Summary and Key Points: 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 ...

The Blackjack bomber is an impressive warplane with a known capability for carrying a variety of weapons and being able to deploy them over any target globally. Interestingly, just like the ...

Russia launched the program of restarting the production of upgraded Tu-160 strategic bombers following a decision by President Vladimir Putin MOSCOW, December 30. /TASS/. The first Tupolev Tu ...

The missile-carrying aircraft will be delivered to the Aerospace Force until the end of this year, according to the source MOSCOW, January 24. /TASS/. Russia’s upgraded Tupolev Tu-160 (NATO ...

The new defensive suite might possibly have any combination of better infrared countermeasures, solid-state lasers, or beams of electromagnetic radiation to take out incoming missiles. It will ...

The drone attack hit the Soviet-era base in Engels, which hosts Russia’s Tupolev Tu-160 nuclear-capable heavy strategic bombers, colloquially known as White Swans.

Ukraine said it struck Russia's Engels-2 air base, causing fires and explosions. The base is used by Tu-95 and Tu-160 bombers ...

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.

Russia imposed a state of emergency in the Engels district due to Ukraine's drone attack. The Engels military airbase hosts Russian strategic bombers, cruise missiles and glide bombs ...

Ukraine said it hit Russia's Engels-2 air base, causing fires and explosions. Engels-2 is a key Russian base used for launching bomber attacks on Ukraine. While Ukraine attacked the military base ...