The Tu-160 “Blackjack” is the Soviet answer to America’s long-range bomber problem—a variable-sweep, Mach-2 class cruise-missile carrier built to sprint around air defenses and threaten targets oceans ...

Key Points - Russia's Tu-160 "Blackjack," a supersonic, variable-sweep wing strategic bomber, is a critical but scarce asset in its long-range aviation, with only 13-16 airframes reportedly available.

On the morning of November 19, russia attacked Ukraine for the second time, launching cruise missiles from Tu-95MS and Tu-160 ...

Russia has scattered its most valuable warplanes to a remote airbase in the far east of the country, after a surprise Ukrainian drone attack devastated its strategic bomber fleet last Sunday. Two ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian Tu-160 strategic bomber planes performed combat training missions over the Barents Sea during joint military exercises with Belarus and practiced launching cruise missiles, ...

On June 1, Russia was caught unawares by the Ukrainians, who conducted a daring and destructive surprise attack upon Russia’s nuclear-capable long-range bomber force. Using drones hidden in what ...

Chapter 1: The great contest: you win only to lose -- Chapter 2: The bomber takes shape -- Chapter 3: The Tu-160 becomes reality: the trials programme -- Chapter 4: The Tu-160 in production -- Chapter ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Wednesday it had flown two nuclear-capable TU-160 bombers to a far eastern Russian region opposite Alaska as part of a training exercise that state media said showed ...

Now Ukraine, starting this August, is methodically destroying the Russian economy. And this will have the most serious effect ...