Tu-22 Blinder and Tu-22M Backfire (rare historical video)

The Tu-22 ’Blinder’ had not proved particularly successful, in some respects being inferior to the earlier Tu-16 ’Badger’. Its range and take-off performance, in particular, were definite weak points. Even as the ’Blinder’ was entering service, OKB Tupolev began work on an improved successor.