The White Swan has been employed in some of the longest flights ever conducted by the Russian Aerospace Forces.
What’s more, the combination of its original variable-sweep wing design coupled with its NK-32-02 engines, the Tu-160M White Swans now have a wildly extended strike range and maneuverability ...
MOSCOW, January 12. /TASS/. A completely new Tupolev Tu-160M strategic missile-carrying bomber nicknamed the ‘White Swan’ by Russian military pilots performed its debut flight, the press ...
"Two Tu-160 strategic missile-carrying bombers performed a scheduled flight in the airspace over the neutral waters of the Arctic Ocean, the Barents and White Seas that lasted about 13 hours ...
The Tu-160M’s role in Russia’s nuclear triad (which includes submarine-launched ballistic missiles and land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles, ICBMs) is pivotal. The White Swan’s ...
The Russian Aerospace Forces conducted an 11-hour flight over the Arctic Ocean this week with a pair of Tupolev Tu-160 “White Swan” (NATO reporting name “Blackjack”) bombers. This marked ...