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 ...

In terms of her armaments, the Tu-160M is a highly formidable warbird, carrying up to twelve cruise missiles, including the nuclear-capable Kh-55 series and the newer Kh-101 and Kh-102 long-range ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Thursday took a co-pilot’s seat in a nuclear-capable strategic bomber on a flight that appeared aimed at ...

-The claim: If there’s a single image of Russian long-range power, it’s the Tu-160—now reborn as the Tu-160M2. It isn’t stealthy, but it carries a deep magazine a very long way and does it fast. -Why ...

A reported malfunction on a supersonic, nuclear-capable Tu-160M strategic bomber, which was tested by Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier this year, has sparked woes over the country's nuclear ...

Russia is steadily fielding new long-range missile carrier aircraft while simultaneously pushing older patrol planes […] ...

MOSCOW — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Thursday took a co-pilot’s seat in a nuclear-capable strategic bomber on a flight that appeared aimed at bolstering his image ahead of next month’s ...

The Russian Aerospace Forces have received the initial modernized United Aircraft Corp. Tupolev Tu-160M strategic bomber, the first major upgrade of the variable-sweep long-range aircraft that entered ...