The fall of a Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bomber, a platform often valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars, marked a rare and symbolic blow against one of Moscow’s most important long-range strike ...

The Soviet Tu-22 Blinder was designed as a fast, supersonic bomber capable of striking targets deep behind enemy lines, but it quickly gained a troubling reputation among its own crews. Difficult ...

Production of the “Blinder” ceased in 1969. As an interesting sidebar note, the Rikhter R-23 cannon made history in its own right as the only cannon fired in outer space; this event took place on ...

A Russian Tu-22M3 supersonic bomber aircraft crashed in Siberia, killing the pilot, the Russian Defense Ministry said. The aircraft was conducting a scheduled flight when it crashed in Siberia's ...

The Swedish Air Force identified multiple Tu-22M3 bombers operating with Sukhoi fighter escorts over the Baltic Sea on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. At least one bomber carried a single Kh-22/32 anti-ship ...