Key Points and Summary - Russia's Tu-160 "Blackjack," a Soviet-era supersonic bomber comparable to the US B-1B Lancer, remains a pivotal, if limited, asset for the Kremlin. -The Tu-160, featuring four ...

Tu-160 Blackjack Profile: Throughout the Cold War, the U.S. and Soviet Union competed against each other to develop new military technologies. Nowhere was this more apparent than in the field of ...

Could Russia's Tu-160 Bomber Go Toe-to-Toe With America's B-1B Lancer? The B-1B is no longer able to fight inside heavily defended airspace, but the aircraft will still have a role in the high-end ...

The United State's current long-range strategic bomber inventory consists of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, the Rockwell B-1 Lancer, and the Northrup Grumman B-2 Spirit. Unlike the Soviet-era Tupolev ...

Russia on Tuesday officially christened the first bomber jet completed as part of its plan to restart production on the Tu-160, a much faster jet than the United States Army's B-2 stealth bombers. As ...

Two Tu-160 Blackjack bombers landed at AFB Waterkloof earlier today. It’s the “White Swan” first visit to the African continent. On Oct. 23, 2019, two Russian Air Force Tu-160s bombers arrived in ...

Two Tu-160s have flown over the Baltic region. NATO, Finnish and Swedish fighters shadowed the Russian Blackjacks which were escorted by Su-35s. Two Russian Aerospace Forces Tu-160 Blackjacks carried ...