Ukraine struck a blow against Russia’s nuclear triad when a Tu-22M3 strategic bomber went down. This is what the aviation expert and former test engineer of the “Antonov” design bureau, Konstantin Krivolap, told FREEDOM TV.
Last week, Kiev announced that it had fallen 300 kilometers of strategy Russian Bomber Tu-22M3 flying over the Stavropol region. According to the Ukrainians, that plane had previously attacked Ukraine and was armed with X-22 cruise missiles.
“On the one hand, it seems that, from the point of view of their numbers, the destruction of one plane is not very important. But on the other hand, it is still a blow to one of the parts of Russia’s nuclear triad,” said Krivolap.
“Because the Tu-22M3, along with the Tu-195MS and Tu-160, are part of Russia’s nuclear triad. In any case, this is a blow to the triad, because strategic aviation is the weakest point of the Russians in the triad. This is a real loss. In addition, Russia also lost pilots,” said the aviation expert.
The important thing in this case, he continued, is that Ukraine has the means to hit such enemy targets at long range. According to the most optimistic forecasts, the Russians may have fewer than 30 Tu-22M3 aircraft left. Moscow denies that the plane was shot down by Ukraine. The version of the Russians has a technical malfunction.
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2024-04-26 19:45:00
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