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  "wingspan_m": 34.28,
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  "range_km": 6800,
  "ceiling_m": 13300,
  "first_flight": 1969,
  "in_service": 1972,
  "engine": "2 × Kuznetsov NK-25 Afterburning turbofan engines",
  "power": "247.9 kN (55,700 lbf) with afterburner"
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 "wikipedia": {
  "title": "Tupolev Tu-22M",
  "summary": "The Tupolev Tu-22M is a Soviet nuclear capable, supersonic, variable-sweep wing, long-range strategic and maritime strike bomber developed by the Tupolev Design Bureau in the 1960s. The bomber was reported as being designated Tu-26 by Western intelligence at one time. During the Cold War, the Tu-22M was operated by the Soviet Air Forces (VVS) in a missile carrier strategic bombing role, and by the Soviet Naval Aviation in a long-range maritime anti-shipping role.",
  "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-22M",
  "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/",
  "retrieved": "2026-10-11"
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  "drawings": "CC BY 4.0",
  "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "attribution": "Drawing of the Tupolev Tu-22M3 by AirwayControl Aircraft Library (https://aircraft.intelsystems.ai/aircraft/T22M/), CC BY 4.0"
 },
 "source": "AirwayControl Aircraft Library",
 "updated": "2026-10-11"
}