The Backfire bomber controversy

T2Covered by 1 source · first reported by SpacePolicyOnline / The Space Review at 22 Dec 2025, 12:00 UTC

In the 1970s, there was a debate in military and intelligence communities about the capabilities of the Soviet Union's new Backfire bomber. Dwayne Day describes how that controversy was fueled by varying interpretations of satellite imagery of the plane.

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• T2The Backfire bomber controversySpacePolicyOnline / The Space Review22 Dec 2025, 12:00