Originally Posted by
caervek
The refueling probes are stored at the airbases, they are screwed in if needed but the planes cannot be sent out with them or it violates the treaty, the same goes for the AS-15/KH missiles, they can be fitted to the planes and the planes are fully capable of using them however they cannot be sent out with them or it violated the treaty. Like I said this whole thing was a show of capability, a statement. The Tu-22M didn't carry any missiles but potentially they could have carried 8 each, just like the Tu-160 could have carried 12 each and the Tu-95 could have carried 16 each.