To: BCW
Prop driven...relic of the Cold War...
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It’s a turboprop with a swept wing and almost as fast as a jet. The B-52 also comes from the Cold War, and both have had long and useful lives.
26 posted on
12/22/2014 4:03:57 AM PST by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: Moonman62
You would hear coming....despite the 575 mph airspeed...doesn't do well on low level like the B-52 (644 mph airspeed)... Alot of disadvantages....event he payload is not comparable to the B-52 - just saying...in the jet age - the TU95 was built for the 1950's....
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/01/07/1266893/-Cold-War-Relics-TU-95-Bear#
30 posted on
12/22/2014 4:37:21 AM PST by
BCW
(ARMIS EXPOSCERE PACEM)
To: Moonman62
“Prop driven...relic of the Cold War...”
Actually, it’s an amazing design and also very fuel efficient even by today’s standards...and also supposedly one of the noisiest aircraft ever built.
33 posted on
12/22/2014 5:26:32 AM PST by
The Antiyuppie
("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
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