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

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 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 ...

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 ...

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.

The Tu-160 is Russia's more modern strategic bomber, entering service in 1987. To this day, it remains the largest operational bomber in the world. It can carry a total of 12 Kh-55 missiles and up to ...