"Tu-22M3 Backfire modernization program" Topic
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| Barin1 | 04 Jul 2014 5:14 a.m. PST |
Russia has started modernization program on our fleet of Backfires. 30 machines should be ready within "next few years", while the program end is foreseen for 2020.
The plane will get new cruise missile (X-32), & new weapon control system, suitable for precision weapons.
The goals are two-fold – upgrading main function capabilities – i.e. anti-ship strikes and installation of electronics and weaponry for engagement of small and fast-moving ground targets – like terrorist trucks, etc.
Some pics from Kazan aviation plant here:
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| GeoffQRF | 04 Jul 2014 5:25 a.m. PST |
Am I the only one who initially read that as "TU-22 modernization program backfires…"? :-) That's a pretty aging airframe now? The later Tu-22M3, first flew in 1976 and entered service in 1983 |
| Cosmic Reset | 04 Jul 2014 6:29 a.m. PST |
No spring chicken, but neither is the B52. |
| boy wundyr x | 04 Jul 2014 10:54 a.m. PST |
The latest issue (or second latest) of Combat Aircraft had an article on this as well. |
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