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the pilot spoke about the Tu-160 once transferred to the Russian Federation – UNIAN
Russia did not have these bombers in service at all.
The Tu-160 strategic bombers, which Ukraine handed over to Russia 25 years ago to pay off gas debts, were very easy to fly and could carry 12 Kh-55SM missiles with a range of 4,500 kilometers. Pilot Vasily Kukulenko, who flew a Tu-160, told Radio Liberty about this.
“It could be controlled with two fingers. Very easy control, very sensitive, millimeter movements. This machine carried on board 12 Kh-55SM missiles with a flight range of 4500 km. That is, we could launch a missile from the Priluk region – all of Europe, to the Urals , she covered everything. The first plane arrived in Pryluki in 1986, and then later more planes came,” the pilot said.
According to him, Russia does not…
