Tupolev TU-22 Blinder
supersonic stand-off missile carrier
Specifications
- Origin
- Russia
- Type
- supersonic stand-off missile carrier
- Maximum Speed
- 802 kt / 924 mph
- Maximum Range
- 3100 km / 1,926 miles
- Dimensions
- span 23.75 m / 77 ft 11 in
length 40.53 m / 132 ft 11.7 in
height 10.67 m / 35 ft 0 in - Weight
- empty 40,000 kg / 88,185 lb
max. take-off 84,000 kg /
185,188 lb - Powerplant
- two 16000-kg (35,273-lb) afterburning thrust Koliesov VD-7M turbojets
Armament
one 23-mm NR-23 cannon in radar-controlled tail turret, plus one AS-4 'Kitchen' stand-off missile recessed into the weapons bay