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Latest attempt at making the Tupolev Tu-125 in its final form from 1958, featuring four Tumansky R-15B-200 turbojets in two box-nacelles. The cruise missile seen on it is a fictional Kh-47M10 Kinzhal hypersonic anti-ship missile made by mikoyanster.

Features

• Four Tumansky R-15B-300 turbojets
• Custom landing gear
• Unique canard design
• One Kh-47M10 Kinzhal hypersonic anti-ship missile (fictional)
• Brake chute
• Flaps
  

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Controls

• VTOL down - Flaps
• AG-1 - Braking chute
• AG-7 - Hypersonic engine for missile

How to use Kh-47M10

1) Select Cleaver
2) Select target and lock on
3) Fire Cleaver
4) Press AG-7 to activate hypersonic engine

History

The Tupolev Tu-125 was an unrealized project to develop a new long-range supersonic bomber for the Soviet Air Force. Development commenced in 1958 to replace the newest Tu-22. The "Tu-125" designation was an internal one used by the Tupolev design bureau. Since the aircraft was never built, it never received a military designation.

A canard design was chosen for the aircraft, featuring a delta form for the wing and stabilizer. The first design had two 52,910 lb (235.2 kN) thrust Kuznetsov NK-10 turbojets were to be mounted at the base of the vertical stabilizer. The improvised second version had two 54,625 lb (243 kN) thrust Kuznetsov NK-6B turbojets mounted side-by-side in the rear fuselage fed by ducts along the fuselage sides. Tupolev made the final version in 1960 with propulsion coming from four 16,500 lb (73.5 kN) thrust Tumansky R-15B-300 turbojets in two box-type nacelles suspended half-way out and under the wing. Due to the high speeds the Tu-125 was supposed to make, the fuselage and wings were made from titanium and aluminum alloys.

In September 1962, the Soviet Air Force rejected the project and all work was stopped. No aircraft were built.

• Sources: Wikipedia, Secret Projects Forum, Tony Buttler & Yefim Gordon, Soviet Secret Projects Bombers Since 1945 (Midland Publishing, 2004), pp. #132-133.
  

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Gallery

3-view drawing of the first Tu-125 version

Model of the second Tu-125 version

3-view drawing of the second Tu-125 version

Model of the third and final Tu-125 version

3-view drawing of the third and final Tu-125 version

Enjoy your flight!