Ukraine first knocked down TU-22m3 in the air: what is known about the Russian bomber

TU-22M3 is a strategic bomber that can carry up to three winged X-22 missiles. During the war, Ukraine has already destroyed or damaged 4 such planes, but on Earth. The Air Force of Ukraine conducted a special operation with the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense. As a result, the Tu-22M3 strategic bomber in the air was destroyed for the first time. The focus gathered what the plane is known and what rockets it carries.

On the morning of April 19, Russian air space forces again attacked Ukraine with rockets. For this purpose, the Russian Federation launched rockets from strategic bombers TU-22M3 and Tu-95. According to monitoring channels, there were 2-3 TU-22m3 in the sky. However, one of them was lined in the air. TU-22M3 is a Soviet overhead rocket launcher. The first flight of the aircraft took place in August 1969. Hundreds of such bombers have been made during the years of production.

Currently, the Russian Federation does not produce TU-22M3, so the loss of the aircraft is irreparable. At the Aviation Kazan plant can only modernize the TU-22 to TU-22m3m. It is the TU-22M3 that is the carrier of anti-ship cruise missiles X-22, which the air forces could not be beaten up to this point. X-22 is a supersonic high-speed rocket that was created in the USSR against aircraft carriers. Its mass of the battle part is 900 kg. On board the bomber can be up to three x-22/x-32.

It can also carry unmanaged Fab type aircraft. The invaders have repeatedly used TU-22M3 to task rocket strikes in Ukraine. It is known that during the full-scale war, Ukraine destroyed two and damaged two more strategic TU-22M3 bombers. According to the GUR from the end of August 2023, there are about 27 good TU-22m3 in the armed invaders. Earlier, Aviation expert Anatoly Khrapchinsky explained the focus that there were many series during the production of TU-22.

Therefore, it is difficult for the enemy to keep them all in the air. "TU-22 passed several stages of modernization from the Soviet times-TU-22M, TU-22M0, TU-22M1, TU-22M2, M3 and even M4. They took place since 1960s before the collapse of the USSR. According to the control units and so on, there was an almost new plane every time, "Anatoly Khrapchinsky explained focus.