Tu-160 Blackjack: The Supersonic Bomber Shaping Russia's War Tactics It is the general understanding that Russia’s military ...

The White Swan has been employed in some of the longest flights ever conducted by the Russian Aerospace Forces.

Here’s What to Remember: The Tu-160–while it looks similar to the B-1B–is a very different aircraft. The Soviet Union designed the Blackjack primarily as a means to deliver a nuclear strike ...

The Tu-160 (NATO reporting name: Blackjack) is a Soviet and subsequently a Russian supersonic variable-sweep wing strategic missile-carrying bomber. Along with the Tu-95MS bombers, these aircraft ...

Summary and What You Need to Know: The Russian Tu-160 “Blackjack” strategic bomber, a symbol of Russia’s military might, recently made headlines when President Vladimir Putin took a short ...

Russia’s Defense Ministry has received another Tupolev Tu-160 (NATO reporting name: Blackjack ... the development of the new-generation bomber PAK DA (Perspective Airborne Complex of Long ...

The original engine on the Tu-160 — the NK-32 — is already a powerful ... In 2015, Russian media reported that the new Blackjack would share 60% of its components with the older version.

The nature of the upgrade to the Tu-160M has not been detailed, but the type is once again making its presence felt in the ongoing Russia-U.S. standoff.