Russia’s Tu-160 “Blackjack,” a Soviet-era supersonic bomber comparable to the US B-1B Lancer, remains a pivotal, if limited, ...

Tu-160 Blackjack, Russian Mach 2.0 Bomber Is Irreplaceable. The Sunday attack by Ukraine during Operation Spiderweb, the large-scale Ukrainian drone strike against airbases across Russia yesterday ...

Tu-160 Blackjack: The Supersonic Bomber Shaping Russia’s War Tactics. It is the general understanding that Russia’s military has underperformed during the war in Ukraine.

The supersonic missile-carrying Tu-160 bomber -- NATO designation Blackjack -- was developed in the early 1970s, when it became clear that subsonic 3M and Tupolev Tu-95 bombers, which did not yet ...

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 ...

Throughout this period, 44 world records were set on the Tu-160, including flying over a 1,000 km (621 miles) distance, with a 30-ton payload, at a speed of 1,720 kph (1,069 mph). The Bear is no ...

A Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack strategic bomber flies at the Alabino training ground in the Moscow Region. A report said that serial numbers of six Tu-160 heavy strategic bombers transferred from ...

Two Russian Tupolev Tu-160 White Swan (NATO codename “Blackjack”) strategic bombers from Russia’s 121st Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment from Engels Air Force Base near Saratov, ...

A video showing the first flight of the Tu-160 “Blackjack” supersonic strategic bomber since it was modernized has been released. The aircraft’s test flight took place on Jan. 26 in the city ...

We’re not sure who she is, but she might be in the market for a new job after this “girl on the runway” report where the reporter, obviously excited about the arrival of two Russian Tu-160 ...

Russia will purchase at least 50 Tupolev Tu-160 “Blackjack” heavy strategic bombers when the aircraft's production is renewed, Russian Air Force Commander Col. Gen. Viktor Bondarev announced ...

August 11, 2013: Russia has cancelled last year’s plan to increase its Tu-160 bomber force from 16 to 30 aircraft. That would have required keeping a very expensive production line going just so the ...