Tupolev TU-95 Bear
long-range strategic bomber and cruise missile platform
Specifications
- Origin
- Russia
- Type
- long-range strategic bomber and cruise missile platform
- Maximum Speed
- 440 kt / 506 mph
- Maximum Range
- 12,656 km / 8,100 miles
- Dimensions
- span 51.10 m / 167 ft 7.8 in
length 49.50 m / 162 ft 4.8 in
height 12.12 m / 39 ft 9.2 in - Weight
- empty 120,000 kg / 264,550 lb
max. take-off 188,000 kg / 414,469 lb - Powerplant
- four 11186-ekW (15,000-eshp) Kuznetsov NK-12MV turboprops
Armament
two 23-mm NR-23 cannon in a manned tail turret, plus 16 RK-55 (AS-15 'Kent') cruise missiles carried in the weapons bay (six on a rotary launcher), under the wing roots (two on each side) and between the engine pairs (three on each side)