![When Soviets faked a flyby of 28 Myasishchev M-4s to pretend they had a credible fleet of bombers, the US built thousands of B-47 and B-52 strategic bombers and hundreds of KC-135 When Soviets faked a flyby of 28 Myasishchev M-4s to pretend they had a credible fleet of bombers, the US built thousands of B-47 and B-52 strategic bombers and hundreds of KC-135](https://theaviationgeekclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Soviet-Fake-FlyBy-USAF-Bombers.jpg)
When Soviets faked a flyby of 28 Myasishchev M-4s to pretend they had a credible fleet of bombers, the US built thousands of B-47 and B-52 strategic bombers and hundreds of KC-135
![Myasishchev M4 Molot was a four-engined strategic bomber designed to provide a long range bomber capable of attacking targets in North America. Led to the perceived "bomber gap" that had the US Myasishchev M4 Molot was a four-engined strategic bomber designed to provide a long range bomber capable of attacking targets in North America. Led to the perceived "bomber gap" that had the US](https://external-preview.redd.it/tiRRzua9S63v4kVxYVAmjWnUUyjBYcdtKsysQybMT30.jpg?auto=webp&s=d226ecb7225a5f860925dff18795fe8f20b77cd0)
Myasishchev M4 Molot was a four-engined strategic bomber designed to provide a long range bomber capable of attacking targets in North America. Led to the perceived "bomber gap" that had the US
![Recent Russian Bomber Flights were probing NATO's radar gap in the GIUK Gap,” Former commanding general of US Army Europe says - The Aviation Geek Club Recent Russian Bomber Flights were probing NATO's radar gap in the GIUK Gap,” Former commanding general of US Army Europe says - The Aviation Geek Club](https://theaviationgeekclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Eurofighter-Russian-Bombers.jpg)
Recent Russian Bomber Flights were probing NATO's radar gap in the GIUK Gap,” Former commanding general of US Army Europe says - The Aviation Geek Club
![Russian anti-sub aircraft on combat training further south in the GIUK gap than normal | The Independent Barents Observer Russian anti-sub aircraft on combat training further south in the GIUK gap than normal | The Independent Barents Observer](https://thebarentsobserver.com/sites/default/files/styles/full_width/public/tu142.jpg?itok=C6aSqKI3)
Russian anti-sub aircraft on combat training further south in the GIUK gap than normal | The Independent Barents Observer
Historic.ly on Twitter: "Much of the "Red Menace" during the height of the cold war was very much manufactured in the imagination of the American intelligence community. Compare nuclear arsenals! https://t.co/jNCtf2V9oY" /
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