Russian Tu-22M3 began flights over the Mediterranean Sea

Russian long-range bombers Tu-22M3, deployed to the Khmeimim airbase in Syria, began flights over the Mediterranean Sea. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Defense.

According to the report, the Tu-22M3 made its first flights over the Mediterranean Sea. It is emphasized that the crews of the bombers have begun to conquer the airspace in the sea zone of this region in order to carry out missions in new geographic areas. The Ministry of Defense did not provide other details of the flights.

Three long-range Tu-22M3 bombers were deployed to Syria on Monday. According to the Ministry of Defense, this became possible after the reconstruction of the second runway of the air base. At present, Khmeimim can receive all types of aircraft, including heavy ones.

The temporary deployment of bombers in Syria has raised great concern in the West. In the Western press, various assumptions have been put forward about the tasks of the Tu-22M3 transferred to the Khmeimim airbase. This includes the possibility of striking terrorists, practicing the possibility of striking the Middle East and North Africa, and even tracking NATO aircraft carriers in the Mediterranean.

The Ministry of Defense does not comment on the fabrications of the Western media in any way, limiting itself to a statement that after completing the assigned tasks, the bombers will return to their places of deployment.

One question remains open - is it a one-time action or the Ministry of Defense will continue the transfer of Tu-22M3 to Syria to study the Mediterranean Sea region, not limiting itself to three aircraft.

Comments

[Victor_B]

Russian Tu-22M3 began flights over the Mediterranean Sea

And sho?
Should this offend someone?
Like - naglich people with mattresses can fly over him, but we can not?
Forward dear ones, let's build! On a walking erotic journey!

[Vladimir_2U]

Quote: Victor_B

Like - naglich people with mattresses can fly over him, but we can not?

"You don't understand, this is different!"
J. Psaki.

[mojohed2012]

Flying bombers without fighter cover was always annoying. Yes, it is permissible in peacetime, but the world can turn into war in an instant, therefore, in order not to lose the bombers that are advanced in positioning at this moment, it is imperative to give them cover for most of the route in the international sky.

[Vladimir_2U]

Quote: mojohed2012

Bomber flights without fighter cover were always annoying

And what to do, here it is often not even a matter of flight range, but of the pilot's endurance.

[mojohed2012]

This is understandable, but NATO and the United States have overwhelmingly more combat aviation and UAVs, and we cannot lose precious bombers until we deliver unacceptable retaliatory strikes against the enemies. It would be ideal not to send them to foreign shores without cover, but to fly nearby with cover, especially since missiles with nuclear warheads can be launched from our airspace at Fashington and other decision-making centers!

[smart ass]

Good to scare 6 partners fleet !!!

[Revolver]

You better restrain the Syrian missilemen, or even put them in straitjackets. And then they can shoot down Tushki, as they shot down the Il-20, they still have some S-200 missiles left.

[figwam]

They will learn to use new missiles.

[svd-xnumx]

Some kind of product not small in size can be seen hanging under the left wing in the video.

[Bad_gr]

Quote: svd-xnumx

Some kind of product is not small in size in the video suspended under the left wing

By the way, the Tu-22m3 has the largest bomb bay among all our bombers. The Tu-160 has a large bomb load, but it has 2 bomb compartments, and each of them is smaller than one of the Tu-22. The Tu-95 has one bomb compartment, which is larger than the one of the Tu-160, but smaller than the Tu-160. So, the Tu-22m3 carries the largest ammunition in our corps.

[alexmach]

Well, of course .. Is that why the Tu-100 X-160 series missiles are in bomb bays and the Tu-95 on an external sling?
And that is why they are creating a smaller version of the X-50 for the Tu-22 and Tu-95?

PS: and ... or does the Tu-160 have a longer compartment and a smaller volume?

[Bad_gr]

Quote: alexmach

Or does the Tu-160 have a longer compartment and a smaller volume?

[smart ass]

The states have air defense in Europe against Iran, we have that 22 against Iran! It all fits

[Vladimir_2U]

Quote: Clever man

The states have air defense in Europe against Iran, we have that 22 against Iran! It all fits

What's that, Iran somehow opened its airspace for overflights of our aviation, against Iran!

[smart ass]

Multi-way

[Real Pilot]

If our military leadership made such a decision on the deployment of bombers, it was dictated by the circumstances.
And the call of the AUG UK, and other moments. There was also an intensification of ISIS in Syria and other bandits in Idlib. Well, in general, the development of various scenarios, education and training of crews.

There is something to bomb and someone to threaten.
But I mean that we do not know much about the real situation at the front ... Therefore, the situation has clearly become more serious, since additional forces are being pulled together.

[VO3A]

Russian long-range bombers Tu-22M3, deployed to the Khmeimim airbase in Syria, began flights over the Mediterranean Sea. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Defense.

Like in that joke:
- What all ?
- Yes, all THREE!

One question remains open - is it a one-time action or the Ministry of Defense will continue the transfer of Tu-22M3 to Syria to study the Mediterranean Sea region, not limiting itself to three aircraft.

DO NOT REMAIN! This is a one-time action .... and more for PR and complacency ... There must be an AWACS aircraft hanging there and not on the IL-76 base! Maybe in 15-20 years ... Better to use the Su-34 with outboard tanks and a container for reconnaissance! Why is the Tu-22M3 needed there, rather it is not needed there, to the point of it, as with KAZLA of milk ...

[Bad_gr]

Quote: VO3A

Why is the Tu-22M3 needed there, rather, it is not needed there, to the point of it, as with KAZLA of milk ...

Yes of course ...

The temporary deployment of bombers in Syria has raised great concern in the West ...

It is one thing when an airplane of the Su-27 type (together with 23 tons of weapons) flies next to a warship, like friends, while an airplane with anti-ship missiles weighing 112 tons is another. I think the impressions will be different. And the planning of further actions is the same.

[The popuas]

Hmm ... this is not a Drying over a cookie for you

[aszzz888]

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Hmm ... this is not a Drying over a cookie for you wink

It was enough for Cook and Su-shki to make Vsra ... get scared, and then part of the crew dumped ashore.

[VO3A]

Yes, not Drying, it eats ten times more kerosene when patrolling ...

[VO3A]

It is high time to make a reconnaissance aircraft based on the Su-34, with engines from the Su-35, with additional comfortable tanks and reconnaissance equipment - the Su-34MR ... Pilots in such an airplane can fly for 6-8 hours, rest if necessary and have a snack, and not sit on a "wooden ass", as on the old Tu-22m3 and Su-24MR ... Su-34 is a dream for scouts ...
And the video would be better not shown, otherwise the enemies would burst with laughter, navigator with a paper map ... We wanted the best, but it turned out, as always! And it's better not to ask about the digital channel of information exchange in real time ... Here's a hilarious, thanks for the HUMOR !!! NOT FUNNY !

[kventinasd]

Quote: Popuas

Hmm ... this is not a Drying over a cookie for you

What's the use of these Carcasses in Mediterranean? Even against one AUG, there should be at least two or three squadrons of Tu-22, and not 3 aircraft. And taking into account the number of NATO airbases around, this is a useless window dressing, well, unless you threaten the barmaley a little.

[Mouse]

Beautifully fly !!!

[mark1]

Tu-22M3 in the Mediterranean Sea is good. Better an air regiment, but where can I get them for all the Wishlist.

[alex neym_2]

When will they fly over the Caribbean? At least a little nerves will tickle ...

[mojohed2012]

In Syria, Iskander would have been enough. But the strategic air force will not interfere there from time to time. USA P-52s fly in Norway.

[Oleg Aviator]

I think it's not worth returning to the place of permanent deployment. It will be easier to calm down the partners who are too hungry.

[tralflot1832]

Lizka goes to Mediterranean, and she is equipped with an F35 air wing and the pilots already have experience in flying, it is better to miss it than to miss it.

[KCA]

Who should watch? Lizka? Yes, the X-22 is not a joke, but the X-32 with a range of 1000 km is generally PPC pelvis with a couple of hits

[tralflot1832]

I do not mind, maybe all the same, first let ours chat with them, and we need to find them first, Mediterranean is a puddle, but big.

[KCA]

"Varshavyanka" somehow find and even cling to the bottom

[tralflot1832]

Lizka will turn on the full speed, and they know how to do it and that's all, Varshavyanka flew off the tail. Unfortunately, the British are skilled sailors.

[KCA]

They are no longer sailors and they have no fleet, it seems, it was not about escorting the AUG, but about detection, right? And according to the detected target, the TU-22M3 will duplicate the Kh-32 with external target designation by 1000 km straight from Khmeimim, cut a couple of circles for gaining altitude and speed, and that's it, goodbye earth, goodbye, rockets went

[aszzz888]

and even tracking NATO aircraft carriers in the Mediterranean.

Why not? Not all the Merikatos are to greyhound in the Black Sea!

[rotmistr60]

caused great concern in the West

They were surprised. They are worried about the march of a motorized rifle platoon 200 km from the Ukrainian border, and then there are Russian bombers in the Mediterranean, which is crammed with NATO ships.

[prior]

In the backyard of Europe, it burns ...
It is not only in the Black Sea that NATO members are getting tense.

[sagitovich]

Now we are waiting for flights Tu-95, Tu-160, over the Mediterranean Sea.

[Well done]

Have you noticed a bird on the runway? What's under the wing?

[alexmach]

Have you noticed a bird on the runway?

I hope I thought of dumping

What's under the wing?

Museum exhibit numbered X-22

[Well done]

Yes, the museum. From the 60s. But in those years they knew how to do, the characteristics speak for themselves.

[Crabong]

And the host itself is a bit old ...

[Conjurer]

The main thing here is not military necessity, but politics. Our planes fly to the Atlantic, fly over the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of ​​Japan, and now they will also fly over the Mediterranean. It's just that the "partners" need to be shown from time to time what they will get in case of anything, just so that the head off from permissiveness does not blow away (that is, it is purely medical assistance).

[Xnumx vis]

Quote: Conjurer

(that is, this is purely medical care).

Departments of Traumatology

[Stepan S]

One question remains open - is it a one-time action or the Ministry of Defense will continue the transfer of Tu-22M3 to Syria to study the Mediterranean Sea region, not limiting itself to three aircraft.

Why then lengthen the runway and modernize the airbase? Now Tu-22M3 and long-range bombers will also be regularly visiting there. Pilots need to master and not forget this region.

[Paranoid50]

Quote: Stepan S

Pilots need to master and not forget this region.

Duc, so it will be. The flight crew will be driven to the maximum through the potential theater of operations, since now there is a chic airfield for jumping and basing.

[alexmach]

Why then extended the runway and modernized the airbase

Well .. to receive, for example, heavy transport aircraft of the same Ruslans? There they are much more needed.

[tralflot1832]

Maybe someone can explain what is hanging under the left wing of the TU 22M3, why only one thing, that this implies, the maximum range? And that with the DLRO based on the IL 76 was in the background, something new, a plate on two racks.

[alexmach]

Can someone explain what is hanging under the left wing of the TU 22M3

Yes, my own X-22, judging by its appearance. And what else can hang there?

why one

Because it is liquid-fuel, it is nasty in operation, it consumes a resource with each refueling, and there are probably few of them in a combat-ready state.

what does this imply

What will the ships face on this departure? Purely conditionally, one outdated missile.

[Guru]

After the first minute on the video - And what is it under his wing, who knows?

[alexmach]

That is the only thing that has always been suspended under this wing, except for freely falling bombs by itself.

[jovanni]

... It is emphasized that the crews of the bombers have begun to conquer the airspace in the sea zone of this region in order to carry out missions in new geographic areas

But for example, the Caribbean Sea is also an interesting region. Well, in terms of mastering ...

[Al_lexx]

A useful rotation for the accumulation of practical experience, which will almost certainly be in demand sooner or later. It is strange that it took so long to do this. Apparently this is due to the readiness of the base to receive such aircraft.

[isv000]

That's why the pike is in the pond, so that the crucian does not doze ...

[Petrik66]

The trolls went on the offensive. Everything is not so, the plane is not the same, there are only three of them (VO3A did not say how many to drive), the AWACS planes are not the same and in general they will not be made before 20 years, the pilot has nothing to rest on during the flight. The pilots fly on paper maps and, in general, the Syrians (Nagan) kill them all - everything is bad, one thing pleases that the specialists are dealing with the issue. I hope that the VKS headquarters will read everything and, with their tail between their legs, will quickly remove the airplanes away from the eyes of advanced amnricos and the British. Thank you.