Tupolev Tu-95 Bear, Warbirdtech V. 43
Davison, Peter / Gordon, Yefim![Tupolev Tu-95 Bear, Warbirdtech V. 43](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/153/15327998/CHSBZCOP0315327998.jpg)
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During the 1940s, the Soviet government, knowing of the American nuclear program, elected to begin work on its own nuclear weapon program. The goal was to create and test the first Soviet atomic bomb within a short time interval to counter a major postwar threat from the West. An important secondary concern became apparent: how to deliver that weapon to the target. Thus, the Tu-95 Bear and the...