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18th Oct 2019, 10:44

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(Buster posted about these aircraft first, but I'll leave this for the pics)

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Originally Posted by A_Van

Also, USSR did not have high altitude (like U-2) aircraft...

There was the Myasishchev M-17 Stratosphera (MYSTIC-A) - and perhaps also the M-55 (MYSTIC-B), although it seems that is still claimed to have been for stratospheric reseacrh.

I'd be fascinated to know more about the operational history of those aircraft.

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