Oleh Katkov Defense Express editor-in-chief It is indeed on its last legs and is surviving only because it is consuming what ...

The Tu-22M3 long-range supersonic missile-carrying bomber is a heavily upgraded version of the Tu-22 aircraft. The plane was developed by the Tupolev Design Bureau in the mid-1970s. It performed ...

The first flight of the Tu-22M3M bomber has reportedly been postponed to the end of the month or early November. A MiG-31K fighter recently test fired the ‘Kinzhal’ air-launched ballistic ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: While many features in this upgrade are oriented towards greater conventional capability such as the new Gefest precision bombing ...

The recent attack by Ukrainian drones on the Kazan Aircraft Production Association named after S. P. Gorbunov (KAPO), where ...

Summary and Key Points: In a daring operation, Ukraine employed drones to strike a Russian Tu-22M3 bomber at the Olenya military airfield in Murmansk Oblast, deep within the Arctic Circle ...

A massive Russian attack on Ukraine with cruise missiles and drones is underway. The danger of airstrikes has been declared throughout the country.

As Russia’s Defense Ministry reported, "during a scheduled flight aboard the Tu-22 aircraft, its engine failed. Thanks to its skillful actions, the crew managed to steer the plane away from a ...

The Russian strikes - hitting vital energy facilities near the Ukrainian border with Poland in the coldest weeks of winter - were led by Vladimir Putin’s Tu-22 and Tu-95 strategic bombers ...

Russia is currently unable to manufacture new Tu-160 and Tu-22 strategic bombers from scratch and relies on mothballed Soviet-era airframes, Defense Express reported on Jan. 20.

Drones struck the Kazan Aviation Plant, crucial for Russia’s strategic bombers, highlighting the challenges in its military aviation production capabilities.