Т-4 Сотка: самолёт за миллиард рублей, убитый интригами Туполева | Военная история СССР

In the late 1950s, American aircraft carriers were protected by submarine-launched missile carriers, and no Soviet aircraft or ship could penetrate their defenses. The USSR needed a fundamentally new strike system—a supersonic missile carrier capable of finding and destroying carrier groups thousands of kilometers from home. Three design bureaus competed for the right to create this aircraft, and Pavel Sukhoi emerged victorious, breaking Tupolev's long-standing monopoly on heavy bombers. The T-4 aircraft was a breakthrough in aircraft manufacturing—a titanium airframe, remote controls, hypersonic missiles, and some six hundred inventions. The aircraft brilliantly passed flight tests and broke the sound barrier, and the military ordered a series of 250 units. But political intrigue and the struggle for production capacity prevailed—the program was canceled, and the only flying example was sent to a museum. In this video, we'll cover: — Why American aircraft carriers posed a mortal threat to the USSR and how Soviet strategists responded — How the Sukhoi fighter design bureau won the competition for Tupolev, the patriarch of bomber aviation — ​​What revolutionary technologies were created specifically for the T-4 and why nearly 600 inventions were registered for the program — How test pilot Vladimir Ilyushin got the Sotka into the air on August 22, 1972, and how those ten flights ended — Why the struggle for the Kazan aircraft factory destroyed the most advanced Soviet missile carrier Music: Duty Calls — Rod Kim. Photos and videos are taken from archive.org and are in the public domain. This story is based on real events. #T4 #Sotka #SukhoiT4 #USSRaviation #militaryaviation #missile carrier #supersonicbomber #PavelSukhoi #Tupolev #SukhoiDesign Bureau #Sovietaviation #coldwar #aircraftcarriers #aviationhistory #militaryhistory #documentary #aviation #AirForce #flighttests #Ilyushin #titaniumaircraft #hypersonicmissile #X45 #aircraftcarrierkiller #aircraftengineering #TushinoPlant #Monino #militaryequipment