Introducing the Tu-95 Bear Bomber In order to counter the strategic bombers fielded by the U.S. military during the Second World War, Soviet engineers envisioned a homegrown counterpart.

The Tu-95 has turboprops instead of jet engines, which is even more antiquated than the Stratofortress. The bomber can carry nuclear weapons and conventional munitions. Nicknamed the “Bear ...

Considered by some aviation buffs as the turboprop version of the American-made B-52 bomber, the Tu-95 embarked on its maiden flight in the early 1950s. Nicknamed the “Bear,” this bomber is ...

Fighter jets of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) were scrambled on Monday to intercept Russia’s Tu-95MS strategic bombers and ... included TU-95 BEAR-H and SU-35 fighter ...

TASS/. The combat power of Russian Tu-95 strategic bombers will be doubled this year, Deputy Industry and Trade Minister Oleg Bocharov said on Thursday. The government official made this statement ...