Tupolev TU-16 Badger
missile launch platform
Specifications
- Origin
- Russia
- Type
- missile launch platform
- Maximum Speed
- 566 kt / 652 mph
- Maximum Range
- 7200 km / 4,475 miles
- Dimensions
- span 32.99 m / 108 ft 3 in
length 34.80 m / 114 ft 2.1 in
height 10.36 m / 34 ft 0 in - Weight
- empty 37,200 kg / 82,011 lb
max. take-off 75,800 kg /
167,110 lb - Powerplant
- two 9500-kg (20,944-lb) dry thrust Mikulin RD-3M turbojets
Armament
seven 23-mm NR-23 cannon (two each in forward dorsal, rear ventral and tail position plus one fixed forward-firing weapon); provision for two AS-6 'Kingfish' air-to-surface/anti-ship missiles