Thursday, January 27, 2011

USSR BADGER

Tupolev Tu-16 was a twin-engine jet bomber used by the Soviet Union. It has flown for more than 50 years and the Chinese license-built Xian H-6 remains in service with the Chinese air force.
Exclusive bearing pair protizemních missile K-26 was developed variant Tupolev Tu-16 designated as the Tu-16K-26. Airplane design is based on the type of Tu-16K-11-16, and as he had dismantled the tank from the fuselage and cabin service provider dedicated to protizemní missile K-10. The nose of the airplane is again placed in the cab operator, navigator and radar Rubin rifle-1 positioned below the nose. This variant, unlike the previous one Tupolev Tu-16K-10-26 allows you to carry and dropping bombs placed in the bomb bay capsule and returned to the airplane again able to carry out strategic bombing in the classical style. K-26 missiles are placed on racks under the wings.
http://en.valka.cz/viewtopic.php/t/44864 says;
"Airplane Tupolev Tu-16K-26 was the naval armaments and strategic bomber aviation USSR introduced in the mid-sixties. Replace part of the TU-16K-10-26 while the rest went to upgrading standard Tu-16K-26."

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