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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Russian long-range bombers will be armed with "novel" new cruise missiles, Moscow has said, although the real-life capabilities of the extended-range missiles appear up for some debate. On Saturday, ...

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 ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The Tu-160M will be followed by the deeply modernized Tu-160M2 revision, which is expected to enter service in 2023. The Tu-160M2 will reportedly bring a new stealth ...

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 ...

"We have restored the full production cycle of the Tu-160, but already in the M modification, using modernized engines, modernized aircraft control systems, navigation systems, and weapons control ...