SİSTEM GENEL BAKIŞI
The Tupolev Tu-95MS Bear-H is Russia's numerically dominant strategic bomber, with approximately 60 aircraft in active service. Powered by four Kuznetsov NK-12MV contra-rotating turboprop engines (each driving 8-bladed contra-rotating propellers), it achieves approximately 925 km/h — the fastest turboprop aircraft ever. The Tu-95MSM (modernised) variant carries up to 16 Kh-101 conventional or Kh-102 nuclear cruise missiles on external pylons (8 under wings, 8 on internal rotary launcher). Has been heavily used in Ukraine for mass Kh-101 salvos targeting Ukrainian energy and military infrastructure. Range exceeds 11,000 km unrefuelled.
OPERATÖRLER (1)
Russia
47AKTİF
ÜRETİCİ
ÜRETİM BİLGİSİ
COST$30 million
UNITS BUILT500+
FIRST FLIGHT1952
TAM BOYUTU GÖRÜNTÜLE
Tu-95 Bear - Tupolev
AVANTAJLAR
- World's fastest turboprop aircraft (~925 km/h) — counterintuitive survivability
- Carries 16× Kh-101/102 cruise missiles on underwing pylons (MSM variant)
- 11,000+ km unrefuelled range enables intercontinental strike
- Active Kh-101 launch platform in Ukraine — operationally validated
- Largest strategic bomber fleet in Russia (~60 aircraft) — numerically important
DEZAVANTAJLAR
- 1950s airframe design — zero radar cross-section reduction or stealth
- Enormous, slow target profile detectable at extreme range
- Must use standoff weapons exclusively — penetration of defended airspace impossible
- Turboprop engines create large heat and acoustic signatures
- Aging airframes require continuous structural maintenance and overhaul
TEKNİK ÖZELLİKLER
CREW7
RANGE15,000 Km
CEILING45,000 Ft
ARMAMENT15,000 Kg Payload, Kh-55/101 Cruise Missiles
MAX SPEED920 Km/H
İLGİLİ İSTİHBARAT3 MAKALE
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Network integration allows this platform to function as a sensor node as much as a strike platform.