Tu-95

The Tupolev Tu-95 is a turboprop-powered strategic bomber, dubbed Bear by NATO, developed by the Soviet Union to hit targets deep inside the United States soil. The T-95 design derived from the T-4 bull bomber. Powered by four NK-12M turboprop engines rated at approximately 12,000-shp to 15,000-shp each aircraft had longer range and slightly lower cruise speed than turbojet powered bombers of the early 1950s. The engines drive eight-blade counter rotating propellers which are more efficient than traditional propellers and features a swept wing. Overall, Tu-95 strategic bomber equipped with nuclear weapons can cruise at speeds over Mach 0.82 on the later models such as the Tu-95MS. It first flew on November 12, 1952. The Soviet Union Air Force deployed the Tu-95M high altitude bomber equipped with free fall nuclear weapons in April 1956.

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