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AV-MF!Tupolev Tu-22M Backfire B. The swing wing Backfire is the Soviet answer to the B-1, possessing similar low level penetration performance albeit at shorter ranges. Armed with the potent Mach 3 Kitchen missile, it is the only aircraft in the Russian inventory which can confidently expect to survive an encounter with a USN Carrier Battle Group.
Technology Explained – Soviet Maritime Strike
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Maritime Strike the Soviet Perspective
The Western Alliance Is largely comprised of maritime nations and as such depends upon its Sea Lines of Communication (SLOC) for both trade and for power projection.
The importance of the shipping lanes to the Western economy cannot be understated, while they also represent the primary means of resupplying NATO and the Far East in the event of any major conflict with the Communist bloc.
It is therefore understandable that the USSR has poured considerable resources into developing a capability to interdict Western SLOCs; the rapid growth in this capability over the last decade is however quite alarming. The Soviets have followed a three pronged strategy of acquiring exceptionally well placed forward bases and of modernising their air and submarine maritime strike force.
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