TU-95 (NATO reporting name:Bear)

Video Title :	TU-95 (NATO reporting name:Bear)
Description :	The Tupolev Tu-95 (NATO reporting name Bear) is the most successful Tupolev strategic bomber and missile carrier from the times of the Soviet Union, still in service as of 2006 and expected to remain in service with the Russian Air Force until at least 2010 [1]. The Bear is powered by four Kuznetsov turboprop engines, each driving contra-rotating propellers, and remains one of the fastest propeller-driven aircraft ever built. To date it remains the only turboprop-powered bomber to have been deployed. A naval version is designated Tu-142.For a long time, the Tu-95 was known to Western intelligence as the Tu-20. While this was, in fact, the original Soviet Air Force designation for the aircraft, by the time it was being supplied to operational units, it was already better known under the Tu-95 designation used internally by Tupolev and the Tu-20 designation fell out of use. Since the Tu-20 designation was used on many documents acquired by Western intelligence agents, the name continued in use there. Like its American counterpart, the B-52 Stratofortress, the Tu-95 has continued to operate in the Russian Air Force while several iterations of bomber design have come and gone. Part of the reason for this longevity was its suitability, like the B-52, for modification to different missions. Whereas the Tu-95 was originally intended to drop nuclear weapons, it was subsequently modified to perform a wide range of roles, such as the deployment of cruise missiles, maritime patrol (Tu-142 Bear-F), AWACS platform (Tu-126) and even civilian airliner (Tu-114). During and after the Cold War, the Tu-95's utility as a weapons platform has only been eclipsed by its usefulness as a diplomatic icon. When a patrolling Tu-95 appears off the coast of the United States or one of its allies, it may not be the technological menace that it was in its heyday, but it is still a potent and visible symbol of the Russian capability to project military power over great distances. The Soviet Union did not assign official "popular names" to its aircraft, although unofficial nicknames were common. Unusually, Soviet pilots found the Tu-95/Tu-142's NATO reporting name, 'Bear,' to be a fitting nickname, given the aircraft's large size, 'lumbering' maneuverability and speed, and large arsenal. It is often called Bear in Russian service. An anecdotal story states that it was actually a Russian crew who had the privilege of assigning the NATO reporting name; during the aircraft's Paris Airshow debut, a Western reporter asked the crew what the plane's name was. The pilot responded, "it can't be anything but a bear."
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Very nice. I like American planes mostly, but something about this one I love. I say this about the Russians, they know their shit. I'm not an expert on planes, but wouldn't putting raked wingtips on this improve its range, or are its wings swept to the point where it wouldn't matter? Whenever I think of this plane, I think of the song "Son of a Bitch" by AC/DC. Just looks like a plane you don't fuck with.

зачем это показывать ??? чтобы поднять наш патриотизм??? А ВЫ ВИДЕЛИ ХОТЬ ОДНУ СТАТЬЮ ИЛИ ФИЛЬМ О РАЗРАБОТКАХ /в то время/ ЯНКОВ ????? ЗРЯ ВЫ, ЭТО ВСЁ НАШЕ И ты-ссс НИКОМУ !!!

Reminds me of a B-17 for some reason

yes america is better plane B-17 than ussr russia TU-95

Best turboprop bomber ever built. Period.

juras que es "basura rusa" gringo "fuckeado", la única basura de hoy es tu "f 22" "fuck-tors" jajajajjajajajaja FUCK THE U.S.A. USA IS NOT AMERICA FUCKING "GRINGOS"

erm, i dont think so, you can see the fucker coming from miles away its that slow. Compared to the vulcan, its er, soviet trash, still use it cos they got fuck all better

Well, then sidewinder or asraam would have to go through whole lot of fantom targets, wouldn't it and on the way avoid twin 23-mm guns shooting at pretty good rate. Don't forget those pesky Suhoys or MiGs somewhere around on real missions. Anyway, thank G_d, nobody had to try any of the defensive-offensive tacticts of trying to shot down Bears in real life. Hope we would never have to witness it and find out what would happen.

Exactly. A single bear on it's own isn't much of a threat. To have a serious chance of surviving it's mission it needs to be backed up by ECM and fighters. At least a backfire or blackjack can run.

I never did understand why we don't have human-controlled anti-air missiles. They'd be able to overcome ECM much more effectively. You just have your RIO operate them.