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A Tu-22M3 can carry up to three, and can also drop free-fall bombs.\"}},{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"name\":\"Why was the Tu-22M an issue in arms-control talks?\",\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"During SALT II the United States argued that with aerial refuelling the Backfire could reach US territory and should count as strategic, while the USSR called it medium-range. The Soviet side gave assurances and the aerial-refuelling probe was removed.\"}},{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"name\":\"Has the Tu-22M been used in combat?\",\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"Yes. It bombed targets in Afghanistan and Chechnya, was used in Georgia in 2008 where one was shot down, bombed targets in Syria from 2015, and since 2022 has launched heavy Kh-22\/Kh-32 missiles at ground targets in Ukraine. Claims about results and attributed civilian casualties are contested.\"}},{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"name\":\"Did Ukraine ever operate the Tu-22M?\",\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"Ukraine inherited Tu-22M2 and Tu-22M3 bombers when the USSR collapsed in 1991 but never brought them into operational service. They were scrapped in the 2000s, a process commonly linked to US-funded threat-reduction assistance, with the last dismantled by 2006.\"}}]}<\/script> <\/p>\n<header class=\"hero\">\n<div class=\"hero-media\"><img data-opt-id=1898095821  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/tupolev-tu-22m3-backfire-in-flight-scaled.jpg\"  src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20100%%20100%%22%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Tupolev Tu-22M3 Backfire long-range bomber in flight\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wrap hero-in\">\n<div class=\"crumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/\">Aircraft Museum<\/a> \u203a <span>Long-Range Bomber<\/span> \u203a <span>Tu-22M<\/span><\/div>\n<h1>Tupolev Tu-22M<br \/><em>\u201cBackfire\u201d<\/em><\/h1>\n<p class=\"sub\">A variable-sweep supersonic bomber built to hunt NATO carrier groups with heavy stand-off missiles \u2014 despite its designation, a largely new aircraft rather than a version of the earlier Tu-22, and one whose range once became a sticking point in Cold-War arms-control talks.<\/p>\n<div class=\"statstrip\">\n<div class=\"stat\"><b>~Mach 1.88<\/b><span>Top speed \u00b7 variable-sweep wings<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"stat\"><b>Kh-22 \/ Kh-32<\/b><span>Heavy supersonic stand-off missiles<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"stat\"><b>2 \u00d7 NK-25<\/b><span>Kuznetsov afterburning turbofans<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"stat\"><b>1969 \u00b7 1970s\u201380s<\/b><span>First flight \u00b7 entered service<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit\">Photo: Alan Wilson \u00b7 CC BY-SA 2.0<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"chips\"><span class=\"chip\"><b>Role<\/b>Long-range strike &amp; maritime-strike bomber<\/span><span class=\"chip\"><b>Era<\/b>Late Cold War to present<\/span><span class=\"chip\"><b>Engine<\/b>2 \u00d7 Kuznetsov NK-25<\/span><span class=\"chip\"><b>Origin<\/b>USSR \/ Russia \u00b7 Tupolev<\/span><span class=\"chip\"><b>Status<\/b>Active (Russian service)<\/span><a class=\"chip fly\" href=\"#faq\">Want to fly a real fighter jet yourself?<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section>\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">The Story<\/div>\n<h2>A new bomber wearing an old name<\/h2>\n<div class=\"cols\">\n<div>\n<p>By the mid-1960s the Soviet Union\u2019s first supersonic bomber, the fixed-wing Tupolev Tu-22 \u201cBlinder,\u201d had proved a disappointment \u2014 difficult to fly and short on range. Tupolev\u2019s answer was a very different machine built around a <strong>variable-geometry \u201cswing wing\u201d<\/strong>: an aircraft able to take off and cruise economically with its wings spread, then sweep them back for a supersonic dash. It first flew as the Tu-22M0 on <strong>30 August 1969<\/strong> and, through successive versions, entered Soviet service during the 1970s. NATO named it \u201cBackfire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the shared \u201cTu-22\u201d designation, the Backfire is largely a new design rather than a derivative of the Blinder. Several accounts suggest the \u201cM\u201d (modification) label was useful politically \u2014 it helped the programme through the Soviet bureaucracy and, during arms-control talks, could make the aircraft look like an upgrade of an existing type rather than a new strategic bomber. That framing should be treated as the widely reported explanation rather than documented certainty.<\/p>\n<p>The Backfire was conceived above all as a <strong>stand-off missile carrier<\/strong>. Armed with the large, fast <strong>Kh-22<\/strong> (NATO AS-4 \u201cKitchen\u201d) missile, it was designed to threaten NATO aircraft-carrier groups and land targets from beyond the reach of their defences. The definitive version, the <strong>Tu-22M3<\/strong> (\u201cBackfire-C\u201d), first flew in the late 1970s and became the main production model; roughly 500 Backfires of all versions were built before production ended in 1993. Russia continues to operate a fleet today and has been modernising survivors to <strong>Tu-22M3M<\/strong> standard.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pull\">Built to sink carriers from hundreds of kilometres away \u2014 a swing-wing bomber that NATO tracked for decades and argued over at the negotiating table.<cite><b>The Backfire<\/b> \u2014 a Cold-War maritime-strike bomber<\/cite><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"deepset\">\n<details class=\"deep\">\n<summary><span class=\"no\">01<\/span><span class=\"t\">The Tu-22M Backfire versus the Tu-22 Blinder: why the names mislead<\/span><\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">\n<p>The earlier Tupolev Tu-22 \u201cBlinder\u201d was a fixed-wing supersonic bomber that entered service in the 1960s and earned a reputation as fast but troublesome, with limited range and demanding handling. When Tupolev developed its successor it adopted a variable-geometry wing and a substantially different airframe and mission profile, yet kept a designation in the \u201cTu-22\u201d family \u2014 Tu-22M. The two aircraft are easy to confuse by name but are different machines: the Blinder is a slim, fixed-wing jet, while the Backfire is a larger swing-wing bomber optimised as a missile carrier. Some Western analysts at the time argued the \u201cmodification\u201d designation understated how new and capable the Backfire really was. Treat the \u201cdeliberate disguise\u201d version of the story as plausible but not firmly documented.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<section>\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">Design &amp; Engineering<\/div>\n<h2>What makes it special<\/h2>\n<div class=\"cards3\">\n<div class=\"ecard\">\n<div class=\"num\">01<\/div>\n<h3>A variable-sweep wing and a supersonic dash<\/h3>\n<p>The Tu-22M3\u2019s outer wing panels pivot from roughly <strong>20\u00b0 spread to about 65\u00b0 swept<\/strong>. Spread, the long wing gives the lift and efficiency a heavy bomber needs for takeoff and cruise; swept back, drag falls away and the aircraft can dash to about <strong>Mach 1.88<\/strong> at altitude. (The exact sweep angles are the commonly cited figures rather than a manufacturer-published table.) The swing wing is what lets one airframe both range far and sprint.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ecard\">\n<div class=\"num\">02<\/div>\n<h3>Heavy stand-off and anti-ship missiles<\/h3>\n<p>The Backfire was built around large stand-off missiles \u2014 principally the <strong>Kh-22<\/strong> (NATO AS-4 \u201cKitchen\u201d), a fast, long-range weapon designed to strike ships and land targets from well outside a defender\u2019s reach. A Tu-22M3 can carry up to <strong>three Kh-22-class missiles<\/strong>, and later aircraft integrate the modernised <strong>Kh-32<\/strong>. Maximum ordnance is commonly cited at around <strong>24,000 kg<\/strong>, including free-fall bombs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ecard\">\n<div class=\"num\">03<\/div>\n<h3>A long-range maritime-strike role<\/h3>\n<p>More than a bomber, the Backfire was a naval threat. Soviet planners intended it to attack <strong>NATO aircraft-carrier battle groups<\/strong> and shipping in the North Atlantic and Pacific, closing at speed and launching heavy missiles from stand-off range. Its combat radius \u2014 commonly cited at roughly <strong>2,400 km<\/strong>, though Cold-War estimates varied widely \u2014 made it a persistent concern for Western navies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"deepset\">\n<details class=\"deep\">\n<summary><span class=\"no\">02<\/span><span class=\"t\">The Tu-22M Backfire\u2019s Kh-22 missile: an anti-ship weapon now used against land targets<\/span><\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">\n<p>The <strong>Kh-22<\/strong> was designed in the Cold War as a supersonic anti-ship missile: launched from a Backfire, it would climb, accelerate to several times the speed of sound and dive onto a warship from stand-off range, with a large warhead intended to disable or sink major vessels. Its modernised successor, the <strong>Kh-32<\/strong>, is credited with improved range and guidance. In Russia\u2019s war on Ukraine since 2022, Tu-22M3s have launched Kh-22 and Kh-32 missiles at <strong>ground targets<\/strong> \u2014 a role for which the anti-ship Kh-22 in particular was never designed. Western and Ukrainian assessments describe it as inaccurate against fixed land targets, and several deadly strikes on civilian buildings have been <em>attributed<\/em> to Kh-22-class missiles. Specific attributions are contested and are presented here factually, without endorsement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details class=\"deep\">\n<summary><span class=\"no\">03<\/span><span class=\"t\">The Tu-22M Backfire and SALT: the arms-control fight over its range<\/span><\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">\n<p>During the SALT II negotiations of the 1970s, the Backfire became a point of dispute. US officials argued that with aerial refuelling the bomber might reach the continental United States, which would make it a strategic system that ought to count against treaty limits; Soviet officials maintained it was a medium-range theatre aircraft. The disagreement was politically significant. The Soviet side ultimately gave assurances about the aircraft\u2019s production and range, and the <strong>aerial-refuelling probe was removed<\/strong> from Tu-22M aircraft to underline that it was not intended for intercontinental missions. Some Western sources later claimed the probes were retained and could be refitted \u2014 a claim that should be treated as unverified.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<section>\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">Technical Data<\/div>\n<h2>Full specifications<\/h2>\n<div class=\"specgrid\">\n<div class=\"spectable\">\n<h4>Airframe &amp; Performance<\/h4>\n<dl>\n<dt>Crew<\/dt>\n<dd>4 (pilot, co-pilot, navigator, weapons operator)<\/dd>\n<dt>Length<\/dt>\n<dd>~42.4 m<\/dd>\n<dt>Wingspan (spread)<\/dt>\n<dd>~34.3 m<\/dd>\n<dt>Wingspan (swept)<\/dt>\n<dd>~23.3 m<\/dd>\n<dt>Wing sweep<\/dt>\n<dd>~20\u00b0 to 65\u00b0 variable<\/dd>\n<dt>Max takeoff weight<\/dt>\n<dd>~124,000\u2013126,000 kg<\/dd>\n<dt>Max speed<\/dt>\n<dd>~Mach 1.88 \u00b7 ~2,300 km\/h at altitude<\/dd>\n<dt>Combat radius<\/dt>\n<dd>~2,400 km (estimates vary)<\/dd>\n<dt>Range<\/dt>\n<dd>~6,800 km (unrefuelled, cited)<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"spectable\">\n<h4>Propulsion &amp; Systems<\/h4>\n<dl>\n<dt>Engines<\/dt>\n<dd>2 \u00d7 Kuznetsov NK-25 turbofans<\/dd>\n<dt>Thrust (each)<\/dt>\n<dd>~245 kN with afterburner<\/dd>\n<dt>Max ordnance<\/dt>\n<dd>~24,000 kg<\/dd>\n<dt>Primary armament<\/dt>\n<dd>Up to 3 Kh-22 \/ Kh-32 missiles; bombs<\/dd>\n<dt>Defensive gun<\/dt>\n<dd>1 \u00d7 twin-barrel GSh-23 (23 mm) tail turret<\/dd>\n<dt>First flight<\/dt>\n<dd>30 August 1969 (Tu-22M0)<\/dd>\n<dt>Built<\/dt>\n<dd>~497 all variants (to 1993)<\/dd>\n<dt>Unit cost<\/dt>\n<dd>No reliable public figure (see note)<\/dd>\n<dt>Cost per flight hour<\/dt>\n<dd>No reliable public figure<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"deepset\">\n<details class=\"deep\">\n<summary><span class=\"no\">04<\/span><span class=\"t\">The Tu-22M Backfire\u2019s cost: why no reliable price exists<\/span><\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">\n<p>The Tu-22M was a Soviet state product, never sold on an open market, so no firm flyaway unit price exists in the public record. Any dollar figure attached to the type is, in practice, an estimate \u2014 and Soviet-era production costs do not translate cleanly into Western accounting. No credible cost-per-flight-hour number exists for the aircraft in open sources either. Modernisation of survivors to Tu-22M3M standard has been described by Russian officials in rouble terms, but those are state-programme figures for a subsidised upgrade rather than a market price, and should be read as order-of-magnitude only.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<section>\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">Timeline<\/div>\n<h2>From Cold-War carrier-hunter to modern missile carrier<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tl\">\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1960s<\/div>\n<h3>Blinder\u2019s shortcomings<\/h3>\n<p>The fixed-wing Tu-22 \u201cBlinder\u201d proves fast but short-ranged and hard to fly, prompting Tupolev to design a swing-wing successor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1969<\/div>\n<h3>First flight<\/h3>\n<p>The Tu-22M0 prototype makes its maiden flight on 30 August 1969, introducing the variable-geometry wing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1970s<\/div>\n<h3>Into service &amp; SALT dispute<\/h3>\n<p>Early Backfires enter Soviet service; the aircraft\u2019s range becomes a contested issue in SALT II talks, and its refuelling probe is later removed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">Late 1970s\u201380s<\/div>\n<h3>The definitive Tu-22M3<\/h3>\n<p>The Tu-22M3 (\u201cBackfire-C\u201d) becomes the main production version, with more powerful NK-25 engines and the Kh-22 missile.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1988\u201389<\/div>\n<h3>Afghanistan<\/h3>\n<p>Tu-22Ms fly conventional bombing missions, most intensively during the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">2008<\/div>\n<h3>First combat loss<\/h3>\n<p>A Tu-22M3 is shot down over Georgia on 24 August 2008 during the Russo-Georgian War \u2014 the type\u2019s first known combat loss.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">2015<\/div>\n<h3>Syria<\/h3>\n<p>Tu-22M3s conduct conventional bombing strikes in Syria from Russian territory.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">2022\u201324<\/div>\n<h3>Ukraine war &amp; reported losses<\/h3>\n<p>Russia uses Tu-22M3s to launch heavy Kh-22\/Kh-32 missiles at Ukrainian ground targets; a Tu-22M3 is lost in April 2024 in circumstances Russia and Ukraine describe differently.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<section>\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">Stories &amp; Eyewitnesses<\/div>\n<h2>Twelve stories of the Backfire<\/h2>\n<div class=\"car\"><button class=\"cbtn p\" onclick=\"document.getElementById('stcar').scrollBy({left:-712,behavior:'smooth'})\">\u2039<\/button><button class=\"cbtn n\" onclick=\"document.getElementById('stcar').scrollBy({left:712,behavior:'smooth'})\">\u203a<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"track\" id=\"stcar\">\n<div class=\"mscard\">\n<div class=\"tag\">Origin<\/div>\n<h4>A swing wing for a failed bomber<\/h4>\n<p>The disappointing Tu-22 Blinder drove Tupolev to a very different successor.<\/p>\n<details>\n<summary>Read the full story<\/summary>\n<div class=\"full\">The Tu-22M owes its existence to the shortcomings of the earlier Tu-22 \u201cBlinder,\u201d a fixed-wing supersonic bomber that proved fast but short-ranged and difficult to fly. Rather than patch the Blinder, Tupolev designed a new aircraft around a variable-geometry \u201cswing wing,\u201d able to spread for takeoff and cruise and sweep back for a supersonic dash. It first flew in 1969 and reached Soviet service through the 1970s.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mscard\">\n<div class=\"tag\">The name<\/div>\n<h4>Why the designation misleads<\/h4>\n<p>Despite the shared \u201cTu-22\u201d label, the Backfire is largely a new aircraft.<\/p>\n<details>\n<summary>Read the full story<\/summary>\n<div class=\"full\">The Backfire carries a designation in the \u201cTu-22\u201d family, but it is not a version of the Blinder in any meaningful sense \u2014 different wing, different airframe, different mission. Several accounts suggest the \u201cmodification\u201d label was useful in Soviet budgeting and in arms-control optics, making a new bomber look like an upgrade. That reading is widely repeated but not firmly documented, and is best treated as a plausible explanation rather than established fact.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mscard\">\n<div class=\"tag\">Mission<\/div>\n<h4>Built to hunt carriers<\/h4>\n<p>The Backfire was designed to threaten NATO carrier groups with heavy missiles.<\/p>\n<details>\n<summary>Read the full story<\/summary>\n<div class=\"full\">The Tu-22M\u2019s core purpose was maritime strike. Carrying the large, fast Kh-22 missile, it was meant to close on NATO aircraft-carrier battle groups and shipping and launch from stand-off range, outside the reach of carrier defences. For decades this made the Backfire one of the threats Western naval planners worried about most, and it shaped the air-defence design of carrier task forces.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mscard\">\n<div class=\"tag\">Engineering<\/div>\n<h4>The swing wing<\/h4>\n<p>Variable-geometry wings let one airframe both range far and dash fast.<\/p>\n<details>\n<summary>Read the full story<\/summary>\n<div class=\"full\">The Tu-22M3\u2019s outer wings pivot between roughly 20 and 65 degrees. Spread, the long wing provides lift and efficiency for takeoff and cruise; swept fully back, the jet can dash to about Mach 1.88. The mechanism is heavy and complex, but it is what allows a single heavy bomber to loiter economically and then accelerate through the transonic region on a strike run.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mscard\">\n<div class=\"tag\">Arms control<\/div>\n<h4>The SALT argument<\/h4>\n<p>US and Soviet negotiators clashed over whether the Backfire was strategic.<\/p>\n<details>\n<summary>Read the full story<\/summary>\n<div class=\"full\">During the SALT II talks the Backfire became a diplomatic problem. Washington argued that, with aerial refuelling, it might reach the United States and should count as a strategic bomber; Moscow insisted it was a medium-range theatre aircraft. The dispute was resolved politically: the Soviet side gave assurances about range and production, and the aerial-refuelling probe was removed from the aircraft to reinforce the point.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mscard\">\n<div class=\"tag\">Weapon<\/div>\n<h4>The Kh-22 \u201cKitchen\u201d<\/h4>\n<p>A large supersonic missile designed to sink ships from stand-off range.<\/p>\n<details>\n<summary>Read the full story<\/summary>\n<div class=\"full\">The Kh-22 (NATO AS-4 \u201cKitchen\u201d) was the Backfire\u2019s signature weapon: a heavy, fast anti-ship missile that would climb, accelerate to several times the speed of sound and dive onto its target with a large warhead. A single Tu-22M3 could carry up to three. The modernised Kh-32 is credited with better range and guidance. These are stand-off weapons, meant to be launched far from the target.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mscard\">\n<div class=\"tag\">Afghanistan<\/div>\n<h4>Conventional bombing<\/h4>\n<p>Backfires flew heavy bombing missions late in the Soviet-Afghan War.<\/p>\n<details>\n<summary>Read the full story<\/summary>\n<div class=\"full\">Although designed for maritime and strategic strike, the Tu-22M was used for conventional bombing over Afghanistan, most intensively during the Soviet withdrawal in 1988\u20131989, dropping large loads of unguided bombs in support of the retreat. Its use there is widely reported; details of specific missions are harder to verify from open sources.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mscard\">\n<div class=\"tag\">Georgia \u00b7 2008<\/div>\n<h4>The first combat loss<\/h4>\n<p>A Tu-22M3 was shot down during the 2008 Russo-Georgian War.<\/p>\n<details>\n<summary>Read the full story<\/summary>\n<div class=\"full\">On 24 August 2008, during the brief Russo-Georgian War, a Tu-22M3 was shot down \u2014 the first known combat loss of the type. Russia described the lost aircraft as being on a reconnaissance sortie; it is generally reported to have been brought down by Georgian air defences, though the specific system has been disputed. The loss underlined the aircraft\u2019s vulnerability when operating within reach of modern surface-to-air missiles.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mscard\">\n<div class=\"tag\">Syria \u00b7 2015<\/div>\n<h4>A late combat debut abroad<\/h4>\n<p>Tu-22M3s bombed targets in Syria from Russian territory.<\/p>\n<details>\n<summary>Read the full story<\/summary>\n<div class=\"full\">From November 2015 the Tu-22M3 was used in Syria, flying from bases in Russia to drop conventional bombs on targets there. These were area-bombing missions rather than precision strikes, and formed part of a wider Russian air campaign. As with other combat use of the type, claims about results and effects should be read with caution.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mscard\">\n<div class=\"tag\">Ukraine war<\/div>\n<h4>Missiles against ground targets<\/h4>\n<p>Since 2022 Backfires have launched heavy Kh-22\/Kh-32 missiles at Ukraine.<\/p>\n<details>\n<summary>Read the full story<\/summary>\n<div class=\"full\">Since Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Tu-22M3s have been used to launch Kh-22 and Kh-32 missiles at ground targets, flying from airspace over Russia. The Kh-22 in particular is an anti-ship weapon that Western and Ukrainian assessments describe as inaccurate against fixed land targets. Several deadly strikes on civilian buildings have been attributed to Kh-22-class missiles. These attributions are contested and are presented here factually, without endorsement.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mscard\">\n<div class=\"tag\">Reported loss \u00b7 2024<\/div>\n<h4>A downing both sides describe differently<\/h4>\n<p>A Tu-22M3 came down in southern Russia in April 2024.<\/p>\n<details>\n<summary>Read the full story<\/summary>\n<div class=\"full\">On 19 April 2024 a Tu-22M3 came down in the Stavropol region of southern Russia while reportedly returning from a strike sortie. Russia described a technical malfunction; Ukrainian officials claimed the aircraft had been shot down at long range by a modernised S-200 surface-to-air missile, which would be the first such kill of the type by Ukraine. The competing accounts have not been independently reconciled, and reports of the crew\u2019s fate differed.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mscard\">\n<div class=\"tag\">Today<\/div>\n<h4>Ageing fleet, slow upgrade<\/h4>\n<p>Russia keeps a Backfire fleet and is modernising survivors to Tu-22M3M.<\/p>\n<details>\n<summary>Read the full story<\/summary>\n<div class=\"full\">Production ended in 1993 after roughly 500 aircraft of all versions, and Russia today operates an ageing fleet commonly estimated at a few dozen airworthy Tu-22M3s. A modernisation programme aims to bring survivors to Tu-22M3M standard with updated avionics and weapons. As with much Russian defence data, fleet numbers and upgrade timelines are uncertain and should be treated as estimates.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<section>\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">Gallery<\/div>\n<h2>The Backfire in pictures<\/h2>\n<div class=\"car\"><button class=\"cbtn p\" onclick=\"document.getElementById('gal').scrollBy({left:-660,behavior:'smooth'})\">\u2039<\/button><button class=\"cbtn n\" onclick=\"document.getElementById('gal').scrollBy({left:660,behavior:'smooth'})\">\u203a<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"track gal\" id=\"gal\">\n<figure data-full=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:1280\/h:853\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/tupolev-tu-22m3-backfire-in-flight.jpg\"><img data-opt-id=1409690729  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:980\/h:653\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/tupolev-tu-22m3-backfire-in-flight.jpg\"  class=\"ph\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20980%20653%22%20width%3D%22980%22%20height%3D%22653%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22980%22%20height%3D%22653%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"A Tu-22M3 in flight, wings swept  a variable-geometry supersonic bomber.\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><figcaption>A Tu-22M3 in flight, wings swept \u2014 a variable-geometry supersonic bomber.<span>Photo: Alan Wilson \u00b7 CC BY-SA 2.0<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure data-full=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:1280\/h:819\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/tupolev-tu-22m3-backfire-swept-wing.jpg\"><img data-opt-id=2124644441  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:980\/h:627\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/tupolev-tu-22m3-backfire-swept-wing.jpg\"  class=\"ph\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20980%20627%22%20width%3D%22980%22%20height%3D%22627%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22980%22%20height%3D%22627%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"A Russian Tu-22M3 airborne  the definitive Backfire-C version.\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><figcaption>A Russian Tu-22M3 airborne \u2014 the definitive \u201cBackfire-C\u201d version.<span>Photo: Vitaly V. Kuzmin \u00b7 CC BY-SA 4.0<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure data-full=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:1024\/h:682\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/tupolev-tu-22m3-backfire-takeoff.jpg\"><img data-opt-id=88182643  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:980\/h:653\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/tupolev-tu-22m3-backfire-takeoff.jpg\"  class=\"ph\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20980%20653%22%20width%3D%22980%22%20height%3D%22653%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22980%22%20height%3D%22653%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"A Russian Air Force Tu-22M3 on takeoff, wings spread for lift.\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><figcaption>A Russian Air Force Tu-22M3 on takeoff, wings spread for lift.<span>Photo: Alex Beltyukov \u00b7 CC BY-SA 3.0<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure data-full=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:1024\/h:683\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/tupolev-tu-22m3-backfire-banking.jpg\"><img data-opt-id=664183009  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:980\/h:653\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/tupolev-tu-22m3-backfire-banking.jpg\"  class=\"ph\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20980%20653%22%20width%3D%22980%22%20height%3D%22653%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22980%22%20height%3D%22653%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"A Tu-22M3 banking away  the long fuselage and twin engines are clear.\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><figcaption>A Tu-22M3 banking away \u2014 the long fuselage and twin engines are clear.<span>Photo: Anna Zvereva \u00b7 CC BY-SA 2.0<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure data-full=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:1280\/h:811\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/tupolev-tu-22m3-backfire-dyagilevo-airbase.jpg\"><img data-opt-id=1896214456  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:980\/h:621\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/tupolev-tu-22m3-backfire-dyagilevo-airbase.jpg\"  class=\"ph\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20980%20621%22%20width%3D%22980%22%20height%3D%22621%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22980%22%20height%3D%22621%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"A Tu-22M3 on the ground at Dyagilevo airbase, seen head-on.\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><figcaption>A Tu-22M3 on the ground at Dyagilevo airbase, seen head-on.<span>Photo: Vitaly V. Kuzmin \u00b7 CC BY-SA 4.0<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure data-full=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:1280\/h:924\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/tupolev-tu-22m-refuelling-probe.jpg\"><img data-opt-id=364358418  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:980\/h:707\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/tupolev-tu-22m-refuelling-probe.jpg\"  class=\"ph\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20980%20707%22%20width%3D%22980%22%20height%3D%22707%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22980%22%20height%3D%22707%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Close-up of a Tu-22M refuelling probe  the fitting at the centre of the SALT dispute.\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><figcaption>Close-up of a Tu-22M refuelling probe \u2014 the fitting at the centre of the SALT dispute.<span>Photo: Tom Erik Gundersen \u00b7 CC BY-SA 4.0<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure data-full=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:1280\/h:524\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/tupolev-tu-22m1-riga-museum.jpg\"><img data-opt-id=1436164775  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:980\/h:401\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/tupolev-tu-22m1-riga-museum.jpg\"  class=\"ph\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20980%20401%22%20width%3D%22980%22%20height%3D%22401%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22980%22%20height%3D%22401%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"An early Tu-22M1 preserved at the Riga Aviation Museum.\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><figcaption>An early Tu-22M1 preserved at the Riga Aviation Museum.<span>Photo: Mosbatho \u00b7 CC BY 4.0<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<section>\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">Watch<\/div>\n<h2>The Backfire in motion<\/h2>\n<p>A verified, high-authority video feature for the Tu-22M is still being selected \u2014 <em>video coming soon.<\/em> In the meantime, the photo gallery above and the stories carousel cover the aircraft in depth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<section>\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">Operations<\/div>\n<h2>Where the Backfire operates<\/h2>\n<div id=\"sr71-map-widget\" style=\"font-family:'Gilroy semiBold','Gilroy regular',Helvetica,Arial,Lucida,sans-serif;max-width:1080px;width:100%;\">\n<div id=\"sr71-map-container\" style=\"width:100%;position:relative\"><svg id=\"sr71-map-svg\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;display:block\"><\/svg><\/p>\n<div id=\"sr71-tooltip\" style=\"position:fixed;background:#1a1a2e;color:#fff;padding:10px 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Its later record is written in conventional bombing and, more recently, in the use of heavy stand-off missiles against ground targets \u2014 a role for which its anti-ship Kh-22 was not designed. Claims arising from its combat use are contested; we present them factually and without endorsement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"combat\">\n<div class=\"cstat\"><b>~Mach 1.88<\/b><span>Supersonic dash with wings swept<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"cstat\"><b>Up to 3<\/b><span>Kh-22 \/ Kh-32 heavy missiles carried<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"cstat\"><b>2008<\/b><span>First combat loss \u2014 shot down over Georgia<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Compare the <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/fighter-jet-combat-statistics\/\">combat record of every military aircraft<\/a>. Figures as of July 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<section id=\"faq\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">Questions &amp; Answers<\/div>\n<h2>Everything people ask about the Tu-22M<\/h2>\n<div class=\"qa\">\n<details open=\"\">\n<summary>Can I fly in a Tu-22M?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">No \u2014 the Tu-22M is an active long-range bomber in Russian military service and is not available to the public in any form. You <b>can<\/b>, however, fly in several genuine ex-military jets today \u2014 see <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/flights-prices\/\">migflug.com\/flights-prices\/<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>How fast is the Tu-22M?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">The Tu-22M3 can reach about Mach 1.88 (roughly 2,300 km\/h) at altitude with its wings swept back. Its normal cruise for long missions is subsonic; the supersonic capability is for the dash phase of a strike.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Is the Tu-22M the same as the Tu-22 Blinder?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">No. Despite the shared \u201cTu-22\u201d designation, the Tu-22M \u201cBackfire\u201d is largely a new aircraft with a variable-sweep wing, not a version of the fixed-wing Tu-22 \u201cBlinder.\u201d The two are often confused because of their names.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>What is the Tu-22M\u2019s main weapon?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">The Kh-22 (NATO AS-4 \u201cKitchen\u201d), a large supersonic missile designed as an anti-ship and stand-off weapon, and its modernised successor the Kh-32. A Tu-22M3 can carry up to three, and can also drop free-fall bombs.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Why was the Tu-22M an issue in arms-control talks?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">During SALT II the United States argued that, with aerial refuelling, the Backfire could reach US territory and should count as a strategic bomber, while the USSR called it a medium-range aircraft. The Soviet side gave assurances and the aerial-refuelling probe was removed to underline that it was not meant for intercontinental missions.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Has the Tu-22M been used in combat?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">Yes. It flew conventional bombing in Afghanistan and Chechnya, was used in Georgia in 2008 (where one was shot down), bombed targets in Syria from 2015, and since 2022 has launched heavy Kh-22\/Kh-32 missiles at ground targets in Ukraine. Claims about the results of these strikes, and about civilian casualties attributed to them, are contested and should be treated with caution.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Did Ukraine ever operate the Tu-22M?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">Ukraine inherited a fleet of Tu-22M2 and Tu-22M3 bombers when the USSR collapsed in 1991 but never brought them into operational service. The aircraft were scrapped in the 2000s, a process commonly linked to US-funded threat-reduction assistance, with the last dismantled by 2006.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>How many Tu-22Ms were built, and is it still in service?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">Roughly 497 of all versions were built before production ended in 1993. The Tu-22M3 remains in Russian service in an ageing, modestly modernised fleet (Tu-22M3M), commonly estimated at a few dozen airworthy aircraft \u2014 figures that are uncertain.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<div class=\"ad\">\n<div class=\"adin\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">The part of the collection you can touch<\/div>\n<h2>You can\u2019t fly the Tu-22M.<br \/>These, you can.<\/h2>\n<p class=\"adp\">Some legends only live in museums \u2014 others are fuelled and waiting. 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alt=\"Lockheed F-104 Starfighter side profile\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\"><\/span><b>Fly the F-104 Starfighter<\/b><span>\u201cThe missile with a man in it\u201d<\/span><\/a><a class=\"flycard\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/mig-21-launch\/\"><span class=\"fico\"><img data-opt-id=791639987  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alt=\"Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 side profile\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\"><\/span><b>Fly the MiG-21<\/b><span>The Cold War\u2019s most-produced jet<\/span><\/a><a class=\"flycard\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/flights-prices\/t-33-in-canada\/\"><span class=\"fico\"><img data-opt-id=791639987  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alt=\"Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star side profile\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\"><\/span><b>Fly the T-33 Shooting Star<\/b><span>America\u2019s first jet trainer<\/span><\/a><a class=\"flycard\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/flights-prices\/vampire-flight-near-london\/\"><span class=\"fico\"><img data-opt-id=791639987  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alt=\"de Havilland Vampire side profile\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\"><\/span><b>Fly the DH Vampire<\/b><span>A piece of early jet history<\/span><\/a><a class=\"flycard\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/flights-prices\/s-211-jet-flight-munich\/\"><span class=\"fico\"><img data-opt-id=791639987  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alt=\"SIAI-Marchetti S.211 side profile\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\"><\/span><b>Fly the S.211<\/b><span>Agile Italian jet trainer<\/span><\/a><a class=\"flycard\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/flights-prices\/l-39-mb-326-jet-provost-in-italy\/\"><span class=\"fico\"><img data-opt-id=791639987  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alt=\"Aermacchi MB-326 side profile\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\"><\/span><b>Fly the MB-326<\/b><span>The classic Aermacchi jet<\/span><\/a><a class=\"flycard\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/flights-prices\/mig-15-fagot-czech-republic\/\"><span class=\"fico\"><img data-opt-id=791639987  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alt=\"Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 side profile\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\"><\/span><b>Fly the MiG-15<\/b><span>The Soviet legend of the Korean War<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/flights-prices\/\">See all flights &amp; prices<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section style=\"padding-top:44px\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">Related Aircraft<\/div>\n<h2>Continue the tour<\/h2>\n<div class=\"relgrid\"><a class=\"rel\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/tu-160-blackjack\/\"><span class=\"rk\">The Big Brother<\/span><span class=\"rh\">Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack<\/span><span class=\"rp\">Russia\u2019s largest bomber \u2014 a far bigger swing-wing strategic aircraft that carries the Backfire\u2019s idea to its extreme.<\/span><span class=\"go\">Read the Tu-160 story<\/span><\/a><a class=\"rel\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/tu-95-bear\/\"><span class=\"rk\">The Stablemate<\/span><span class=\"rh\">Tupolev Tu-95 Bear<\/span><span class=\"rp\">The turboprop giant that flies alongside the Backfire in Russian long-range aviation \u2014 older, slower, still a cruise-missile carrier.<\/span><span class=\"go\">Read the Tu-95 story<\/span><\/a><a class=\"rel\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/su-34-fullback\/\"><span class=\"rk\">The Strike Partner<\/span><span class=\"rh\">Sukhoi Su-34 Fullback<\/span><span class=\"rp\">Russia\u2019s modern tactical strike-bomber \u2014 the shorter-ranged counterpart to the Backfire\u2019s heavy stand-off role.<\/span><span class=\"go\">Read the Su-34 story<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<section style=\"padding:48px 0 64px\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">Sources &amp; Further Reading<\/div>\n<h2>Every fact, checked<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"srclist\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nuke.fas.org\/guide\/russia\/bomber\/tu-22m.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Federation of American Scientists \u2014 Tu-22M Backfire<\/a><span>Development history, variants, the SALT\/refuelling dispute and production numbers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforce-technology.com\/projects\/tupolev-tu-22m-strategic-bomber\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Airforce Technology \u2014 Tu-22M<\/a><span>Specification sheet: NK-25 engines, tail gun, dimensions and the Chechnya bombing use.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militaryfactory.com\/aircraft\/detail.php?aircraft_id=930\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Military Factory \u2014 Tu-22M<\/a><span>Cross-checked specifications, NATO reporting names and the ~497 production figure.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.popsci.com\/technology\/russian-tu-22m-backfire-bomber\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Popular Science<\/a><span>Accessible development and combat overview, including current fleet estimates.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.twz.com\/air\/russian-tu-22m3-backfire-shot-down-with-s-200-missile-ukraines-spy-chief\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The War Zone (TWZ)<\/a><span>Reporting on the contested April 2024 loss \u2014 crash versus S-200 shoot-down claims.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/putin-russia-long-range-missile-kh-22-dnipro-apartment-1774255\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsweek<\/a><span>The Kh-22\u2019s inaccuracy against ground targets and the Dnipro strike attribution.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.defence-ua.com\/events\/indeed_georgia_in_2008_took_down_a_tu_22m3_as_well_but_ukraines_case_is_different-10228.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defense Express<\/a><span>Context on the 2008 Georgia shoot-down and later loss claims.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalinterest.org\/blog\/buzz\/bombs-away-russias-new-tu-22m3m-bomber-might-look-familiar-and-still-deadly-33381\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The National Interest<\/a><span>The Tu-22M3M modernisation programme and the type\u2019s current role.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div id=\"galfix71\" data-js=\"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\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(){var 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