The Tupolev Tu-22 Blinder and Tu-22M Backfire led the Soviet Union's supersonic bomber air force from the 1960s, although the two aircraft were very different.

- Covers the development and service of the Sukhoi Su-25, detailing the various versions and operator nations. - The Sukhoi Su-25 quickly earned a reputation as

The only English-language book in print on this active-duty Russian supersonic bomber.

Prior to the development of the Tu-22, NATO planners had long feared the idea of the Soviets developing a long-range supersonic nuclear bomber. The Tu-22 'Blind

Developed as the answer to the American B-1, the Tupolev Tu-160 was the Soviet Union s most potent strategic bomber. Several project versions were rejected, and