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Posted: 4/19/2017 7:09:53 PM EDT
[#1]
It kills by noise.
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Posted: 4/19/2017 7:10:54 PM EDT
[#2]
Putin flies one on the weekends.
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Posted: 4/19/2017 7:11:25 PM EDT
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Cant the same things be said about the B52?
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Posted: 4/19/2017 7:11:32 PM EDT
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I have pondered the same.
It is very obsolete, especially against modern countries. In for answers. |
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Posted: 4/19/2017 7:12:15 PM EDT
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The only thing it can really do is carry a nuke or cruise missle It's also old. Not exactly the latest and greatest. The Russians love their cruise missiles. It's also used as a maritime patrol craft I believe. |
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Posted: 4/19/2017 7:12:20 PM EDT
[#6]
9400 mile unrefueled range.....
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Posted: 4/19/2017 7:12:58 PM EDT
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What's the point of the b-52?
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Posted: 4/19/2017 7:13:38 PM EDT
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It is the Russian 'equivalent' to the B-52.
You may not know that Boeing originally designed the B-52 as a turboprop bomber... 
Large aircraft with a rugged air frame allowing lots of modifications and upgrades over a long career. The have been used as the basis of Airliner, A.S.W., and AEW&C. not to mention dropping the most powerful Thermonuclear weapon EVER... TSAR Bomb! |
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Posted: 4/19/2017 7:14:02 PM EDT
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It's a long range maritime patrol aircraft. Think P8 with counter rotating propellers.
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Posted: 4/19/2017 7:14:33 PM EDT
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I can deliver the Kitchen Sink.
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Posted: 4/19/2017 7:15:25 PM EDT
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9400 mile unrefined range..... |
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Posted: 4/19/2017 7:15:32 PM EDT
[#12]
Growing up in the cold war I a fascinated by this pic
Bigly cruise missle 
And its rear turret looked cool 
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Posted: 4/19/2017 7:15:59 PM EDT
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Obviously, they're trolling with it, seems to work.
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Posted: 4/19/2017 7:16:29 PM EDT
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A cheap old terd that ties up a trillion dollar f22 or three sounds pretty useful to me.
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Posted: 4/19/2017 7:16:54 PM EDT
[#15]
Those hearing issues are not going to create themselves
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Posted: 4/19/2017 7:17:33 PM EDT
[#16]
Launch massive salvos of AS-4 ASCMs at carrier battle groups from long range to overwhelm defenses.
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Posted: 4/19/2017 7:17:41 PM EDT
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In a nuclear war scenario the bombers fly to failsafe, which is obvious and slow. It's kind of a "last invitation to the let's work this out table". The missiles would do the first strike, then the bombers, with a final cleanup by some boomers, ...just to make sure doomsday stays doomsday.
But the TU-95 is still a high flyer and heavy lifter, and would be useful, just like the B-52 is useful, in the kinds of shitty little wars we've had for the last 72 years. |
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Posted: 4/19/2017 7:18:33 PM EDT
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I'd imagine its ECM suite isn't bad for all of those reasons
its the Red version of our BUFF. They do the same thing we do with the BUFF: conventional bombing in areas with air superiority established, cruise missile launching, and maritime patrol---yes we've used the BUFF to find ships a good chunk of their Bears are actually newer than our BUFFs. Last BUFF rolled off the assembly line in June 1962 and I've read that the newest Bears are early 1980s vintage as a BUFF crew chief who knows what its capable of I don't underestimate what either it or the Bear is capable of 2015-2016 time frame the Russian Air Force used them to drop conventional cruise missiles on ISIS and Syrian rebels, so they still are very capable |
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Posted: 4/19/2017 7:19:01 PM EDT
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Growing up in the cold war I a fascinated by this pic Bigly cruise missle http://www.ausairpower.net/VVS/Kh-20-Kangaroo-Bear-C-2S.jpg And its rear turret looked cool http://i.imgur.com/JhbFKym.jpg |
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Posted: 4/19/2017 7:19:11 PM EDT
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The US is an important country and maintains a fleet of big obsolete bombers.
Russia (strongly wants you to believe) is an important country, therefore maintains a fleet of big even obsoleter bombers too. It's four-dimensional Putin poker and you best keep up. |
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Posted: 4/19/2017 7:19:40 PM EDT
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The TU-95 was designed to launch nuclear tipped cruise missiles to targets that were missed after the main nuclear strike. Meaning it was going to be used as sort of a mop of weapon.
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Posted: 4/19/2017 7:22:35 PM EDT
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Damn, that's a ton of rivets in that second pic! I wonder how many million of them go into one full aircraft? |
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Posted: 4/19/2017 7:22:42 PM EDT
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Trololo plane.
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Posted: 4/19/2017 7:24:58 PM EDT
[#24]
To drop bombs.
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Posted: 4/19/2017 7:44:59 PM EDT
[#25]
Like many Russian tools, it is as capable as it needs to be for them to do the jobs they want it to do.
It isn't designed to be wiz bang look how cool it is...it is designed to get specific jobs done. It also has uber long range and a large internal volume/weight that it can carry. |
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Posted: 4/19/2017 7:45:20 PM EDT
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this is another reason why they have the Bear
similar to why we have the BUFF 
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Posted: 4/19/2017 7:52:07 PM EDT
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It's probably cheap to operate and gets them press time for the harassment.
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Posted: 4/19/2017 7:54:02 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/19/2017 7:57:14 PM EDT
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its big not exactly fast (cruise speed of 441 mph) It certainly cant hide from radar The only thing it can really do is carry a nuke or cruise missle it wouldnt really prove useful unless you were trying to attack a 3rd world country Any modern country would pick it up on radar far before it had a chance to actually do anything. Answered your own question |
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Posted: 4/19/2017 7:58:01 PM EDT
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Launch massive salvos of AS-4 ASCMs at carrier battle groups from long range to overwhelm defenses. |
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Posted: 4/19/2017 7:58:22 PM EDT
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I bet none of the crew has any hearing left by the time they leave the service.
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Posted: 4/19/2017 8:02:36 PM EDT
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One of the most efficient engines, of its type, ever made. It has range, efficiency, payload and low cost.
It can loiter for years at a fraction of the cost of the blackjack bombers. |
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Posted: 4/19/2017 8:03:08 PM EDT
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Trolling for F22 photo ops.
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Posted: 4/19/2017 8:05:14 PM EDT
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Cant the same things be said about the B52? 
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Posted: 4/19/2017 8:05:34 PM EDT
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It runs on diesel?? |
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Posted: 4/19/2017 8:13:29 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/19/2017 8:13:32 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/19/2017 8:14:07 PM EDT
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If I am reading this correctly the range without ordnance is greater for the B-52 than the TU-95.
They look very similar actually. The climb rate of the B-52 kicks its ass though. TU-95 General characteristics ) Empty weight: 90,000 kg (198,000 lb) Loaded weight: 171,000 kg (376,200 lb) Max. takeoff weight: 188,000 kg (414,500 lb) Powerplant: 4 × Kuznetsov NK-12M turboprops, 11,000 kW (14,800 shp)[45] each Performance Maximum speed: 830 km/h (516 mph)[4] Range: 15,000 km (8,100 nmi, 9,400 mi) unrefueled Service ceiling: 13,716 m (45,000 ft) Rate of climb: 10 m/s (2,000 ft/min) Wing loading: 606 kg/m² (124 lb/ft²) Power/mass: 235 W/kg (0.143 hp/lb) B-52 General characteristics Empty weight: 185,000 lb (83,250 kg) Loaded weight: 265,000 lb (120,000 kg) Max. takeoff weight: 488,000 lb (220,000 kg) Fuel capacity: 47,975 U.S. gal (39,948 imp gal; 181,610 L) Zero-lift drag coefficient: 0.0119 (estimated) Drag area: 47.60 sq?ft (4.42 m²) Aspect ratio: 8.56 Powerplant: 8 × Pratt & Whitney TF33-P-3/103 turbofans, 17,000 lbf (76 kN) each Performance Maximum speed: 560 kn (650 mph, 1,047 km/h) Cruise speed: 442 kn (525 mph, 844 km/h) Combat radius: 4,480 mi (3,890 nmi, 7,210 km) Ferry range: 10,145 mi (8,764 nmi, 16,232 km) Service ceiling: 50,000 ft (15,000 m) Rate of climb: 6,270 ft/min (31.85 m/s) Wing loading: 120 lb/ft² (586 kg/m²) Thrust/weight: 0.31 Lift-to-drag ratio: 21.5 (estimated) |
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Posted: 4/19/2017 8:23:33 PM EDT
[#39]
Its job is to sound badass
It does its job:  Failed To Load Title |
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Posted: 4/19/2017 8:43:48 PM EDT
[#40]
These large bombers could be used to release swarms of drones that don't have the range themselves.
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Posted: 4/19/2017 8:51:03 PM EDT
[#41]
It's probably the most useful combat aircraft the broke-ass Russians can actually afford to operate on a semi-regular basis.
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Posted: 4/19/2017 8:55:20 PM EDT
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Seems to me it would be an effective long range scouting plane to engage carrier groups, notifies the fast movers. Seems to me it would also be an effective cruise missile carrier to engage carrier and convoy groups heading to Europe in WWIII.
I bet it could be used quite effectively if properly planned for. Red Storm Rising sure made it seem plausible. |
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Posted: 4/19/2017 8:59:25 PM EDT
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9400 mile unrefueled range..... Then come the backfires. |
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Posted: 4/19/2017 9:02:29 PM EDT
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"If it ain't broke, don't fix it"..........
those supersonic , contra-rotating prop blades have an interesting effect on its signature as well...... |
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Posted: 4/19/2017 9:03:32 PM EDT
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It's very versatile, cheaply operated, with some great specs previously mentioned.
and RHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR. Posted on another forum ear protection is pretty much negated by the noise. |
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Posted: 4/19/2017 9:03:49 PM EDT
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Putin flies one on the weekends. |
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Posted: 4/19/2017 9:05:49 PM EDT
[#47]
Seems like it's still a great bomb-truck if used appropriately.
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Posted: 4/19/2017 9:06:25 PM EDT
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The point? Another means of delivering love to America.
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Posted: 4/19/2017 9:14:31 PM EDT
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I'd like to see the innards of the prop gearbox.  Failed To Load Title |
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Posted: 4/19/2017 9:20:51 PM EDT
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I'm a BIG fan of U.S. Bomber power!!! BONE, BUFF and SPIRIT.... But I kinda have a soft spot for these... Would be cool if we captured one and called it our own... Wonder if one of those Bombers have ever landed in our Airbases during friendlier times?
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