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Tu-142M3 & MP var. ( NATO : Bear-F)

Russia / Habarovsk / Vanino /
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Tu-142 ( NATO classification - Bear-F, among airmen earned the nickname - "Meat Grinder" for a lot of coaxial counter-rotating screws (there was a real case of getting the screw person) - Soviet and Russian long-range anti- aircraft (MAL). Designed to detect and destroy SSBN enemy patrol areas.



ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%83-142%D0%9C%D0%A0
www.airwar.ru/enc/sea/tu142.html
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Coordinates:   49°14'14"N   140°12'7"E
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