Ukrainian drone destroys Russian supersonic bomber

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Ukrainian drone destroys Russian supersonic bomber
bbc.co.uk

A Ukrainian drone strike has destroyed a Russian TU-22 long range bomber at an air base south of St Petersburg

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The bad news is that Russia still has ~60 of those. The good news is that they can't replace the losses, the production line was scrapped 30 years ago. The supposed successor, PAK DA, continues being a vaporware.

And how many of those have all their parts and are capable of getting airborne?

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