Tu-22M3 strategic bomber crashes in Russia’s Irkutsk region, pilot dies

7 comments

1. Probably drank too much coolaint

2. Great news!

   Russia uses these to shoot Kinzahl cruise missiles at civilians from far behind the front lines. Russia only has a few dozen and can’t make more, hasn’t for decades.

3. One airframe less.

4. Oo I wonder if the plane was based at Engles when that stockpile of cruise missles was destroyed.  That shock wave was no joke and may have damaged the bombers located nearby.  

5. True hero. Saved many lives of people who might have been bombed otherwise.

6. Did it fall out of a window?

7. Actually, if Ukraine had shot it down, they would be saying so already, right?

   And planes are not being well-maintained of late.

   So does this mean it just crashed?

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