UK says a supersonic Russian bomber likely to have been destroyed in drone attack

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British military intelligence said on Tuesday (Aug 22) that a weekend drone attack on an airfield deep inside Russia which Moscow blamed on Ukraine is highly likely to have destroyed a nuclear-capable TU-22M3 supersonic long-range bomber. Kyiv, wh

British military intelligence said on Tuesday that a weekend drone attack on an airfield deep inside Russia which Moscow blamed on Ukraine is highly likely to have destroyed a nuclear-capable TU-22M3 supersonic long-range bomber.

The destruction of the plane, which can be fitted with conventional or nuclear warheads, underscores the vulnerability to drone attacks of Russia's fleet of ageing but lethal long-range bombers that are a major part of Moscow's war effort.

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