Trumpeter 03908 TU-16K-10 Badger-C  [TP03908]

The Tu-16 completed up being developed as an high-speed jet bomber for operations in theaters towards the Soviet Union. Developed to displace the TU-4, the very best challenge during development was to doubling the purchase price to improve survivability handling enemy fighters. In 1955 work started on using the Tu-16 although the provider the K-10S (AS-2 Kipper) cruise missile the Soviet Naval Air Force to be used in an anti-shipping component. The missile's guidance system completed up being added as an onboard system, along with missile mounted semi-submerged inside the fuselage concerning the centerline inside bomb bay area. The TU-16K-10 model ended up being completed in 1958 and series production was certainly just for purchase in 1959. Deployment on Soviet Naval Air Force were only available in October 1961. An overall total around 220 had been built.

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