Type Tu-22M3
Russian bomber crashes over Siberia
The Russian Air Force has lost a Tu-22M3 medium-range bomber (NATO code Backfire) in a crash in Siberia.
The aircraft crashed on a routine flight near Irkutsk in an uninhabited area, the state agency Tass reported. The crew were able to save themselves by parachute. A technical problem with the four-seater supersonic bomber was assumed to be the cause of the incident.
The bomber was developed at the end of the 1960s and built in various versions until 1993. Originally designed as a long-range bomber, the refueling nozzle was removed after disarmament negotiations, turning the aircraft into medium-range bombers. The Tu-22 can be loaded with guided weapons, cruise missiles and possibly also with the "Kinschal" hypersonic missile.
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