The new satellite photos of some Tu-95s covered with car tires and missing their engines have prompted new theories. Few days ago, satellite imagery of Engels-2 airbase, located in Saratov Oblast, ...

Russia has its own version of the B-52 that keeps on ticking. The Tu-95 has turboprops instead of jet engines, which is even more antiquated than the Stratofortress. The bomber can carry nuclear ...

The Tupolev Tu-95 remains active due to its ability to carry a heavy payload over long distances. Adaptations of the Tu-95 include cruise missile deployment and maritime patrols, making it versatile.

The Soviet Union was well known for its creative and potent weapons development. Both the United States and the USSR spent decades trying to conceive new and inventive ways to kill one another if the ...

The biggest rival to the United States for a time was the Soviet Union. Next to America, they had some of the most inventive ideas that put the two nations at odds on more than one occasion. This ...

Moscow’s Tu-95 turboprop-powered strategic bomber has Cold War origins. Designated by NATO as “Bear,” the Tupolev-designed airframe first took to the skies in the early 1950s just before entering ...

The recent Ukrainian strike on the Engels-2 airbase in Russia shows the value that Kyiv places on taking the Tu-95 out of action—and how their continued operation threatens Ukraine. Fires and ...