Tu-95 with the NK-12M engines. 19 were built. Tu-95M-55 Missile carrier. Tu-95MRBear-A modified for photo-reconnaissance and produced for Soviet Naval Aviation. Known to NATO as the Bear-E. Tu-95MS/Tu-95MS6/Tu-95MS16 Completely new cruise missile carrier platform based on the Tu-142 airframe. This variant became the launch platform of the Raduga Kh-55 cruise missile and put into serial production in 1981. Known to NATO as the Bear-H and was referred to by the U.S. military as a Tu-142 for some time in the 1980s before its true designation became known. Currently being modernized to carry the Kh-101/102 stealth cruise missiles. 21 aircraft have been modernized as of April 2019. In 2019–2020, 10 modernized Tu-95MS aircraft have joined the fleet. 4 aircraft were delivered in 2021. Tu-95MS6 Capable of carrying six Kh-55, Kh-55SM or Kh-555 cruise missiles on a rotary launcher in the aircraft's weapons bay. 32 were built. Tu-95MS16 Fitted with four underwing pylons in addition to the rotary launcher in the fuselage, giving a maximum load of 16 Kh-55s or 14 Kh-55SMs. 56 were built. Tu-95MSM Modernization of the "Tu-95MS16" bombers, equipped with the new Novella-NV1.021 radar, SOI-021 information display system, Meteor-NM2 airborne defense complex and upgraded Kuznetsov NK-12MPM turboprop engines. First flight scheduled for end of 2019. Tu-95N Experimental version for air-dropping an RS ramjet powered aircraft. Tu-95RTs Variant of the basic Bear-A configuration, redesigned for maritime reconnaissance and targeting as well as electronic intelligence for service in the Soviet Naval Aviation. Known to NATO as the Bear-D. Tu-95U Training variant, modified from surviving Bear-As but now all have been retired. Known to NATO as the Bear-T. Tu-95V Special carrier aircraft to test-drop the largest thermonuclear weapon ever designed, the Tsar Bomba. Tu-96 Long-range intercontinental high-altitude strategic bomber prototype, designed to climb up to . It was a high-altitude version of the Tupolev Tu-95 aircraft with high-altitude augmented turboprop TV-16 engines and with a new, enlarged-area wing. Plant tests of the aircraft were performed with non-high altitude TV-12 engines in 1955–1956. Tu-95 derivatives Tu-114 Airliner derivative of Tu-95. Tu-116 Tu-95 fitted with passenger cabins as a stop-gap while the Tu-114 was being developed. 2 were converted. Tu-126 AEW&C derivative of Tu-114, itself derived from the Tu-95. Tu-142 Maritime reconnaissance/anti-submarine warfare derivative of Tu-95. Known to NATO as the Bear-F. Several other modifications of the basic Tu-95/Tu-142 airframe have existed, but these were largely unrecognized by Western intelligence or never reached operational