KAZAN, February 21. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has climbed into the cockpit of a Tu-160M strategic bomber as he toured the Gorbunov Kazan Aviation Plant in Tatarstan. It was one of the ...

Vladimir Putin took a 30-minute ride in a modernized Tu-160M supersonic bomber as part of the crew yesterday. Russian President Vladimir Putin flew in a Tu-160M strategic bomber on Feb. 22, 2024. A 30 ...

Tu-160 Blackjack Profile: Throughout the Cold War, the U.S. and Soviet Union competed against each other to develop new military technologies. Nowhere was this more apparent than in the field of ...

Russian long-range bombers will be armed with "novel" new cruise missiles, Moscow has said, although the real-life capabilities of the extended-range missiles appear up for some debate. On Saturday, ...

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 is deploying strategic bombers given to Moscow by Kyiv 25 years ago, according to a new investigation. The U.S.-backed Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) project reported on Tuesday that ...

Russia flew the maiden flight of the upgraded Tupolev Tu-160M ‘Blackjack’ strategic bomber on 2 February, the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) announced. The first flight of upgraded Tu-160M ...