Aerospace & Defense
The Tu-160 “White Swan” first flew on December 18, 1981, and remains the heaviest combat aircraft ever built: 275 metric tons, variable-sweep wings, Mach...
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The Tu-160 “White Swan” first flew on December 18, 1981, and remains the heaviest combat aircraft ever built: 275 metric tons, variable-sweep wings, Mach...
Two rotary launchers in the internal bay give the Tu-160 up to 12 cruise missiles. The armament list runs Kh-55SM, Kh-555, Kh-101/102, and the...
Rebuilding the Tu-160 line meant recovering things Russia had lost. Tupolev digitized design documentation that existed on paper, restored the vacuum welding needed for...
In the chaos after the Soviet collapse, an American company tried to buy three of the USSR's most advanced supersonic bombers from newly independent...
Russia is upgrading the Tu-160M Blackjack long-range bomber as a bridge platform while the Russian PAK DA stealth bomber has been delayed. The Russian...
What We Know: Leaked production documents from Russia’s Kazan Aviation Plant show seven Tu-160 “White Swan” strategic bombers in the current backlog, along with...
Summary and Key Points: Faced with persistent delays in the PAK DA stealth program, Russia has officially integrated two newly built Tu-160M strategic bombers...
Summary and Key Points: The global balance of power is shifting as the U.S. Air Force prepares to deploy the B-21 Raider, a sixth-generation...
Synopsis: Facing delays with its next-gen PAK DA stealth bomber and the demands of the war in Ukraine, Russia has restarted full serialized production...
Key Points and Summary on Tu-160 Bomber Delivery to Russian Air Force – Russia’s defense industry is surging production to backfill combat losses, with...