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Chine should have accepted Russia's offer of BackfireTU-22M3 in 2000s and asked production right in China

But maybe China is quite happy with H-6K and the progress of (rumour) new bomber (H-18/H-20) development

Nice !
15th Coastal Missile Brigade, Sebastopol, have two Bat of 4 TEL's one of SSC-6/Kh-35 and one of SS-C-5/P-800

it's about ten tons of cargo, in the form of four X-101 cruise-missiles
(no wiki page in English so here), below
the Bear (#16 Red, reg. #RF-94124, named ) in in 2016:

Analysis : S-400 missile systems to boost Russian air defense in Crimea

Jura said:

it's about ten tons of cargo, in the form of four X-101 cruise-missiles
(no wiki page in English so

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here), below
the Bear (#16 Red, reg. #RF-94124, named

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I love (and respect) the new capability the old Bear has received.

Jeff Head said:

I love (and respect) the new capability the old Bear has received.

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The kh 102s are nuclear tipped which brings a whole new set of capabilities to the old airframe. Basically even a couple dozen of these flying dark inside of Russian airspace can and will put the entire Western Europe/Alaska at severe risk from the third arm of the Triad.

Jura said:

dumb question: what is it like opening up behind the cockpit (it appears to be yellow):

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(comes from a blog post about the Su-30SMs coming back from the deployment in Syria:

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air brake

Jura said:

it's about ten tons of cargo, in the form of four X-101 cruise-missiles
(no wiki page in English so

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here), below
the Bear (#16 Red, reg. #RF-94124, named

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great pic - and one that shows (as with the B52) the remarkable longevity and adaptability of this fine aircraft

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Tu-160
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Meantime looking it and LOL Vladimir say you hello with her big ears

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Can't say I blame him for wanting to "play with the toys"! LOL, I would too!