https://jalopnik.com/how-the-soviet-union-once-built-the-noisiest-airliner-i-1831399230
and their corporations, are all preparing the latest and greatest jet airliners
do have a huge bomber ready to deliver the apocalypse.
The Tupolev Tu-95 was just that bomber, ready to fly from Arctic bases in the
Soviet Union to drop a huge nuke or 10 on all the big and shiny American cities
we all love. With its eight contra-rotating propeller blades approaching the
speed of sound, it was so loud it could make your bones rattle. But more
importantly, it existed. And it had the range. So the Soviets decided to adapt
extremely cromulent video from Mustard:
https://youtu.be/22H8M8h6Hdo
equivalent to a car horn blaring in your face for hours on end.
But hey, at least it was reliable.
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