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Tu-190E Implacable Strategic Bomber

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  • Primary Function: Long-range Strategic Penetration Bomber and Missile Platform
  • Contractor: Eredron Aerospace Defense Inc.
  • Powerplant: Four 65,000 lb afterburning thrust EDI NK-61 turbofans
  • Length: 170 ft
  • Wingspan: 183 ft
  • Height: 43 ft
  • Weight:
    • Empty: 260,140 lb
    • Max. Takeoff: 630,400 lb
  • Performance:
    • Speed: 1,300 mph
    • Ceiling: 57,000 feet
    • Range: 9,100 miles
  • Armament
    • Provision for 37,000 Ib of disposable stores carried in two lower-fuselage weapon bays

and on hardpoints under the wing gloves.

    • Typical weapons are free-fall nuclear and/or HE bombs,

and/or missiles including up to 14 LR-21 strategic cruise missiles