo Props are awesome
ToonandBBfan I love them, the sound is so badass.
ToonandBBfan jets are better
They do sound cool. I hear the US Coast Guards' C-130s a LOT hear in Tampa Fl.
ToonandBBfan I
metalhead 93 A reciprocating engine plane basically has a modified car engine in it. A turbo prop is like having a jet engine with a propeller hooked onto one end.
What a treat, thank you! From its thin, graceful lines to the awesome prop sounds, it's my favorite aircraft still flying, I think.
I love that aircraft... its engines are unique!! So much Russian Engineering in just one place!!
+wtrdogg20 German engineering. Junkers and BMW.
+StabyMcStabsFace ..added to an American airframe.....
"Welcome to my laboratory, where safety is number one priority"
designed and devdloped by deported german engineers after ww2...
+Kevin Koeberling dont think so
The plane is gigantic, and the counter-rotating props look progressive even today!
Probably one of the most beautiful airplanes ever made.
One of the most noisy one too.
All airplanes are noisy....
+Kratos Nah, this is noisier on a whole new level. Submarines can detect it while they're underwater and F-16 pilots can hear them miles away in their own cockpit.
The Nuclear Fishcake One of the noisiest plane ever made. Concord was also known to be very noisy but that was different kind of noisy this is really really loud. And yeah not to mention there is no toilet in this machine.
Lol subs can hear it while underwater XD. I think its noisy because its propellers and the person is right next to it. Not saying it isnt noisy though.
NICE. Thanx for posting this great film.
This is the stuff that hard-ons are made of. Superb!
“Ivan, you made sure to bring hearing protection?”
“What?”
“I SAID DID YOU BRING HEARING PROTECTION?”
“I STILL CAN’T HEAR YOU, WHAT?”
Contra-props do awful things to sound waves every time the blades pass each other. Add to that the tips going supersonic at full power (times four engines) and it's more than you can "Bear". Efficient airplane for fuel use, generating noise, and deafening pilots.
Obviously, you've never worn an aviation headset.
I think a retrofit with turbofans would do them at lot of good. I do not know why the Russians never considered doing it.
@@jamallabarge2665 Way too costly and the age-old saying "If It ain't broke don't fix it"
@@stagger87 Is it really that costly? There has been a cost/benefit study?
If this set up was better we in the west would be using it. Instead we go towards more and more efficient turbofan motors, yes?
@@jamallabarge2665 Turbofans eat up a lot more fuel than turboprops. That's the reason why. The west uses turboprops for things like transport planes that emphasize economy over speed too.
That is some seriously cool and rare footage. Awesome power.
What an awesome piece of machinery. To say it's loud would be an understatement. I'd really like to see how those props work in detail.
AMAZING VIDEO!!
THE STROBE EFFECT ON THE CAMERA IS IMPRESSIVE!
NICE VIEW OF THE LANDING GEAR DEPLOYMENT!
I'd love to see an illustration of the airflow through these propellers.
Wonderful russian machine. Name "bear" is really ideal.
These props would cut my onions perfectly ^^
... talk about a mince procedure!~!!
Around 84 a TU-95 Bear did a low level pass of our carrier, escourted by 2 F-14's, and it was about 1.5mi from the ship off port side. It was LOUD but was amazing to see this huge plane flying at such a low altitude.
Holy **** look at the torque on the prop blades. That’s awesome.
Love the sound of big prop motors.
I have no words for how amazing this is
It's a real shame that contra rotating props were not developed further. But this plane is a beauty! Another great aviation achievement from the Russians!
Hawkin's Dog Yes like chernoybel was an nuclear waste acheivment developed to perfection
+Julius Nyangoro lol wot
contra rotating props were developed further in america and great britan
+Hawkin's Dog The AN-70 is a quite recent aircraft, which has counter-rotating props...
+Hawkin's Dog The development is the An-70.
Thanks for sharing, love the web videos!
Awesome clips! Man, took about a day & a half for the gear to come up. Nice!
A b-52 with really big loud props. oh why not
... plus twice of the range of a b52 ;)
plus the fastes prop aircraft ever
Andrej Russo I think its the piaggio avanti, the fastest turbo prop
No, it's not. The Tu-95 is way faster.
F-84 is fastest
Beautiful piece!!!
Marvelous. Loved the inflight engine shut down and restart, and the intricate landing gear folding and extension. If you're flying formation with a bear (say, over the North Atlantic) you can hear its engines.
thanks for sharing, you can feel the power on those engines
On the Tu-95,
however, the unconventional engines paid off: the enormous Tu-95 is
actually one of the fastest existing propeller planes, capable of going
over five hundred . The tips of its eighteen-foot diameter propellers actually spin at slightly over the speed of sound.
five hundred what? cows? Football fields per square inch? x)
@@xcruellfive hunnid mallnair
if i heard a plane coming my way that sounded like THAT, i would run like hell! (darn those contra-rotating propellers!)
Awesome to see and hear those things in flight. Magnificent!
Ferdinand Brandner (17 November 1903 - 20 December 1986) was an Austrian aerospace designer, an S.S. Standartenführer in wartime Germany, and was responsible for the most powerful turboprop engine ever built, the Kuznetsov NK-12
Those props are so mesmerizing
MAN that thing is loud! You'd have to be deaf (or become while flying) to be able to withstand that noise... Jeez!But it really is a cool plane. Incredibly fast for a prop.
1:47 I love how in this part that optical illusion is created that the motors are turning very slowly caused by the fps of the video
Great vid ! Thanks for sharing !
Oh man, such a cool plane... And those contra-rotating props tho, and that noise... Sheesh that's a fine aircraft. Incredible to see that the Tu-95, along with the B-52, are still the bomber backbone of the world's 2 largest armies, despite being in service for almost 70 years.
Very cool video!
May I point out that the pitch of the props apeared to be very high, almost in flag even after the engine was restarted ? That seems weird considering the aircraft is flying at cruise altitude, and what looks like cruise speed too. If anyone knows why that pitch is so dramatic, feel free to explain : )
I love the sound !! Yes !! You should also hear the Convair B36 bomber; there is nothing in the world that sounds that gorgeous as far as piston airplane sounds by my opinion. Of course the TU-95 is a turboprop.
Love the four months it takes to cycle the gear! Wonderful aircraft.
Awesome synchronizing with all engines.
Beautiful aircraft.
During the war... it has a prohibited flying zone when dropping the Tsar bomb, when it is too low, it could damage the aircraft and crash, and that’s why the plane flies high above when dropping bombs
Amazing video! What a unique, great machine!
I was on a U.S. aircraft carrier when a Tupolev bomber, escorted by a couple of F-18s, flew past at only about 30 meters altitude. I watched this video just to again hear the sound of this aircraft in flight. Nothing else sounds quite like it. Very cool. We don't have to be friends for me to respect your achievements.
Wonderful aircraft
***** We have literally nothing like the Tu-95... The Russians did copy the B29 though.
bagocross08 That;s what' he's talking about. The Tu-95 has a lot of heritage from the three captured B-29s that Tupelov completely reverse engineered into the Tu-4 Bull. The pressurization system in particular has changed very little.
Patrick Sawyer TIL, but really, why change it if it works? People always say shit like "copycat Russians" but everone does it. The US adopted the M1 designed by a Canadian and kept the design around in the M14, but everyone's always like "Merica!" With the rifle...
bagocross08 Well, no one likes being outed as being hypocritical, especially when it involves taking claim for something that's not yours, but bashing others for doing the same.
+ding dong It does not look like a B-29 at all.
90% of the speed of B52 but double the combat range, in the days of non bypass jets, the bear had best range vs fuel load
+im lost ...and with a sonic trace that can be heard for miles in the air and detected at 4X the distance, while being unable to electronically spoof as would a B-52....
+im lost Where did you get the idea that the Bear has better range than the B-52? I flew B-52s for 6 years, they were significantly faster than the Tu-95, have better range, could carry more load, could fly higher and climb faster. Even a B-52G model (non-bypass J-57s) could fly 8,000 miles without air refueling, the H could go perhaps another 2,000 miles with turbofans.
Look, I admit that both planes would be hopeless today as a penetrating bomber in contested airspace, but the B-52 performance is better in every way than a Tu-95. Specific fuel consumption is probably better in the Tu-95 (don't know for sure) but I don't think that the overall cost of operation of either aircraft is dominated by fuel cost. Both are now so old that maintenance is the major operational cost.
+Bill Juhasz the tu-95 is more comparable to a B29 to be more fair, since both aircraft are related.
Bear has about a 5% range advantage with 1/3 the payload. What an accomplishment
@@megaburstmode1293 tu-95 is far too superior to be compared with B29
Otro formidable diseño de Andrei TUPOLEV , El KOROLEV de la Aeronáutica.
Maravilloso el sonido de los motores, amamos ese Avión, Gracias Andrei TUPOLEV por crear esta maravilla inmortal!
Very nice love the "Bear" cant beat that unique engine sound :)
This Propeller: *Is loud as Frick*
My 2005 computer when I turn on Minecraft: *Pathetic*
The blade pitch is crazy!
Yeah to the point I can't see how it's working, it's over 45 degs surely that just creates excessive drag or is it an illusion?
I love these planes. They're comfortable and powerful. Taking off is so smooth in them
The sync of the operating nacelle propellers is divine.
wow those big blades are really menacing!
There’s something intrinsically beautiful about Russian planes. These long sleek housings with contra rotating props seem to epitomise if for me. Excellent video.
Soviet engineers always looked for "exotic" designs. Especially Andrei Tupolev was famous for it.
thank you for sharing this for us to see, this is just awesome footage an SOUND.
I remember heard the sound of this plane many times, when I was a little kid in south central Cuba's horse country; the sound remains audible for about 15 o 20 minutes, what intriguing me was: in any case I could see the plane! -Not even on clear days-. Only, many years after, in Luanda's airport, Angola, I had the chance to see this TU-95MS on the airfield, and also, flying at not too high altitude; immediately I recognized the sound! Mystery solved! You can watch the Cuban Film "Hombre de Maisinicu", in some scenes you can hear the distinct sound of a far away TU-95MS on the background! The film was shot on the Escambray mountains, located at south central Cuba.
this is just awesome
What a beast plane
From Wikipedia.
Performance of the Tu-95:
Maximum speed: 830 km/h (520 mph, 450 kn)
Cruise speed: 550 km/h (340 mph, 300 kn)
Range: 15,000 km (9,300 mi, 8,100 nmi)
Service ceiling: 13,716 m (45,000 ft)
Rate of climb: 10 m/s (2,000 ft/min)
What a magnificent beast this aeroplane is! Most remarkable are its fabulous engines! The Kuznetsov NK-12 turboprops were designed by former BMW chief engineer, Professor Brandner...they are still the most powerful turboprops ever produced and they are STILL in service!
very cool footage
Having experienced a C-130, I am trying to extend my imagination enough to take in how LOUD it must be inside the airframe in flight and what a combat-length mission must take out of you.
Love it, gorgeous plane and very fast.
That engine shutdown, prop feathering, and restart were awesome
it holds the world speed record for propeller driven airplanes.
Mark Edgette 575 mph
actually the f84H, an experimental f84 with propellor, does.
fantastic video =)
Sentire il suono dei mostruosi turbo elica da 12.000 hp ciascuno mette i brividi... Potenza pura👍👍
Wonderful footage
Awesome!
Dang .. I hate to be that bird that got caught in those propellers.
@Jason- What ''caught"? ... more like instantaneous pulverization.
Beautiful... The contra-rotating propellers.
I know its loud, but the sound is beautiful!
Реально чудо инженерной мысли !👍☝👌
二重反転プロペラ それは男の子の憧れ
二重反転プロペラ ジブリアニメにも出てきますね
二重反転プロペラ 今なら無印良品の扇風機に搭載されてます
I'm sure 14hrs in that must be relaxing.
Well it has to be a quiet experience
🤣🤣
Amazing video!
What a beauty.
NO OTHER long range dual propeller turbo prop bomber like it in the world. Apparently the Tu-95 has proven itself to be a great aircraft, because the Russians are still flying it to this day after 50 years since it first made it's debut. It might be noisy, but it can fly at extreme high altitudes covering vast distances. It also can refuel in the air. This aircraft is still a highly kept secret of the Russian government - for none has ever been sold to other nations.
Rene Andre Not true. The Indian Navy operates several of the maritime patrol and antisubmarine warfare variant. They're being phased out in favor of the P-8I, though.
Rene Andre Well it was already behind its time considering icbms and missles were being developed to deliever atomic bombs faster than ever by the time the tu-95 would arrive in america in an nuclear war sencirio the most major russian cities would be off the map
Julius Nyangoro Its purpose is different than ICBMs. They are constantly flying around the border, and given an order, they can launch missiles in a matter of seconds, to hit strategic targets. Basically they are first reaction weapon.
AiKi2 I don't see it as a "first reaction weapon", you must mean 1st strike; in which case a submarines is way more capable of being anywhere/hit anything with its arsenal. I see the bombers as a way to get some launch platform in the air, another edge to respond to a threat. This plane and our B52's can loiter anywhere for hours and be refueled in the air, but frankly, I see it as a dead doctrine. The Russians keep it as a sign of their military prowess, and a reminder to the West that they are still a force to be reckoned with. As a weapon, even as a launch platform, it is more than obsolete.
When I was in the US Navy the Soviets used Bears to track, shadow and hunt our Carrier battle groups. Our Tomcats routinely intercepted them escorting them away. In this role they carry sub-sonic and supersonic anti-ship cruise missiles (conventional & nuclear) and are a potent threat. Their on station loiter time is impressive as well as their cruising speed. They also were used to monitor US Submarine activity in the Sea of Japan and the NW Pacific theatre. They are not secret at all...they are the Soviet & Russian Navy’s most commonly encountered airframe literally for decades. We called them the Flying Eggbeaters. Amazing aircraft for sure!
Wow! Awesome video
I know that jets are more advanced, but the technology in prop planes amazes me so much more.