Blinder

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Blinder is the NATO reporting name for the Soviet-era Tupolev Tu-22 supersonic bomber aircraft.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NATO reporting name
aircraftCategory combat aircraft
military aircraft
aircraftConfiguration twin‑engine jet
aircraftType bomber
supersonic bomber
allianceContext NATO–Soviet relations
surface form: NATO–Warsaw Pact confrontation
armamentCapability air‑to‑surface missiles
free‑fall bombs
nuclear weapons
basedOn Tupolev design lineage
conflict Cold War
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
crew 3
crewPosition tandem cockpit
designedBy Andrei Tupolev
designedFor conventional bombing
high‑speed low‑level penetration
nuclear strike missions
engineType turbojet
era Soviet era
firstFlight late 1950s
introducedAsNATOName Cold War
surface form: Cold War era
landingGear tricycle landing gear
manufacturer Tupolev Design Bureau
maxSpeedClass supersonic
NATOReportingNameFor Tu‑22 bomber variants
notableFeature one of the first Soviet supersonic bombers
operatedFrom land bases
originatesFromProgram Soviet long‑range bomber program
primaryUser Soviet Air Forces
rangeClass medium‑range bomber
refersTo Tupolev Tu-22 bomber
surface form: Tupolev Tu-22
role maritime strike aircraft
strategic bomber
serviceEntry early 1960s
status retired
successorAircraft Tupolev Tu-22 bomber
surface form: Tupolev Tu‑22M Backfire
tailConfiguration conventional tail
usedBy Iraqi Air Force
Libyan Air Force
Russian Air Force
surface form: Russian Air Force (early post‑Soviet period)

Soviet Air Forces
Ukrainian Air Force
usedFor electronic warfare variants (Tu‑22P family)
maritime strike variants (Tu‑22K family)
reconnaissance variants (Tu‑22R family)
wingType swept wing

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Tupolev Tu-22 bomber NATOreportingName Blinder
subject surface form: Tupolev Tu-22