Russia says it has delivered two modernized Tu-160M bombers to its Aerospace Forces, reinforcing a long-range fleet used ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The M-model Tu-160 features new engines and avionics and a metallic canopy treatment that reduces the type’s radar-reflectivity. But the Tu-160 isn’t stealthy, even ...

Key Points and Summary - Russia’s Tu-160 “White Swan” is a Cold War giant reborn: a Mach-2, variable-sweep-wing bomber built to sling long-range cruise missiles from sanctuary. -After post-Soviet ...

Summary and Key Points: The Tu-160 Blackjack, Russia’s supersonic strategic bomber, has been a key asset in its long-range missile strikes during the war in Ukraine. -Despite the overall ...

MOSCOW — Russia’s new prototype Tu-160M bomber has completed its second test flight and will now undergo trials with the Defence Ministry. The December flight of the aircraft, developed by United ...

Russia has scattered its most valuable warplanes to a remote airbase in the far east of the country, after a surprise Ukrainian drone attack devastated its strategic bomber fleet last Sunday. Two ...

The United State's current long-range strategic bomber inventory consists of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, the Rockwell B-1 Lancer, and the Northrup Grumman B-2 Spirit. Unlike the Soviet-era Tupolev ...

Russia is deploying strategic bombers given to Moscow by Kyiv 25 years ago, according to a new investigation. The U.S.-backed Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) project reported on Tuesday that ...

Vladimir Putin took a 30-minute ride in a modernized Tu-160M supersonic bomber as part of the crew yesterday. Russian President Vladimir Putin flew in a Tu-160M strategic bomber on Feb. 22, 2024. A 30 ...

Chapter 1: The great contest: you win only to lose -- Chapter 2: The bomber takes shape -- Chapter 3: The Tu-160 becomes reality: the trials programme -- Chapter 4: The Tu-160 in production -- Chapter ...