Russia lost one of its irreplaceable Tu-95 nuclear-capable bombers in a deadly training crash

Yahoo! News ^ | September 30, 2026 | Matthew Loh

[Red Badger]

Russia said on Tuesday that a Tu-95 bomber crashed in one of its eastern regions.

At least six crew members died during the crash, which occurred during training, per state media.

The crash is a blow to Russia's nuclear bomber fleet, with Tu-95s now out of production.

One of Russia's Tu-95 strategic bombers crashed during a training flight in the Amur region, killing six crew members, the country's defense ministry said on Tuesday.

The plane was not carrying any ammunition, and a seventh crew member survived the initial crash and was hospitalized, the defense ministry added, per state media.

[US_MilitaryRules]

Looks like a hot air balloon.

[Paal Gulli]

“Nuclear-capable” is an awfully stupid adjective to apply to any bomber and an obvious attempt to make its disappearance sound needlessly sinister. A C-130 would be “nuclear-capable” if you strapped the bomb to a Radio Flyer little red wagon and rolled it out of the tailgate.

[Paal Gulli]

Looks like an orca to me.

Better call Sea World and ask if they're missing one.

[tlozo]

Russia still uses this plane to launch cruise missiles at Ukraine’s cities.

[Red Badger]

Well, they won’t be using THIS one any more!..........😆

[PAR35]

Øbowel did the same to our F-22 production capabilities

Just following the lead of Dick Cheney who ordered the destruction of F-14 tooling to the ultimate benefit of Boeing at the expense of Grumman.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

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[Red Badger]

Apropos................

[Red Badger]

[Red Badger]

https://theaviationevangelist.com/2025/09/13/the-evolution-of-the-flying-wing-part-one/

[dfwgator]

"You lost another Tu-95, Andrei?"

[fso301]

It’s a universally hated aircraft. The crew hates it. The people who live around it hate it. It’s just loud.

My understanding is that is tremendously loud.