The Tu-160M2 will be the largest and heaviest aircraft capable of Mach 2. Originally a Soviet-era bomber, the Tu-160 had half its fleet inherited by Ukraine after the USSR's collapse. -Russia is ...

The Russian Tu-160 and new Tu-160M Blackjack strategic bomber remains a formidable weapon system despite Russia's struggles ...

MOSCOW, November 1. /TASS/. Russia’s upgraded Tupolev Tu-160M2 strategic bomber will remain a cutting-edge plane for 40 years after it is launched into production due to its state-of-the art ...

MOSCOW, August 12. /TASS/. The upgraded Tu-160M2 and Tu-22M3M strategic missile-carrying bombers will get new communications systems based on the platform for the Su-57 fifth-generation fighter ...

Serial production of Russia’s upgraded Tupolev Tu-160M2 bomber will reportedly kick off in 2020.

The original engine on the Tu-160 — the NK-32 — is already a powerful engine, providing 55,000 lbs of thrust. The B-1B Lancer, on the other hand, only generates about 31,000 pounds of thrust.

Russian pilot allegedly offered $2 million and Italian citizenship to land the bomber in Ukraine. But several details don't ...

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said that it thwarted an attempt by Ukrainian intelligence to recruit a Russian pilot to hijack a Tu-22M3 supersonic strategic bomber jet. In a statement on ...

The objective was to persuade the pilot to fly the Tu-22M3 bomber to Ukraine, thereby facilitating its seizure. The Tu-22M3, renowned for its capabilities as a long-range supersonic missile ...

Russia is painting the silhouettes of its prized Tu-95MS strategic bombers at its main bomber base as a decoy, a report says. Satellite imagery obtained by The War Zone shows the two-dimensional ...

The Tu-160 Blackjack bomber, introduced in 1987, is the world’s fastest bomber, reaching Mach 2 with its powerful Kuznetsov NK-32 engines. Despite its speed, it suffered from high maintenance ...