The Tu-160 heavy bomber is one big warbird. It has been a stalwart for Russia since the 1980s, serving first the Soviet Union, and later the Russian air force. Known as the White Swan, this is the ...

Russia’s Tu-160 “Blackjack,” a Soviet-era supersonic bomber comparable to the US B-1B Lancer, remains a pivotal, if limited, asset for the Kremlin. -The Tu-160, featuring four of the most powerful ...

The Tu-160 models are often compared to the U.S. Air Force's B-2 Spirit heavy strategic bomber or the B-1 Lancer, a supersonic variable sweep-wing heavy bomber.

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.

From the outset, the Tupolev Tu-160 was designed as a missile-carrying bomber, which, with its high-altitude performance, would be less vulnerable when breaking through NATO's air defenses.

Fastest bomber ever built. The largest bomber ever built. Heaviest bomber ever built.All of these monikers refer to the Tupelov Tu-160 “White Swan” (NATO reporting name “Blackjack”), a ...

Months ago, New Delhi reached out to Moscow with a specific ask – lease the Tu-160M. The “White Swan”. A machine with speed ...

The Tu-160 strategic bomber first flew in 1981. In 2015, the Defence Ministry announced the launch of a program to create a new, modified version, dubbed Tu-160M2, with plans to make 50 upgraded ...

In an echo of the Cold War, Russia's first newly manufactured Tupolev Tu-160M (NATO designation Blackjack) supersonic nuclear heavy bomber completed its maiden flight on January 12, reaching a ...

A completely new Tupolev Tu-160M bomber performed its debut flight on Jan. 12, 2022, ... The Tupolev Tu-160 is a supersonic strategic missile-carrier with a variable sweep wing.

Russian Tu-160 bombers fly over St. Basil's cathedral during the Victory Day parade in Moscow on May 9, 2010. A Tu-160 bomber aircraft will be able to carry two sets of six of Russia's new ...

The Tu-160 has a maximum speed of 1,379 miles per hour (the F-35’s top speed is around 1,200 miles per hour). The Tu-160 entered operational service in 1987 and production of the original ...