Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) gets ready to fly in a Tupolev Tu-160M strategic bomber in Kazan. -/Kremlin /dpa Russian President Vladimir Putin sat in the cockpit of a supersonic strategic ...

The Tu-160 “White Swan” has always been a symbol of brute speed and payload, but its latest incarnation is defined by two blunt words that capture both Moscow’s ambition and NATO’s concern: massive ...

Tu-160 Blackjack Profile: Throughout the Cold War, the U.S. and Soviet Union competed against each other to develop new military technologies. Nowhere was this more apparent than in the field of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Russia’s latest 11-hour Tu-160 “White Swan” patrol over the Arctic underscores how a bomber designed in the late Cold War ...

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 ...

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 ...

The upgraded Tu-160M has inherited the look and shape of its predecessor, but boasts a completely new technological base and digital solutions MOSCOW, February 21. /TASS/. Resuming the production of ...