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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...
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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...
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...
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...
Key Points and Summary – Russia’s decision to restart production of the Tu-160 as the modernized Tu-160M2 is more than a nostalgia move—it’s a...
Key Points and Summary – Russia’s Tu-160 “Blackjack” remains the world’s largest and fastest bomber and a key leg of Moscow’s nuclear triad. -With...