Rise of the Reds – or ROTR for short – improves upon the C&C Generals formula while also adding its own distinct elements to it. Most notably, the mod adds two completely new factions, the tank-heavy Russian Federation and the defence-oriented European Continental Alliance. In addition, the three original factions China, USA and GLA have been greatly expanded and redesigned in a variety of ways, with several new units, buildings, powers and abilities to explore and combine in your in-game tactics.
First built in the early 1950s, the Tu-95 (dubbed "Bear" in Western reporting) is one of the longest-serving military aircraft in the world and an iconic classic of Soviet/Russian aviation. It is the only strategic bomber still in use to be powered by propellers, the only propeller-driven aircraft with swept wings built in significant numbers (over 500 throughout its 97-year-history as of 2049) and also one of the loudest aircraft. This is due to the fact that the tips of its propeller blades move faster than the speed of sound.
Throughout the near-century of its Soviet, Russian and brief Ukrainian service, the Tu-95 has been adapted for a wide variety of roles. Originally a long-range nuclear bomber, its family of variants grew to include missile carriers, airborne warning and reconnaissance aircraft, a civilian airliner and even a prototype nuclear-powered aircraft. In its ongoing service with the Russian Aerospace Forces, it sees continued use in all of its military roles, but acts primarily as a high-capacity carrier for air-to-surface missiles, when smaller (in relative terms) delivery aircraft such as the T-22M and the new Tu-32 lack the range or payload capacity required for a given mission.
During the opening attacks of the Third World War, a number of T-95s carried out deep strikes against European military facilities in Greenland and Iceland, as well as an attempted attack on the European spaceport in French Guiana, although this latter attack was thwarted by European naval forces in the Atlantic Ocean. Since then, the Tu-95, along with its smaller bomber brethren, has seen extensive use for tactical- and operational-level strikes, although a sizeable number is held in reserve deep within the Russian homeland in the event of an all-out nuclear escalation.
Hope at last this one is true. The hull and the wings kinda look little improper in size comparison(wings should be thinner or hull beefier), but this plane definitely deserves to find it's place with some GP.
Even if turns out to just be an April Fools joke, i must say, this model looks gorgeous. Always was a big fan of Tu-95, and i'm glad to see it here at least in the screenshot form