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A nuclear-capable Russian Tu22M3 strategic bomber aircraft that cost $293 million crashed last night in a remote Siberian region. Footage showed the moment it exploded. The cause of the Tu-22M3 going out of control was not immediately revealed. Witnesses said the aircraft broke up in midair before crashing amid fierce explosions. The plane crashed near the village of Mikhailovka in Irkutsk region, some 3,300 miles east of Moscow. While the cause was not given, a routine explanation of a 'technical malfunction' was fed to the Russian media.
The Tu-22M suffered from widespread maintenance problems due to poor manufacturing quality during its service with the Soviet forces. The engines and airframes in particular had short service lives. The Air Force at one point sought to prosecute Tupolev for allegedly rushing the inadequate designs of the Tu-22M and the Tu-160 into service. This was compounded by the government bureaucracy, which hampered the provision of spare parts to allow the servicing of the Tu-22M. In 2024, the Russian Air Force had 57 aircraft in service, according to the 2024 Military Balance report by International Institute for Strategic Studios. In 2023, Ukraine's Main Directorate of Intelligence estimated that Russia had 27 aircraft in operable condition.
Approximately 7 have been destroyed or damaged in drone attacks in the course of the war, Ukraine has shot down one, and this makes the ninth. It's unlikely the Tu22's damaged by drone attacks are repairable in the short term.


The Tu-22M suffered from widespread maintenance problems due to poor manufacturing quality during its service with the Soviet forces. The engines and airframes in particular had short service lives. The Air Force at one point sought to prosecute Tupolev for allegedly rushing the inadequate designs of the Tu-22M and the Tu-160 into service. This was compounded by the government bureaucracy, which hampered the provision of spare parts to allow the servicing of the Tu-22M. In 2024, the Russian Air Force had 57 aircraft in service, according to the 2024 Military Balance report by International Institute for Strategic Studios. In 2023, Ukraine's Main Directorate of Intelligence estimated that Russia had 27 aircraft in operable condition.
Approximately 7 have been destroyed or damaged in drone attacks in the course of the war, Ukraine has shot down one, and this makes the ninth. It's unlikely the Tu22's damaged by drone attacks are repairable in the short term.

