The Russian-made Tupolev Tu-160 strategic bomber is affectionately known to its homegrown aircrews as “Bely Lebed,” which ...

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 ...

Like many of the platforms in service with the Russian military today, the Tu-160 bomber is a Cold War-era design. Nicknamed as the “Blackjack” by NATO, the USSR-produced aircraft was produced by the ...

Russia continues upgrading its Tupolev Tu-160 strategic bombers, although modernizing a single aircraft appears to take the ...

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The Tupolev Tu-160 is Russia’s fastest and largest bomber, capable of reaching speeds over Mach 2 and striking targets at long range with cruise missiles. Designed as a stand-off platform, it carries ...

A new image shows the upgraded Tu-160M “Piotr Deynekin” after about five years of work at Kazan Aircraft Production ...

On June 1, Russia was caught unawares by the Ukrainians, who conducted a daring and destructive surprise attack upon Russia’s nuclear-capable long-range bomber force. Using drones hidden in what ...

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 ...