The Tu-95 evolved into more than 20 different modifications over the years. Tupolev also used the design as the baseline for several other aircraft types.

Which is to say, the Tu-95 is Russia’s B-52—but one with a decidedly maritime bent and a habit of knocking at the door of coastal air-defense systems in Europe, Asia and North America.

Key Points – The Tupolev Tu-95 “Bear,” a Soviet-era turboprop strategic bomber used by Russia for long-range cruise missile strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure, suffered a significant ...

November 1952 saw the first flight of the Tupolev Tu-95 turboprop, the first Soviet intercontinental bomber and the last aircraft design developed on Joseph Stalin's order. In the initial phases ...

Few aircraft are as distinctive as the massive Tupolev Tu-95 “Bear,” a four-engine Russian strategic bomber and maritime patrol plane with a gigantic unicorn-like refueling probe, giving it ...

The Soviet Union ordered Andrei Tupolev, the director of the Tupolev Design Bureau, to develop the Tu-95 with a range of 4,970 miles before it needed to refuel.

Then you can buy a Tupolev Tu-95 Bear. The item is listed as used but shipping cost from Ukraine is included. The “Buy it Now” price is set to 5M USD but you can bid starting at 3M USD.

Russian long-range Tupolev Tu-95 “Bear” bombers launched cruise missile strikes against targets said to be controlled by Daesh Takfiri terrorists in the Syrian provinces of Deir al-Zour and ...