Tu-22M3 Backfire : The Russian Bomber That Could Sink a Navy Aircraft Carrier

[@micahombongi4355]

Heavy bomber with a fighter jet top speed? Incredible.....

[@lovegod1steverythingelse2n47]

It has it

[@alexandergaus493]

Has it been confirmed? I am not even close to up2date, when it comes to Soviet weapons, but it wouldn't be the first time they did polish the officially communicated stats up a bit.

[@EminencePhront]

The Valkyrie was even heavier and faster. But the concept was already antiquated by the time the Tu-22M3 came out, which is why the XB-70 was cancelled.

[@randygillespie4952]

It be blown out of the skys way before it reaches its target, good luck on that.... poorly maintained and service is adequate I'm amazed not as many has fell from the Skies instead of Ukrainian Air Defences...... Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇲 WVa US......

[@datroof18]

Sort of like...the B-1

[@aleksandarmladenov9354]

Looks like a bird ready to attack, I love Russian/Soviet engineering, it’s scary how people’s brains work to create this incredible machine

[@chrigra4140]

This plane is so ugly!

[@haimcukerman1012]

@@chrigra4140 naturally, so ugly. And so effective

[@Jt-hn6lp]

@@chrigra4140 Looks doesn't gonna help you in War

[@vitaliyvitaliy7896]

Incredible tool of mass killing

[@noernero591]

شكرا لك نحن وحبك

[@atnstn]

Truly magnificent design and engineering. Imagine designing and building this masterpiece of aeronautical engineering in an era without computer calculations OR design software. The 70s and 80s were truly the peak of intelligent human productivity world wide.

[@fandangobrandango7864]

They definitely did have computer calculations back then.

[@johnmacalese9095]

Cheap rip-off of the the B1 Lancer.

[@Andrew-iv5dq]

Naah, it’s a shitty copy of the F-111 Aardvark which was itself a pretty shitty bomber.

[@Andrew-iv5dq]

The Tu-160 is the Lancer copy.

[@sirfoggy7682]

"They definitely did have computer calculations back then." They did but nothing even close to what the hype about it really was back then. "Cheap rip-off of the the B1 Lancer." "Naah, it’s a shitty copy of the F-111 Aardvark" Now seriously, are you that stupid?

[@snowjoe43]

What a beautiful machine!

[@trythinking6676]

Agree. But I think the F111 is easier on the eyes.

[@robwyyi]

Looks can be deceiving. This a/c inners was a horror show. Much like the Tiger tank of WW2. In the Tigers case it’s saving grace was it ran on diesel. Similarly jet fuel was this a/c saving grace. If it had a low combustion ignition it would never would had flown.

[@thecman26]

Beautiful? No... It is so ugly it's a modern art masterpiece! It is in fact so ugly it makes the F111 look sexy!

[@storyart2990]

Most !!!!!

[@МногоХочешьНаглыйГугл]

@@robwyyi man, for shit sakes, no heating seats in my tiger? Watta horror shaw!!11

[@rubengonzalez5921]

Kinzhal was launched yesterday over military targets in Ukrania...again. Is full operational.

[@scottbeaudry121]

I can see why they call the plane a backfire. When the plane takes off you can see the afterburners turn a blue colour from the powerful engines. Pretty impressive.

[@mirwam509]

Да красивый ту 22м, когда видешь его на земле и в воздухе, а когда он взлетает с аэродрома такой гром стоит думал сейчас окна в квартире вылетят,и на машинах сигнализация орёт , хоть аэродром находится далеко, вот это мощь СССР, хоть они сейчас модернезированные.

[@victoryu1736]

ТУ-22 турбореактивный, винтов нет.

[@mirwam509]

@@victoryu1736 причём винты, знаю что нет,

[@victoryu1736]

@@mirwam509 Ролик перепутал. Сорри.

[@youdontsay2529]

Something beautiful about Soviet military jets. They're just so cool.

[@puny-tinsucks5102]

they are old crap, some from WW2 design like the Bear bomber that is a prop driven plane you could hear coming don't need radar to detect it....

[@asl75]

​@@puny-tinsucks5102 когда это "старое дерьмо" пролетит у тебя над домом, ты наложишь в штаны и спрячешься у мамы под юбкой

[@aguy2763]

@@puny-tinsucks5102the thing is they use propellers to finish off targets 💀

[@JohnWilliams-sq7cj]

Man, I remember when all of this info was classified, lol. It was known as the tu26 back in the day.

[@Gorsky69]

A beautiful plane with a predatory exterior

[@Gorsky69]

@JoJo BaumBiden Like any other plane in the world .

[@PauloGoncalvesGuimaraes]

@JoJo BaumBiden like any aircraft carrier..... Yet they're out there.

[@PauloGoncalvesGuimaraes]

@JoJo BaumBiden a carrier group to the bottom of the sea does not mean a nuclear war. Just my opinion though....

[@PauloGoncalvesGuimaraes]

@JoJo BaumBiden I just wish that world leaders had 1/4 of the character and dignity of President Vladimir Putin. Ohhh yes, he's not a drunk and weak kind of whanabe leader. Russia is the biggest country on earth, deal with it and study more.

[@Lena-vw6ye]

@JoJo BaumBiden You are absolutely crazy if you think America actually wants any form of Nuclear Exchange unless they are hit first. "Oh yeah? We'll destroy you harder". Like as if that will solve anything. They know that they cannot even if a carrier is attacked even if they can shoot some of the nukes down. There is no 100% defense ratio, each nuke can hold more than is specified as there is no verification or personal inspection of the missiles. With only 1, they are absolutely devastating, and will knock a city into complete black out with hundreds of thousands to millions suffering absolute destruction. America would exhaust a lot of resources before depending on nuclear exchange while with everyone almost immediately trying to sign peace treaties or a cease fire.

[@RFS-TEJAVIA]

Tu-22M3 is one of my favorite Soviet era designs. Small world story: I have been to Russia ten times, and did business with ANTK Tupolev. Smaller world story: I know a former pilot of this great plane, formerly stationed with Naval aviation in Crimea. He now lives in Austin TX.

[@realomon]

interesting.

[@aljohnson3717]

And now these planes are carpet bombing Ukrainian civilian targets..

[@ahlulilmiyyah]

Dam u beat me by 1. Been to Russia 9 times if you only count periods of time in the country with disregard to where you went. What that means is even if you went to like 3 cities in one trip it is still one trip.

[@Robbie-w1x]

"business" = bought a Pepsi from a vending machine while on a guided tour in search of Russian internet bride

[@lap1n]

@@Robbie-w1x This one killed me.

[@stevefowler2112]

This plane is principally why the Phoenix/F-14 pairing was designed, built and fielded as a carrier fleet air defense system in the 70's (a retired Ph.D. Aerospace/Computer Engineer who spent 36 years at a large American defense contractor.

[@yourdaddy6030]

I remember hearing about that. I think my dad told me. He works for Lockheed Martin for his whole career. Actually ROTC for College then enlisted in the Air Force for four years I believe period we lived in Germany for part of that time period but when my dad got a job with Martin Marietta we moved back to the States he worked for them for Lockheed Martin for working career. My dad has good things to say about them but I think that he was definitely overworked.

[@colonalklink14]

They stupidly got rid of the Tomcats instead of updating them . The so called Super Hornet can't intercept these incoming missiles. The Tomcat had better range, loiter time, acceleration, and targeting information than the so called Super Hornet. The maintenance costs problem would have been done away with by updating the F-14 with new engines, avionics, electronic warfare suite, all digital computers, and aesa radar. Just like the F-15EX, F-16V, and so called super Hornet. All fourth generation fighters that are completely different under the skin.

[@stevefowler2112]

@@yourdaddy6030 Being an Engineer for a defense contractor is definitely a double edged sword. They demand near superhuman dedication and results but they pay you a small boatload of money in return so I always figured it was a trade I was willing to make, plus until I got older I loved to work so would pull all nighters once a week just to make sure I was out working everyone else. Fyi, I also worked for Martine Marietta and then Lockheed Martin and when I retired, I took a contract job with Raytheon. I am done though...I don't have the mental acquity (read brain power) nor physical energy to work the long hours and stress...put bluntly, I gave all I had and am now just relaxing in retirement.

[@stevefowler2112]

@@colonalklink14 The Aegis system is now the principal missile defense weapons platform responsible for fleet protection.

[@spiff1003]

@@colonalklink14 The F-14s had more style and authority than the F/A-18s too. It looks mean. The F/A18s are more neutral in appearance.

[@dapolcio3405]

The accident did not happen because of ejection issues but because the plane landed with too high speed, bounced off the runway and broke in two parts.

[@SportZFan4L1fe]

So pilot error?

[@ДенисС-п6щ]

@@SportZFan4L1fe Посадка была в условиях плохой видимости (туман). Скорее всего какой то из приборов измерения скорости работал не корректно. Превышение скорости при посадке было более чем на 100 км/ч.

[@prashanthb6521]

One of the most beautiful planes out there.

[@paullakowski2509]

Yeah but i read couple years ago that BACKFIRE BOMBER has to fly Kamikazes attacks to damage/destroy a CVN and its escort group. Stop all this crap about Nukes , only losers do that. If Russia really is planning that kind of war, then they are dumber than I thought. If they were smart , they'd sit back and let China & America to fight over some stupid piece of land in the South China Sea.

[@zahrans]

@@paullakowski2509 They can't. The US is intentionally starting conflicts in the Ukraine currently with the final aim of placing missiles '5 minutes from Moscow". So the Russians cannot just 'sit back and let China & America to fight over some stupid piece of land in the South China Sea"

[@paullakowski2509]

@@zahrans Sounds like the "Jupiter missiles" of Cuban Missile crises .

[@patriot0919]

Next to Blackjack!

[@evo3s75]

@2nd amendment well, you're easy to upset. could only wonder why if I look at your nickname

[@panthro3899]

This is one the most beautiful and capable bomber in the entire world.

[@blackiedekat2612]

what does 'backfire' mean?

[@goodiezgrigis]

It is just a NATO designation for this plane

[@mariusmioc3045]

@Hendra Li TU-160: What about you?!

[@peasoup2980]

Hahahah no it isn’t

[@panthro3899]

@Fred Garvin if used properly, the F-111 could've been more than what is was. Politics stopped it from living up to it's making.

[@MPANGA101]

The great Soviet aviation design and engineering.

[@themysterycook7320]

As good as their shit tanks & submarines that cannot get out of their ports? I would have thought Russia's failure in Ukraine would have proved once & for all what a military paper tiger the Russians are.. but no. Everyone still thinks their hardware & computers are top notch, but truth is the Russians are 30 years behind the Americans militarily..at least 30 years!! Their submarines & some of their aircraft still work at least partially on analogue systems, antiquated non competitive crap that the Americans dumid away with beginning in the 70s!!! It's 2023 now..

[@Gorsky69]

This bomber is armed with X-32 cruise missiles, which has no analogues in the world. The X-32 missiles with a flight range of 1000 km and an altitude of 40 km. The X-32 missile has a speed of Mach 3.5-4.6 (from 4000 to 5400 kilometers per hour or 1.1-1.5 km/s). X-32 flies to the target with a ceiling of about 40 kilometers, which is 7 km higher than the height of the most advanced US ship missile defense; the speed of the X-32 is twice the permissible maximum speed of the SM6 for aerodynamic purposes: 1.5 km/s versus 800 m/s; X-32 in the final part of the flight attacks the target in a steep dive (a standard means of breaking through missile defense against many radars that do not include objects directly above them in their viewing angle); The X-32 multi-frequency radar has increased resistance to modern electronic warfare. The missile has a conventional high-explosive penetrating warhead or a special thermonuclear one. The Tu-22 is undergoing a deep modernization at the moment.

[@nickpricey8689]

Lol 😂. Are you a weapons dealer. You just sold me the plane with the weapons No the plane is beautiful. I feel like Russia has unlimited money when it comes to its Armed forces. But don’t spend big on the country itself.

[@Gorsky69]

@@nickpricey8689 Unlimited money ? Russia never limits money when it comes to the armed forces . The US military budget exceeds the Russian one by ten times , but this does not prevent the creation of modern weapons in any way . Rubles are printed in Russia , but not in the US .

[@nickpricey8689]

@@Gorsky69 do you think there will be a war. With nato and America and Russia. Do you think Putin will go to a full scale war. And just so we are clear. I am fully against a war. I did some traveling in Russia along time ago. I genuinely did come across some very nice people.

[@CochinKerala]

@@nickpricey8689 it's not Putin who wants war. It's the Americans and NATO who are pushing for conflict with Russia. NATO is desperately looking for an excuse to continue existing and America needs NATO to stay relevent in Europe.

[@УДачныйучасток-я1е]

@@Gorsky69 Sorry, but you are confusing the US defense budget with the Russian military budget. The defense budget is not a military budget. From it, money goes to the State Department and its numerous funds, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of the Atomic Industry, NASA, the CIA, the NSA, and other intelligence centers, the Border Guard Service, the Coast Guard, pension funds, aid to the allies, compensation is provided for firms affected by various sanctions. For example, equipment and weapons worth $ 800 billion were bought for the Afghan army from defense budgets over 20 years and left to the Taliban. In addition, the defense budget provides money for the development of weapons, and in Russia the money for the development of weapons is received by state corporations.

[@Elementaldomain]

Deployed today, 4.15.22 over Mariupol.

[@mufasaf128]

A big Z fired to burn coward nazis inside azovstal !

[@tongtengteng7395]

TU22M3RUSSIA💪💪💪💪💪👍👍👍👍👍

[@syedlam9632]

Who's here after Ukraine shot down one of Russia's Tu 22 bomber?

[@AL95621]

Lmfao 🤣 so it can sink an aircraft carrier but can’t do a simple drop 💣 and punch out in its own airspace?? The world now realizing that the RF are frauds in all areas.

[@fokrulrasel]

Go check @fighterbomber post it's crash due to engine fire

[@reallyhappenings5597]

They did? When?

[@volodymyrb2923]

​@@fokrulraselHow to detect if russians are lying? It's very simple, if they open their mouths - they lyin

[@jaykong2929]

Me 🤣🤣🤣

[@tommccutchan3508]

The video mentions that the propellers “can be driven by a planetary gear or spur gear” arrangement. These are not items to choose from. Planetary systems are a way to arrange a gear system. Spur gears are a type of gear, specifically referring to the gear tooth design. It is quite common to have a planetary gear system made up of spur gears.

[@mladen5016]

Just like THE MiG-31, It's a HOT ROD!!!

[@ЮрийАлександрович-ы1э]

У нас в России говорят:"хочешь мира-будь готов к войне".К сожалению это так... И мы гордимся своей страной как и каждый гражданин своей страны! Но лучше нам всем встречаться за накрытым столом чем на поле войны;и угощать лучше едой и напитками, чем бомбами и ракетами.

[@GoRannization]

US could be technologicaly advanced when it comes to avionics and tech in military aircrafts, but I really like how badass are Soviet era designs are, especially TU-22 and Mig 25/31, there is something special about them. They made like end of the world we know will happen when 80s over.

[@jimpowell2296]

Special you say. They may look ok sitting on a runway or in an air show. But when the bread and butter time comes these planes will lose to American design and technology every time.

[@Triggernlfrl]

@@jimpowell2296 So you have no idea what your talking about...

[@ruhtraeregel]

@@jimpowell2296 Not the MIG31, it can supercruise at mach 2.3, its sheer size means it can carry the worlds largest radar system in a fighter, its top speed is mach 3.1 and altitutde max 80k feet, superior to anytrhing in the US with the exception of the SR71, it carries an AA missile the r37 with a 400km range, more than double the range of the AIM120d the best US AA missile in service. ALso due to its size it can carry Kinzhal hypersonic missiles with a 2000km range and mach 9 speed putting any US carrier in a kill zone it cant escape. The only plane the US has that stands a chance is the F22 which has availability rates below 50%. Russian radars can detect stealth aircraft now as well but its doubtful they can achieve a targetting solution. If the only plane the US has thats superior to the MIG31 is the F22 thats still damn impressive. The US air force has fallen so far behind its main competitors its not a joke, F16 useless. F15 useless F35 a total joke, AA missile ranges less than half competitors USELESS.

[@houssemboucedra8633]

مشاءالله الام طائرات راجمات عدد كثير من قنابل موجهة جو ارض

[@dreamingflurry2729]

This is what the B1 Lancer wants to be when it grows up :D (seriously, it's like a B1 Lancer on steroids!). It is a beautiful, large plane :)

[@doyouwanttogivemelekiss3097]

you are confusing it with the tu-160 blackjack/white swan

[@paulbartels6585]

I’ll take the Bone any day

[@davkarshobby2468]

Love the blue glow

[@davidluna8372]

Great video ; this bomber is a real killer , watch out B - 1 !

[@fabioartoscassone9305]

oh,pity B1 is a bomber ,too..u can be a fan of Mig-31...

[@TobyStahler-yp9ll]

B-52 the bomber that could sink a city.

[@andreaclemente3722]

Awesome aircraft !

[@alexandro446]

Beautiful aeroplane.

[@martindavis9930]

Did you see the vodka cup holders in the 🍸 cockpit?

[@bigredracingdog466]

I intercepted these on a couple occasions back in the '80s. Both times were at night so I never really got a good look at them.

[@ДмитрийБлизнюк-ъ5в]

if you were flying with a flashlight, I would read a more interesting comment now =)

[@smacdiesel]

Aircraft carriers are becoming more vulnerable it seems. Best to keep them as far away from these weapons as possible.

[@patthewoodboy]

agree . its becoming like nukes , both sides die , whoever gets the missiles off first dies last ...

[@patriot0919]

It has been pure sitting ducks for quite sometimes though!

[@migs8497]

yup

[@huntjl88]

@@patriot0919 They are far from sitting ducks. Sitting ducks can't return fire and a carrier group has a lot of fire to return.

[@robwyyi]

Carriers most vulnerabilities was when you had human guided missiles, kamikaze. From that, carrier battle groups has mitigated by first established no fly zone for enemy combatant a/c. The multi layered defense goes from a/c in the outer perimeter to 20 mm repeating gun. Since WW2 Carrier battle groups was never vulnerable.

[@juscool2463]

This aircraft is beautiful honestly

[@andy99ish]

I have flown on the TU-22M3 on a commercial flight from Moscow to Vladivostok. Seats mounted in the empty bomb bays were not very comfortable, but cruising at Mach 2 flying time was only 3 h 45 minutes.

[@amunra5330]

Damn - what a beautiful plane.

[@jeanbrution373]

La politique de défense de la fédération de Russie est très intelligente plutôt que de faire des portes avions coûteux elle préfère developper des armes de destruction de ces derniers

[@STASHYNSKYI]

Ils sont très malin .

[@georgemallory797]

The Russians have some of the most diabolic looking, awesome bombers. America has some awesome ones, too, but I always thought our B-58, A-5, and F-111 were the sexiest jet bombers we ever had.

[@rocky1656]

👍👍👍🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺💪💪💪❤️❤️❤️🤝🤝🤝

[@howiescott5865]

😱Looks like a deadly knife on it's way to a gun fight... 😁

[@PLATINUMSWORDS]

Everyone is just gonna glance over how he just spoke Russian without difficulty at 1:43?

[@Loreless]

It is plane'ta Nosi'tel (Carrier Planet). He has an accent.

[@timoborm5095]

In most of Videos like this a KI speak the text

[@ПавелХарько-е9ы]

Да было время, обеспечивал такие курсовым и приводами. Грозные красавцы!

[@alexanderjung7361]

Сирию разбомбили красавицы.

[@ПавелХарько-е9ы]

@@alexanderjung7361, да, знатно разъебали бармалеев. Красавцы!

[@alexanderjung7361]

@@ПавелХарько-е9ы за одно и пенсионеров тоже. Война за мусорных баках продолжается.

[@ПавелХарько-е9ы]

@@alexanderjung7361 , ничего не слышал о том, чтобы эти красавцы бомбили пенсионеров. Просвети, пожалуйста. И на чьих баках это происходило?

[@магазинпродуктов]

@@alexanderjung7361 а на усраине кто бомбит пенсионеров и детей скажи нам

[@RandomDudeFromTheOutback]

For supersonic bombers I would creat an engine that is very very fuel efficient but also really fast.

[@Сергей-ш1з3м]

Так, русские уже создали!!! Это Ту-160.

[@paulbartels6585]

That’s the Wests greatest advantage which the commies have yet to come close to this day

[@michaelwk67]

They'll say anything to spice up the comments section. Both Russia and the US knows each other arsenals. They certainly know how to deal with it

[@jamram9924]

After the fall of the Iron Curtain, the US and Russia established a good working relationship. We were not enemies but we’re not foes either. Over the decades since the late 90s, we have allowed a separation between us. The list of these reasons is long and distinguished. The US has certainly been pushing this NATO membership issue under the guise of voluntary membership. NATO was created to offset the Warsaw Pact, that idea is now gone and has been since the fall of the USSR. We need to reestablish trust and respect on both ends of we’re to find a long term solution

[@alien4422]

Putin closed everything down when he came into power.

[@jamram9924]

@@alien4422 Putin views the West as returning to the Cold War by slowly pushing NATO membership on the former USSR. He wanted to create a Bloc of Eastern European countries where Russia would be the center of this power, similar to what the EU has been. He sees NATO as the thorn impeded this.

[@regizeelement8511]

@@jamram9924 NAto members are US lackeys… No Action Talk Only

[@vulgarisopinio]

One correction. NATO was created long before the Warsaw Pact.

[@jamram9924]

@@vulgarisopinio From what source did you derive this information? Prior to WWII, there was no NATO.

[@husb777]

Waiting for B2 😍😍😍

[@umairqureshi8268]

U.S Navy: Nothing can sink our carriers. Kinzhal: Hold my bear.

[@СергейКузнецов-б9с3в]

Ваши корабли потопят ваши сенаторы!

[@cascadianrangers728]

Ah! Perfect for putting down the Admiral Kunzetsov when the time comes!

[@joelzavala8359]

Are these the boggies that hit and sunk a US nuclear carrier in "The Sum of All Fears"???

[@treysimmons2589]

Yes they are. But if memory serves me correctly I don't think they sank it in the movie. I think I remember the "president" later saying "they practically sank an aircraft carrier" but I've been wrong before.. lol

[@mu-is4ee]

تتفوق كثيرا على القاذفة الامريكية B52 البدائية

[@user-fj8bl7sw9i]

Who here after the destroyed TU22?

[@daeclipse03]

😂😂😂 me

[@deven6518]

The first wasn't an ejection. The plane landed too hard and broke.

[@davidndahura7437]

Its not a good plane at least from the Russian because financial challenges is a reality weakness to Russia there is a b52 bomber and other cruise missiles from America, the USA economy will always have an edge over any military in the world.

[@deven6518]

@@davidndahura7437 the plane is a good plane but I'm not sure if the report claimed it was a pilot error or faulty elevation readings. Us will always have an edge in finances but it's also true that other countries get more benefit from their money....we overpay for most things

[@startingbark0356]

@@davidndahura7437 yes and russia never need to have a large budget to be on par with the USA

[@startingbark0356]

@@davidndahura7437 and keep in mind russia has the Tu-95 and the Tu-160 aswell which well compete to B-52 and B-1

[@caseyalexander1705]

The weather conditions (blizzard)were about the worst you could ask for when trying to land a plane of that size at that speed.

[@davesmith7993]

The idea of that plane being capable of sinking an aircraft carrier is hilarious, unless you're talking about a Russian carrier. With a modern carrier in the US Navy travelling with a formidable carrier group including guided missile cruisers along with its carrier fighter jets patrolling the airspace around it, I think I'd put my money on the "Backfire" backfiring in that scenario.

[@MrNepalChhanel]

please donate to Nepal. we love Russia and China. " America is integral part of Nepal " - K. P. Sharma Oli, Prime Minister of Nepal namaste and love from Nepal

[@dionebatistadionebatista5928]

Merece muito o nepal 👍👍👍👍

[@Turbo_TechnoLogic]

Wow what a machine

[@skolfs]

Это моя самая любимая птичка.

[@dbugman1]

It is a pretty cool looking plane

[@Patrick42567]

Don't forget people. It's not the plane, it's the SUPPORT BEHIND them that makes them good or bad.

[@robwyyi]

Like many Soviet weaponry they are like a buck shot attempt. Maybe something will hit. If these a/c was scrambled to destroy a carrier battle group a whole squadron would have to be scrambled to intercept a single carrier battle group. In between takeoff and arrival half of the squadron would have to turn around or void mission. All from fuel leakage issue. Not to mention, since it’s a land based a/c, going in and out of supersonic speeds losing more fuel then burned. Similar to the wasteful Concorde. Hence the location of these a/c was always tracked. In order for these a/c to arrive on the eastern pacific, Soviet would need all its tanker fleet. Looks very deceiving, this aircraft was never a legitimate threat to the carrier fleet. It was a perceived threat. At best a made foe to continue the industrial war complex. “ Missile Gap!”

[@s.s.v3650]

Белый лебедь, красивый самолёт

[@1glopz]

With all the upgrades this is a formidable weapon if they could get rid of the fan above the pilot area it would be so more realistic

[@rytisjanuskevicius9055]

Yeah FUCK that fan🤣

[@patriot0919]

A touch of class, I like it a lot!

[@NorceCodine]

The fan is there to relax the nerves. The breeze simulates swimming in the water, thus instantly calms. Every Russian plane has it.

[@paulbartels6585]

That’s the funny thing with rooskie garbage Antiquated environment control

[@chrisfox6445]

Reminds me of ‘Red Storm Rising’.

[@carcamp5451]

Nowadays, Carriers = sitting ducks. Multiple Mini unmanned under water vehicles can damage them.

[@nuclear-strategic256]

Tu-22M3 will likely use 4 Kinzhal ballistic missiles to do the job.

[@romstartransportation5387]

Sitting ducks? Just wondering why China and Japan is in hurry to build as many and fast as they can😂😂😂😂

[@OleDonKedic]

By itself yes, but we all know that a carrier strike group has many surface ships and submarines to protect against threats. Shooting down a hypersonic missile isn't so simple though. Nobody knows what the u.s. truly has under its sleeve for when shtf and an actual conventional war breaks out.

[@MuhammadAli-in1qm]

Yea and the fact the Russian carrier Kuznetzov is still in service even though it's escorted with a tug boat 😂

[@francocholo1247]

@@romstartransportation5387 They have their uses like bullying overmatched nations and projecting power, but they're a liability in a near-peer conflict. Just a single hit can render a carrier useless and put all of its planes out of commission.

[@jamesvanzijl4348]

Obsolescence in aircraft systems as well as aircraft are subjective.

[@tepesvoda464]

This thing is if 1970' s design and has the radar cross section of the Empire States Building. Good luck getting within launch distance of a Carrier!

[@patriot0919]

Bigger the target, easier to hit....

[@barracuda7018]

@@patriot0919 No dude it's not that easy to hit a moving target from 100 miles away. The US carries are protected like no other weapon system in the world and they are moving with an average cruising speed of 20 knots.

[@barracuda7018]

Today it would be easily detected from hundreds of miles away. Carrier based Grumman Hawkeye early warning planes can detect a tennis ball from hundred miles away.

[@patriot0919]

@@barracuda7018 You can believe that as much as you like...in reality, the carrier is just a barge for fighter jet used only ever against defenseless countries, fact.

[@kariukikiragu]

Wow! @ years ago... Doubts then about Kinzhal...

[@garypeterson3628]

Did you say aerial RE-LOADING capabilities (4:12). HTF do you re-load a bomber mid flight? I would like to see that.

[@nevillethaver1998]

They meant refueling not reloading..

[@garypeterson3628]

@@nevillethaver1998 Duh ! No kidding

[@jimborambo958]

Russians learned it from watching James Bond movies! They reload almost anything aerial now.

[@gregoryconnor9333]

Yes I heard that to wtf.

[@stevek8829]

Reloading fuel 'is' reloading.

[@dataman6744]

Beautiful bird, nice droppings too

[@edwardmoes1617]

I agree it’s a piece of shit

[@Backs4more]

I seem to recall a certain German battleship was sunk by a British Wellington bomber. Another by a biplane, the Fairly Swordfish, and torpedo.

[@Nitramrec]

That's wrong: The Swordfish didn't sink the Bismark. The torpedo only jammed the rudder.

[@Backs4more]

@@Nitramrec who mentioned the Bismark?

[@fandangobrandango7864]

@@Nitramrec they found torpedo holes in the Bismarck when they went down with cameras.

[@bongodrumzz]

@@Backs4more The stringbag made a right old mess of Taranto 😁

[@sarcasmo57]

It looks nifty.

[@antosanjaya6706]

Great Country, great leadership, great natural resource, great military technology and personnel, great nuclear asset, hypersonic missile with nuclear warhead, great space technology, etc...Congratulations to Mr. Putin and Russia Federation..greetings from Indonesia..

[@vorrdegard2176]

It looks dope

[@egodes6355]

Amassing bird

[@martasihombing9720]

Welcome Welcome

[@hanabangirawan3291]

old but still the best bomber in the world ,. backfire and white swan ...

[@AlexanderTch]

They are not older than American bombers, mostly are more modern, made in 90s. Other countries do not have strategic aviation.

[@marcelogartner9450]

Excellent and comprehensive video.

[@Military-TV]

Thank you!

[@marcelogartner9450]

@@Military-TV you are welcome.

[@edwardmoes1617]

Total bullshit

[@edwardmoes1617]

@@marcelogartner9450you are not real

[@Ghostwulf.J.M.]

I love the TU-22 M3M, it is the worlds second best strategic bomber, only beaten by the TU-160, and both are true beauties of the sky.

[@fernandoc.dacruz1162]

Quem disse que essa velharia é melhor que um B 1, um B 2 ou um B 52.

[@paulbartels6585]

Boy are you wrong

[@numistika]

Troika, doesn't mean 3 or third in Russian. It means an elegant carriage or a sledge driven by 3 hot, beautiful horses. The nick name for this bird 🐦 comes from this much loved pasttime fast ride in Russia. ))) I've seen these birds in Sliachevo Soviet air base (Slovakia) between 1978 and 1982.

[@arcfault2873]

Very interesting! This no doubt inspired the name for the German 3-aircraft glider tow arrangement, known as the Troika-Schlepp (The Troika tow).

[@chetpomeroy1399]

This aircraft would likely be a very effective tool in the event of nuclear war (let's hope that doesn't happen).

[@robwyyi]

This a/c was never a platform for nuclear attack in the general sense. It’s singular objective was to neutralize US carrier fleet.

[@chetpomeroy1399]

@@robwyyi It doesn't really matter. War would break out quite rapidly and uncontrollably. By the time it's in use, entire arsenals of many thousands of MIRVed nuclear ICBM's/SLBM's will likely have already been launched on both sides, and the radioactive half-life of the materials used in those weapons range in the thousands of years. Let's hope we're as wise and prudent as the generation before us and that our respective governments take diplomatic steps to reduce the possibility of nuclear war.

[@davidgalbraith7367]

more than hope, prayer

[@robertklouse3868]

the devil has a will

[@moRaaOTAKU]

Beautiful design

[@BrianScott-fv9ry]

Ukrainian drones conducted surgical strikes and destroyed 2x Russian Tu-22M3 supersonic strategic bombers at an airfield in Soltsy, near Saint Petersburg and 420 miles away from the border with Ukraine. Occurred 19 08 2023, 2 Destroyed by cheap drones.

[@Triggernlfrl]

A bomber damaged is not 2 destroyed or you just want to believe in western agressor propaganda lies...

[@douglasnorth4703]

Flying museum... easily picked out of the sky.

[@lopinthethird4614]

old but deadly

[@busche1]

Super pictures !

[@gravelking2.071]

Fitting Mig-31 interceptors with Kinzhal ABMs (literally an air-launched derivative of Iskander tactical ballistic missile) is ridiculous. Mikoyan design bureau is as good as dead now, Russia is incapable of producing more Foxhounds - and what little numbers we have are the essential part of our anti-aircraft defence forces, alongside with S-400 systems. Backfires are much more suitable carriers for Kinzhal.

[@prathibhayr6594]

Nice video

[@waleriyt6051]

Не росийский, а "советский дальний сверхзвуковой ракетоносец-бомбардировщик"))

[@user-wv4dh7mv6y]

На данный момент он есть только у России, то есть по факту российский

[@waleriyt6051]

@@user-wv4dh7mv6y у меня корейский автомобиль, но это не делает его украинским))

[@АркадийМалихов]

@@waleriyt6051 Карл Бенц в 1886 году изобрел и построил первый автомобиль, но это не делает все построенные в Корее автомобили немецкими. Ту 22 М3М делаются в России и это делает их российскими, хотя они разработаны и большинство построены в СССР. И да, поскольку Россия правопреемник СССР, то мы имеем юридическое и моральное право называть эти самолеты российскими. Миру-мир!

[@waleriyt6051]

@@АркадийМалихов Вашими могут считаться только матрешки, лагеря, самовары и валенки)) А понятия морали и права к вам вообще не имеют никакого отношения! Вы все или воруете, или отнимаете (технологии, историю, территории). Ваша нынешняя страна ничего нового не изобрела. Вы потребители, причем, паразитарного типа. Правоприемнички... ))

[@georgemavrides3434]

I hope the Kinzhals launched from Tu-22s that annihilated bases and depots in Lviv and Odessa will finally silence the critics. The Russians are not about marketing, they just make things that work day-in-day out. In terms of bombers, the modernization of the Tu-22M3Ms and Tu-160M2s will have the Russians playing in a league of their own with air-to-surface hypersonic striking capabilities on any neighboring Nato country within minutes...all while still flying at safe altitudes over Russian airspace.

[@stevestarnes9198]

The US and EU are about to supply the hardware Ukraine will need to take these out!

[@terrarozza1]

How about these TU's get dronned like yesterday? Funny gopnik adventure tbh...

[@marcofunes1442]

GRANDEE RUSIA! LA MAYOR POTENCIA NUCLEAR DEL PLANETA!🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺✌

[@billwashington8285]

POWER

[@Luisburg]

Из такого монстра вываливается какая-то жалкая кучка маленьких бомбочек. Смотрел старую хронику прошлого века - вот там сыпят бомбами от души. С одного бомбовоза валятся просто тучи бомб!

[@ThaerH]

@@Teruzuku Любой, кто читает то, что вы пишете, думает, что этот самолет точно нацеливается на свои цели, все, что он делает, это разрушает города без какой-либо точности в целях, если это не больницы или рынки.

[@Gorsky69]

Если бы ты был умнее , то знал ,что нормальная боевая нагрузка Ту-22М3 составляет 12 тонн, что позволяет брать на борт до 69 ФАБ-250. То ,что ты называешь маленькими бомбочками являются бомбами ФАБ-500 весом 500 кг , что является основным бомбовым калибром во всем мире . Количество бомб в кучке зависит от поставленной задачи и характера целей . Также этот бомбер может нести свободнопадающую бомбу весом 9 тонн .

[@AlexanderTch]

Он может брать 24 тонны бомб. А зачем всегда таскать кучу бомб. Зависит от задачи, от миссии. Если необходимо уничтожить штаб или мост в Сирии, то не нужно тащить полсотни бомб туда. Главное точно попасть. Кстати на видео он бросает с десяток крупных бомб. Если это полутонные фаб - 500, то это одним махом бросил на землю 5 тонн взрывчатки.

[@ДмитрийДмитрий-з7б2б]

хорошо бы просто ядерными бомбами посыпать и обнулить мир !!! забавно посмотреть на конец цивилизации

[@Gorsky69]

@@ДмитрийДмитрий-з7б2б Большинство этих придурков-комментаторов понятия не имеют ,что такое война и смерть .

[@bluestorm9977]

Update April 2024: One has gone down.

[@АпрельскийТезис]

Made in USSR!

[@widescreennavel]

This bird crashes awesome!

[@geee7672]

...Russi should hide capabilities of their weapons. Just the element of surprise is enough

[@adewgloprado5009]

Twice the speed of sounds? Wow thats too fast...incredible

[@DwsRussia]

I once studied to be a Tu-22 pilot, but our flight school was closed in 1995.

[@enevvv]

Поскольку туалет в этом суперсовременном бомбовозе не предусмотрен, экипаж летает в памперсах, которые после использования выбрасывают через специальный люк.

[@Tequilasaur]

это часть бомбового вооружения

[@George83_Thomas]

When is the “swept wing” capability employed? Don’t really see why a long range bomber would need it

[@ПолеВой-и8л]

Вечная слава СССР- защитнику всего мира откапитализма!!!!!!!!