Tupelov Tu-22 ‘Blinder’ Tu-22M ‘Backfire’

Description

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 ‘Blinder’ never really gave the USSR what they were looking for but Tu-22M ‘Backfire’ did! This information-packed volume reveals Soviet tactics for destroying NATO warships using ‘Blinders’, and its use by Libya and Iraq.

• Author: Yefim Gordon, Vladimir Rigmant
• Publisher: Specialty Press (MN)
• Published: 1998
• Pages: 100
• ISBN-13: 9781857800654