The fifth-generation fighter F-35 could not catch up with the Russian Tu-160 bomber. A US Air Force escorted the Russian Tu-160 missile carrier during a planned flight over the Sea of Japan. When the Russian bomber turned on the afterburner to break away from the escort, the F-35A showed its failure. This was regretted by the Americans in the report.
American fighters tried to catch up with the Russian plane, but did not have time. A 250-ton strategic bomber easily bypassed two fighters almost 15 times lighter.
Russian Tu-160 fully complies with the requirements of modern supersonic strategic bombers. A heavy vehicle can easily bypass air defense equipment.
The speed of the Tu-160 allows you to quickly reach the line of missile launch, overcome defense defense and get away from the F-35.
The Russian Tu-160 has a speed of up to 2200 km per hour, the limit of the American F-35 is 1930 km per hour, and even then only afterburner, and it can maintain such speed for a very short time.
As our channel new veapons found out, the news that the Russian Tu-160 missile carrier was able to escape from the pursuit of two American F-35 fighters over the Sea of Japan at once was fiction. The story was invented by the Chinese edition of Sina.
