#M-57 Heavy Supersonic Bomber

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stoic pollen
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Developed by the design office OKB-23, headed by V.M. Myasischev in 1960 and concerned a tailless aircraft. Only some models were developed.
The entire program was terminated when the OKB-23 merged with the OKB-52, headed by V.A. Tchelomey.

6 afterburning engines, can carry up to FAB-5000 size bombs, or two Kh-22 missiles.

Service ceiling: 18km
Range: 10,000km
Maximum speed: 2000km/h

Jobs: Airstrike, flight testing

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blueprints

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wind tunnel model

remote mountain
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soviet dorito

stoic pollen
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dito

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soviet XB-70 more or less

empty oracle
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why is it so sexy

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can i get more stats

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like dimensions?

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found more info

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@stoic pollen

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someone should really make a wiki page

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theres a plentiful amount of stats

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did this thing even leave the drawing board

stoic pollen
empty oracle
gaunt bridge
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Why does it lowkey look like a paper airplane

empty oracle
digital aurora
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Isnt this just a prototype design of the A-57 bomber flying boat

tame warren
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They were likely competing designs for the same contract

formal pike
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Soviet space triangle