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The Tupolev-95 has a civilian cousin, called the Tupolev-114. Nikita Khrushchyov went to US on that. One major modification was that while the wings on the Tupolev-95 are at the centre of the fuselage, on the Tupolev-114, they are at the bottom of the fuselage. This raised the height of the...

Reminds me of Yamal. Not sure whether I shared this picture with you earlier. Yamal Ice Breaker

@Yumdoot, I think Subir Raha and Dalbir Singh Suhag have a more favourable attitude towards domestically made weapons. Anyway, let's get back to Tupolev-95. So, you feel this actually serves a purpose, not by virtue of the plane itself, but by virtue of the ordnance it carries, thus keeping it...

@Yumdoot, even I have heard that in Russia there is such a law, but I have never seen a reference. Google search yields nothing. One thing that I like about Russia is that their armed forces actually support their MIC, which encourages their weapons development. On top of that, almost all...

@jouni, I have not seen @gadeshi go into the Finnish Military thread and troll there. It is therefore not appropriate of you to not reciprocate. It is inane to derail the thread and then claim you don't want to derail the thread. This thread is for Tupolev-95 only. All subsequent off-topic...

Tupolev-95 was used to test the Soviet Thermonuclear Bomb, called the Tsar Bomba. Tupolev-95 has contra-rotating propellers whose tips can reach supersonic speeds. Tupolev-95 is powered by Kuznetsov NK-12 engines, which was believed to have been built with contribution from German engineers led...