As the need arose to replace the Yakovlev Yak-28 Brewer making up the backbone of the Soviet Air Force\'s tactical bomber fleet since 1960, the Sukhoi Design Bureau began development of a twinjet tactical bomber known in-house as the T-6....

As the need arose to replace the Yakovlev Yak-28 Brewer making up the backbone of the Soviet Air Force\"s tactical bomber fleet since 1960, the Sukhoi Design Bureau began development of a twinjet tactical bomber known in-house as the T-6....

The beginning of the Cold War and the perceived need by Soviet political and military leaders to deliver nuclear strikes against the continental USA led the Soviet Union to develop new delivery vehicles -- primarily strategic bombers. Thus, in 1951 the Tupolev Design Bureau brought out the Tu-95....