Aircraft
New Missiles for the ‘Bear’ and ‘Blackjack’
Russia's missile industry is developing new air-launched weapons to equip the recently upgraded Tu-95MSM and Tu-160M strategic bombers.
A Tu-95MSM flies closely behind an Il-78M tanker during a rehearsal for the canceled 2019 Victory Day flypast. The upgraded "Bear-H" displays its newly acquired outboard underwing pylons. (Photo: Vladimir Karnozov)
A Tu-95MSM flies closely behind an Il-78M tanker during a rehearsal for the canceled 2019 Victory Day flypast. The upgraded "Bear-H" displays its newly acquired outboard underwing pylons. (Photo: Vladimir Karnozov)

Low clouds and mist in the morning of May 9 caused the cancellation of an aviation flypast with 78 aircraft over Moscow, preventing freshly upgraded bombers from showing their teeth as newly developed missiles begin to enter service.