Introducing the PAK DA The Russian Air Force has had a stealth bomber in the works for quite some time. Initial requirements were formulated in the 1990s and by the first decade of the 2000’s ...

However, Moscow still plans to expand its long range strategic bomber force over the next few years.

The Russians call their version of this system the “PAK DA.” Built by the iconic Tupolev Design Bureau, there is much debate in the West about whether this plane will even fly anytime soon.

So are airborne command centers at the strategic and operative levels and reconnaissance and strategic aviation planes (PAK DA)," the memos say. Earlier, the head of the Federation Council’s ...

MOSCOW, May 26. /TASS/. Russia has commenced construction of its first strategic stealth bomber within the Perspective Aviation Complex for Long-Range Aviation (PAK DA) program, also known as ...