On an October morning in 1961, a single Tupolev Tu-95 climbed into the Arctic sky carrying a weapon so powerful it threatened its own survival. Suspended beneath its fuselage was the Tsar Bomba, the ...

Even though the original Tu-95s first entered service more than 70 years ago, the aircraft was not deployed in combat until 2015. The Russian Aerospace Force’s Tupolev Tu-95 (NATO reporting name “Bear ...