Following on from the Best Western post war bomber thread, what was the best bomber to come out of the warsaw pact during the cold war period.
I guess the Tu-95 Bear is probably the most iconic and is considered the natural counterpart to the B-52.
Tu-22M was also quite the threat in it's day, especially to shipping and carrier groups.
Tu-160 is impressive in size if nothing else but was fairly late and in such small numbers i dont think it really counts.
Here is a list of some more to consider if you don't know Soviet bomber very well.
http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/bomber/index.html
I guess the Tu-95 Bear is probably the most iconic and is considered the natural counterpart to the B-52.
Tu-22M was also quite the threat in it's day, especially to shipping and carrier groups.
Tu-160 is impressive in size if nothing else but was fairly late and in such small numbers i dont think it really counts.
Here is a list of some more to consider if you don't know Soviet bomber very well.
http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/bomber/index.html