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Tupolev Tu-95
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The Tupolev Tu-95 is a large Soviet nuclear-capable, four-engine turboprop strategic bomber and missile launch platform. First flown in 1952, the Tu-95 entered service with the Long-Range Aviation of
A Tu-95MS flying over Moscow, 2008.
A Tu-95MS flying over Moscow, 2008.
Top view of a Tu-95 showing its swept wing and anti-shock bodies
Top view of a Tu-95 showing its swept wing and anti-shock bodies
A Tu-95MS simulating aerial refueling with an Ilyushin Il-78 during the Victory Day Parade in Moscow on 9 May 2008
A Tu-95MS simulating aerial refueling with an Ilyushin Il-78 during the Victory Day Parade in Moscow on 9 May 2008
Tu-95MS cockpit
Tu-95MS cockpit
Tsar Bomba
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The Tsar Bomba is the most powerful nuclear weapon or weapon of any kind ever constructed and tested. A project of the Soviet Union, it was a thermonuclear aerial bomb, tested on 30 October 1961 at th
Tupolev Tu-95
…Russia resumed similar patrols from 2007. In the 1950s and 1960s, experimental variants were used for air-dropped Soviet nuclear tests, including the Tsar Bomba, and for researching nuclear-powered aircraft. In 1981, the Tu-95MS modernized variant began production. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union…
A Tsar Bomba-type casing on display at the Sarov atomic bomb museum, Sarov
A Tsar Bomba-type casing on display at the Sarov atomic bomb museum, Sarov
View of the possible fission bomb primary within the Tsar Bomba casing, under construction at KB-11.
View of the possible fission bomb primary within the Tsar Bomba casing, under construction at KB-11.
The Tsar Bomba's fireball, about 8 km (5 mi) wide at its maximum, was prevented from touching the ground by the shock wave, but reached nearly 10.5 km
The Tsar Bomba's fireball, about 8 km (5 mi) wide at its maximum, was prevented from touching the ground by the shock wave, but reached nearly 10.5 km (34,000 ft) in the sky – the altitude of the deploying bomber.
The mushroom cloud of Tsar Bomba seen from a distance of 161 km (100 mi). The crown of the cloud is 65 km (40 mi) high at the time of the picture. (so
The mushroom cloud of Tsar Bomba seen from a distance of 161 km (100 mi). The crown of the cloud is 65 km (40 mi) high at the time of the picture. (source: Rosatom State Corporation Communications Department 20–08–2020)