962K views · 11K reactions | EXCLUSIVE VIEW Watch the very long takeoff of Soviet Union Tu-95 “Bear” strategic bomber. In 1961, it dropped the most powerful thermonuclear device ever detonated! Thanks to A1R FLYCAM https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqPQ4Qr4gUzZsuZ-YkfMcnA | AIRLIVE.net | Facebook

A moment of airshow history occured in 1993: the first public appearance of a Tupolev Tu-95 in the west. This was the main Soviet long-range nuclear bomber throughout the Cold War, providing much the same capability as America's B-52s. It remains very much in service today, and the type will likely remain operational into the 2040s. | PlanesTV.com