Tu-95 is in many respects an unlikely aircraft.
It is an heavy bomber with a slender fuselage, swept wings, and four extremily
powerful turboprop engines driving contrarotating propellers -- more than
enough for the West not to take it serious at first. But more than 30 years
after its first appearance, it was still in production as a marimitime
patrol aircraft and cruise missile carrier.
References:
Aviatsiya i vremia 1995
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