Ukraine’s Goal Is Simple: It Knows Russia Can’t Replace the Mach 2 Tu-22M3 Backfire Bomber, So They Need to Be Destroyed

The Tupolev Tu-22M (NATO designation: “Backfire”) was the workhorse of the Soviet Union next to the Tu-95 Bear. Designed as both a conventional and strategic long-range bomber, the Tu-22M was one of the first supersonic strategic bombers to incorporate a variable-sweep wing configuration. The Bomber has been used on multiple occasions in Ukraine during Russia’s […]