-The claim: If there’s a single image of Russian long-range power, it’s the Tu-160—now reborn as the Tu-160M2. It isn’t stealthy, but it carries a deep magazine a very long way and does it fast. -Why ...

Russia has begun production of the upgraded version of the Tu-160 strategic bomber. However, while aircraft appear to be rolling off the assembly line, it isn’t clear whether the newest version of the ...

One of Russia’s most iconic bombers, the Tupolev Tu-160 White Swan is slated to receive a major redesign. A source in Russia’s domestic aircraft-building industry told state news outlet TASS on Monday ...

Russian long-range bombers will be armed with "novel" new cruise missiles, Moscow has said, although the real-life capabilities of the extended-range missiles appear up for some debate. On Saturday, ...

The Newest Version of the Massive Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack Was Rolled-Out This Week. Russia has rolled out the latest upgrade of the world’s largest supersonic strategic bomber, the Tupolev Tu-160M2 ...

United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) has handed over the first Tupolev Tu-160 ‘Blackjack’ strategic bomber to be fitted with new engines, Rostec announced on 10 March. The first Tu-160 bomber fitted with ...

Russia has been deploying Tu-160 strategic bombers, which Ukraine transferred to Moscow in 1999 in exchange for clearing debts for Russian gas supplies. Source: investigation by Schemes, an ...

Tupolev on 16 November rolled out the first remanufactured Tu-160 strategic bomber from the Kazan Aviation plant, with first flight of the supersonic aircraft scheduled for February 2018. The Tu-160 ...

Two Tu-160 Blackjack strategic missile carriers performed a mission over the neutral waters of the Barents, Greenland and Norwegian seas, a region where U.S. B-1 Lancer bombers are going to operate in ...

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