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July 27th 03, 04:46 AM
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"Mike" wrote in message
om Was the movie realistic in having Backfire bombers being sent to the continental USA ? Probably not. Tu-95 Bears or Tu-160 Blackjacks would have been better for such missions. However, one wartime profile that concerned the United States in the 1980s would have had Backfires flying a one-way mission from Siberian bases across the US and recovering in Cuba (or whatever was left of it). Check out http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/bomber/tu-22m.htm The sketch of operational range is interesting, but it's not clear what it represents. http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/bomber/range.gif -- Tom Schoene Replace "invalid" with "net" to e-mail "If brave men and women never died, there would be nothing special about bravery." -- Andy Rooney (attributed) 
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