Myasishchev M-50
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The Myasishchev M-50 is a Soviet prototype four-jet engine supersonic strategic bomber which never attained service. Only one flightworthy prototype was built, which was first flown in October 1959. T
Myasishchev M-50 on display at Monino Aviation Museum
Rear view of the Myasishchev M-50
Strategic bomber
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A strategic bomber is a medium-to-long-range bomber aircraft designed to drop large amounts of air-to-ground weaponry onto a distant target for the purposes of debilitating the enemy's capacity to wag
Myasishchev M-50
…The Myasishchev M-50 (Russian: Мясищев М-50; NATO reporting name: Bounder) is a Soviet prototype four-jet engine supersonic strategic bomber which never attained service. Only one flightworthy prototype was built, which was first flown in October 1959. The M-50 was constructed by the Myasishchev…
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