Strategic bombers have long been among the largest and most powerful aircraft ever built, ...

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 ...

November 27, 2020: Russia claims that it has finally completed modernization of at least one of its 17 elderly Cold-War era Tu-160 heavy bombers. The primary obstacle to completing this long-delayed ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Tupolev Tu-160M strategic bomber has conducted its first flight using updated United Engine Corporation NK-32-02 engines. The flight lasted for 2h 20min and the aircraft reached an altitude of ...

World’s Largest, Fastest Bomber Updated with Glass Cockpit, Engines and Avionics Upgrade. The latest version of the massive Tu-160 “White Swan” supersonic bomber (NATO reporting name “Blackjack”) flew ...

The Russian Tu-160M2 Blackjack, a supersonic variable-sweep wing heavy strategic bomber, completed its first flight with new serial NK-32-02 turbofan engines at Kazan Aviation Plant S.P. Gorbunov, ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The Tu-160M retains its predecessor’s core design principle as a heavy stand-off weapons platform, or “missile carrier.” It is compatible with the Raduga Kh family of ...

The brand new Tupolev Tu-160M ‘White Swan’ strategic missile-carrying bomber performed its debut flight. A completely new Tupolev Tu-160M bomber performed its debut flight on Jan. 12, 2022, the Press ...

The Russian defense ministry has confirmed that it will restart the production line for the Soviet-era Tupolev Tu-160 “Blackjack” supersonic strategic bomber. In a series of tweets on 29 April, the ...