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 ...MILITARY AIRCRAFT DIRECTORY
Manufacturer
Aircraft
Mission
Comments
Powerpiant Max power
(kW)
Max thrust
dry (lb)
Max thrust
reheat lib)
Wing span (m)
Wing area (ml
Overall length (ml
OEW...
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Tupolev Tu-22R Blinder
Non-NATO Europe
TU-22R
Non-NATO Europe
Ukraine
total
North Africa & the Middle East
TU-22A/U Libya
North Africa & the Middle East total
Tupolev Tu-22R Blinder total
Tupolev TU-22M/MR Backfire
Non-NATO Europe
TU-22M/MR
TU-22M-3/MR
TU-22M
Non-NATO Europe
Russia
Russia
Ukraine
total
Tupolev Tu-22M/MR Backfire total
Tupolev Tu-95/142 Bear
Non-NATO Europe ...
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 ...ger
Agusta A129 Mangusta
Kawasaki OH-1
Denel CSH-1 Rooivalk
Kamov Ka-50/52
AF 10
Total 15
AF
N
Total
AF
Total
AF
Total
AF
N
Total
N
Total
N
Total
AF
Total
120
30
150
26
26
Tupolev Tu-22M
Tu-22M-3/MR
Tu-22M/MR
Tu-22M
Non-NATO Europe
Tu-22M-3
Southern Asia
Tu-22M
Russia
Russia
Ukraine
India
AF
N
AF
Total
N
Total
Total
135
65
50
250
4
4
254
50
43...
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 ...tralasia, North & East Asia
Tu-16/ H-6 Badger
Tupolev Tu-22 Blinder
Tu-22R Ukraine
Non-NATO Europe
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Tu-22A/U Blinder Libya
North Africa & the Middle East
Tu-22
Tupolev Tu-22M Backfire
Total 23
Total 1,187
AF
N
Total
Total
AF
Total
AF
Total
Total
120
30
150
150
26
26
00
0
0
34
AF
N
AF
135
65
40
Non-NATO Europe
TU-22M-3
Southern As...
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 ...EFCNCK
Backfire EC variant identified
DOUGLAS BARRIE/LONDON
APREVIOUSLY unseen elec tronic-combat (EC) variant of the Tupolev Tu-22M Backfire
medium-range bomber has been
identified at the Russian air force's
Ahktubinsk test centre.
The aircraft differs from the Tu-
22M3 in having a considerably
modified fin roo...
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 ...ir mis
sile (SAM) system, which is understood to have been
procured recently. Iran is also reported to have
purchased SA-2 Guidline SAMs from China.
A denial by senior Tupolev officials that any
Tupolev Tu-22M Backfire strategic bombers have
been, or will be suplied to Iran has cast doubts on the
reliability of reports last year of an overall military
aircraft deal between Russia and Iran ...
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 ...DEFENCE
Fokker
unveils
armed
F.27 Maritime
GREENHAM
Fokker's market research
study into an armed version of
the F.27 Maritime is nearing
completion. A model shown at
Greenham Common displays...
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 ...grammes, says: "When our costs were met by
the state, there was no commercial need for
close relations between the designers and die
producers. Today that has changed, and
although we receive some...
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export from 2003. The 3t weapon is
being developed for use from ships,
submarines, aircraft and mobile
ground launchers. The Indian navy
operates Tupolev Tu-95 Bears and is
set to receive three Tupolev Tu-22M
Backfires. Both types could be
armed with such a weapon.
The missile, known as the PJ-10
but likely to be renamed, will pro
vide the Indian navy with a counter
to China's Sovremen...
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 ...r acting as
a marketing consultant on the
P-3 programme. The official
commission specified in the
contract was $4 million.
Both Daewoo and Lockheed
deny that there was any secret
Two Ukrainian Tupolev Tu-22M Backfire strategic
bombers were flown on a
demonstration tour to Iran in
the second half of 1993 as
part of Ukraine's bid to sell
the aircraft in the region.
Western intelligence ...
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 ...he Tu-16,
the Tu-22, the Tu-95M and the
Tu-95K. Mikoyan MiG-29s and
Sukhoi Su-27s, Su-25s and Su-
24s will form the tactical-
aviation inventory. Long-range
strategic aviation will have only
the Tupolev Tu-22M, the Tu-
95MS, Tu-160 bombers and the
Ilyushin 11-78 tankers.
Several hundred Ilyushin I1-.
76s and 26 Antonov An-124s
will comprise the Military
Transport Aviation. The An
tonov ...
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 ...ak of 30 years.
Conflicting and exaggerated reports have since
suggested that China will follow up this with
additional purchases of Su-27s, Mikoyan MiG-
29 Fulcrums, MiG-31 Foxhound fighters and
Tupolev Tu-22M Backfire bombers.
Aside from a probable second-batch purchase
of 24 Su-27s, there is little or no evidence to date
to substantiate these reports. According to
informed defence sourc...
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 ...Fifth-generation Russian
combat aircraft go ahead
ALEXANDER VELOVICH/MOSCOW
RUSSIAPLANS to press ahead and procure a fifth-generation
fighter and a long-range strike air
craft to replace the Tupo...
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 ... on the T-60 long-range bomber pro
ject. Rumours of a Sukhoi bomber have circu
lated for years. The current programme is
intended to provide a follow-on aircraft to fulfil
the role now met by the Tupolev Tu-22M
Backfire. Exactly where or what funding is
being made available for this project is not clear.
It is uncertain whether Tupolev submitted a
rival design to the T-60, although there a...
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 ...EFENCE
NEWS IN BRIEF
• UKRAINIAN BACKFIRES
Ukraine is to keep the
Tupolev Tu-22M Backfires it
inherited from the Soviet
Union as the backbone of its
long-range strategic aviation,
according to Lt Gen Vladimir
Antonets, commander of the
Ukrainian Air Force. An ...
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 ...DUBAI '91 REPORT
DASA/Alenia team
with Aerospatiale
Deutsche Aerospace (DASA), Alenia and Aerospatiale
have established a joint pro
gramme in Ottobrun, Germany,
to oversee their proposed range
...
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 ...MR-TO-MR MISSILES
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 ...ially.
In the Pacific rim, force capabilities are
increasing, with the procurement of air
craft such as the McDonnell Douglas F-18
and Mikoyan MiG-29 Fulcrum by Malaysia.
China's interest in the Tupolev Tu-22M
Backfire bomber would, if fulfilled, mark
a great increase in its strike capability.
Abbreviations: Aeromedevac Medical
evacuation; AAM Air-to-air missile; AD Air defence;
AEF Air ...
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 ...be affected.
General Dynamics continues to
build Israeli F-16s and regularly pre
pares the embargoed aircraft for de
livery, in case the Government lifts its
Backfire bombers
based near Norway
TUPOLEV Tu-22M Backfire long-
range bombers are now permanently
based in the Kola Peninsula, which
borders on northern Norway. Addi
tionally, four aircraft have been spot
ted over the Arctic Ocean...
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 ...t the SS-4 and SS-5
have outlived their usefulness and
are being retired. The USA says that
these single-warhead, fixed-site mis
siles must be withdrawn along with
the SS-20s.
Backfire Some 150 Tupolev Tu-22M
Backfires have been built to date.
More than 70 are operated by Long-
Range Aviation (LRA): the USA in
cludes 45 of these under Soviet
medium-range delivery systems. None
of the 70...
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