The Russian Air Force's first modernised Tupolev Tu-160 'Blackjack' long-range strategic bomber was delivered to Engels Air Base in central Russia on 29 April. As with previous variants, the improved 1980s-era aircraft can carry nuclear missiles and weapVladimir Petrov...
MOSCOW, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Two Russian Tupolev Tu-160 strategic bombers have arrived in Venezuela, the Russian defense ministry said in a statement on Monday. The two Tu-160 bombers took off from aerodromes in Russia and landed at the Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia near ...
The lifespan of the new NK-32 turbofan engines is estimated to run for ‘dozens of years’. The Tu-160 supersonic strategic bomber is produced by the Tupolev aircraft research and engineering complex joint stock company of Moscow and the Kazan-Gorbunov Aircraft Production Association. The aircr...
Meet the Tupolev Tu-160M Oleg Nikishin / Stringer Affectionately called the White Swan by Russian airmen, the Tu-160 is the final strategic bomber designed for the Soviet Union. It made its first flight in 1981. A modernized version, with improved electronics and avionics, the Tu-160M, ...
10, 2018 shows a Tu-160 strategic bomber at the Simon Bolivar International Airport, in Maiquetia, Vargas State, Venezuela. Two Russian Tupolev Tu-160 strategic bombers have arrived in Venezuela, the Russian defense ministry said in a statement. According to Russian news report, Venezuelan ...
The Tu-160 modernization program, meanwhile, is only a temporary bridge to the next-generation bomber known as PAK-DA, the development of which has been underway for several years. The Russian government signed a contract with manufacturer Tupolev in 2013 to construct the PAK-DA at the Kazan ...
The fourth Tu-160 Valentin Bliznyuk (photo: PAO Tupolev) Assembly of bombers at KAZ ended in 1992 with four airframes “in reserve” in various stages of production. Two were completed in 2000 and 2008 with two left unfinished at the factory. ...
A Tupolev Tu-160 strategic bomber is seen during the military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War, in Moscow,Russia, May 9, 2015. (Xinhua/Jia Yuchen) MOSCOW, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Russian strategic bombers patrolled seas off northwestern Europe on Th...
Tu-160 /Tushka/ – diminutive of Tu, coincide with word “corpse" or “carcass" of small animal or bird (could be applied to any Tupolev design); /Gordost’ natsii/ – pride of nation. Used as a reference to cost and sophistication of the bomber; /Kambala/ – flounder. Blended wing...
The Tupolev Tu-160, which NATO calls ‘Blackjack’, was introduced in 1987 and by now remains one of the most feared combat aircraft in the world, with the maximum takeoff weight of around 275 tons. The nuclear-capable bomber is equipped with variable-sweep wings, which it wedges against t...