After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, where did Ukraine take the plane dismantled by Tu-160?

Copywriter and producer: Yuan Zaiyu; Copywriter: Xu

It was a very cold day. A bomber stopped in a flat clearing, leaving only bare branches around the trees. There is even some residual snow around the tarmac, which makes people feel cold and uncomfortable. There was silence all around, and suddenly an untimely machine broke into the picture and broke the silence? Is that an excavator?

The slightly bulky machine started to work slowly. It was manipulated to stick out its own digging head and attack the stationary aircraft one after another. The shell of the plane was broken and all parts of the plane were exposed to the cold outside. Finally, the bombers that have been flying freely in the air have become a pile of rubbish.

The destroyed bomber is called. Figure? 160 bomber? Used to be a weapon in the sky war. The picture of the plane being violently demolished by a tractor is the strongest evidence that Ukraine abandoned this powerful machine after the disintegration of the Soviet Union.

How powerful is this plane? Why did the great power end up with a small excavator? The story behind this will be discussed today.

As we all know, when the Soviet Union was not disintegrated, its military strength was very strong. Its strength lies not only in tall and strong soldiers, but also in those advanced weapons. For example, the Tu-160 strategic bomber mentioned earlier.

So how powerful is this bomber? At high altitude, missiles can be launched from a long distance, and at low altitude, nuclear bombs can be used for surprise attack. Of course, such a simple description of its power is very dull, without any sense of picture, we can't feel its power. Then we will use some data to prove its power.

From the power point of view, each Tu-160 bomber is equipped with four of the most powerful aero engines in the world. Together, they will provide at least 100 tons of thrust, which makes Tu? 160 bomber became the fastest bomber in the world at that time. Judging from the attack power, it can carry more than 45 tons of bombs at most, and it was the bomber with the largest bomb load in the world at that time. At the same time compatible with nuclear warheads, long-range missiles, torpedoes and other weapons. In the hands of the Soviet Union, the deterrent power was comparable to the existence of nuclear weapons.

Perhaps by listing the data like this, we don't know much about its combat effectiveness, but we must know that the only countries in the world that really owned strategic bombers at that time were Russia and the United States, and compared with the current military strength, strategic bombers did not lose at all. Its existence may still make the proud United States a little headache. Therefore, the impact of this strategic bomber on the United States alone is enough to make us ordinary people cry miserably.

But let's go back to the beginning. How could such a fighter plane be destroyed so sadly?

All these stories begin with the disintegration of the Soviet Union. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Ukraine obtained 12 Tu- 160 strategic bomber, 1272 nuclear warhead and many powerful armaments in this arms distribution war, and Ukraine with these chips gained certain influence on the world stage.

However, Ukrainian leaders have fallen into fantasy. They found that maintaining these weapons requires a lot of money, and Ukraine's own national strength is also difficult to maintain. At this time, the western camp just drew them a pie and told them that if it was destroyed, it would provide Ukraine with rich economic assistance.

Naive and even stupid Ukrainian leaders believe in the Western camp. When Ukraine signed a security memorandum with the western camp in 1994, the first scene happened, and these precious bombers were destroyed as a joke. Having said that, everyone will think that Ukraine is really stupid and easily destroyed its biggest chip without understanding the western strategy.

In fact, Ukraine may not be as stupid as imagined. In this disassembly process, they still kept a certain degree of caution, and secretly kept the engine and some core technical data.

But what's the use of these narrow-minded? Ukraine has no economic strength to support its own research and development of these technologies. The bombers have been dismantled, leaving only the engines, which means nothing to them except changing money.

However, the idea of eventually selling and paying back the money has not yet been realized. On the contrary, the wind leaked, and the western forces learned about these reasons. Finally, under these strong pressures, Ukraine destroyed these precious items that were difficult to survive.

Finally, these soldiers belonging to Ukraine completely disappeared from this world. No matter how severe the pie falls from the sky, it can't compare with the stupid decision of the leader.

Will you be beaten if you fall behind? Even if Ukraine has these weapons, it will eventually lead the bombers with high combat effectiveness to the stage of being destroyed because of backward concepts and unsustainable economy.

I think if these bombers are alive, when the excavator hits them, they will surely cry that fate is unfair to them. And fate is like playing a joke, gently erasing their marks from the world, leaving no trace.

References:

Figure-160? Pirate flag? Strategic bomber. Wings of the air force

Beautiful White Swan: How Strong is the Russian Tu-160 Strategic Bomber? Scare America? Military reading materials

Where was the engine of Figure 160 dismantled in Ukraine? Is the West too cruel or is Russia prescient? I really want to hold your hand to the end.