TASS/. The first Tupolev Tu-160M strategic missile-carrying bomber built anew has completed factory tests, the press office of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) reported on Friday.

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.

MOSCOW, August 25. /TASS/. Russia’s first Tupolev Tu-160M deeply modernized strategic bomber will appear in 2021, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces Viktor Bondarev told TASS in ...

Last February, images of Russian President Vladimir Putin sitting in the pilot’s seat of a Russian Tupolev Tu-160M long-range strategic bomber have gone viral across Russian social media.

The Tu-160M bomber has decimated Ukrainian targets during the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. (File) Russia-Ukraine war: Russia has used its strategic heavy bombers to devastating effect in the ...

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.