Russia plans to complete Tu-22M3 bombers modernization program by 2019

Tupolev Tu-22M3 (NATO reporting name: Backfire-C) long-range supersonic bombers in service with the Russian Long-Range Aviation are expected to be fully upgraded in late 2018, Director of the Kazan Aircraft-Manufacturing Plant’s Design Center Boris Naishuler told TASS on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016. The Kazan Aircraft-Manufacturing Plant is a subsidiary of the Tupolev Design Bureau
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