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Originally Posted by Injecteer
3M is the name.
The design was and IS not that bad. The point was that the plane didn't reach the pre-defined operational radius due to low efficiency of it's engines.
Nevertheless, the 3M is still operational, but not as a bomber anymore. It's used as a tanker or for transport of very specific stuff, e.g. the components of russian shuttle system.
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Sorry, I should have made clear that I wasn't referring to the Myasishchev 3M/M-4 Bison. Not supersonic, and quite a good design, despite the lack of range. Probably would have rivaled the B-52 if it had comparable engines. Set several world records. As I mentioned in a post above, I was talking about the M-50 Bounder, a plane which, according to Wiki was "an outstanding failure which revealed an embarrassing lack of understanding of the problems of high-speed flight." Here's a pic: