Satellite image of the strike on a Tu-95 strategic bomber at Engels airbase on the night of July 16 ...
Satellite image of the strike on a Tu-95 strategic bomber at Engels airbase on the night of July 16. As we can see, its tail really was torn off.
An irrecoverable loss for the Russian Aerospace Forces. Not only in the sense that the aircraft cannot be restored, but also because they have not been produced since 1992.
One more strategic bomber will no longer be able to bomb Ukraine at night with Kh-101 cruise missiles.
True, this in no way saves anyone from the mass ballistic strikes that the Kremlin is now betting on.
Image: AviVector
One Less Bomber, Same Old Bet
A Tu-95 at Engels lost its tail and cannot be repaired.
The old hardware failed before the policy did.