Tu-160 Blackjack: The Supersonic Bomber Shaping Russia's War Tactics. It is the general understanding that Russia’s military has underperformed during the war in Ukraine.Moscow planned for a ...

Russia has been deploying Tu-160 strategic bombers, which Ukraine transferred to Moscow in 1999 in exchange for clearing debts for Russian gas supplies. Source: investigation by Schemes, an ...

A soldier who defected from Russia's notorious mercenary army has slammed military leaders who left troops to "rot in the ...

The Tu-160 bombers last saw action in November 2024 after a 550-day hiatus, reflecting their limited operational availability. This strike isn’t just about military tactics—it’s a message of ...

Tu-160 Blackjack: Russia’s Strategic Bomber with Massive Firepower The Russian military might be taking a serious beating in Ukraine, but it still fields some impressive weapon systems. The Tu ...

A Tu-160 fires a Kh-101. The Russian air force possesses the world’s third-biggest bomber fleet after the Chinese and American air forces. Expect many of these 137 Tu-22M3 Backfire, Tu-95 Bear ...

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This airbase is critical to Russia’s aerial strategy, as its fleet of Tu-95 and Tu-160 bomber aircraft are launched from here. This drone barrage was not the first time Ukraine targeted the airbase.

Satellite images show that the pair of supersonic Tu-160 strategic bombers - each carrying a $500m price tag - have been relocated more than 4,000 miles from the warfront to Anadyr.

On 1 June, more than 100 Ukrainian drones struck strategic targets deep into Russia in an elaborate and audacious operation.

While analysts and pundits debate the exact number of aircraft destroyed, Ukraine’s attack targeted Tu-22, Tu-95, and Tu-160 strategic bombers along with A-50 airborne early warning aircraft—all ...

In an echo of the Cold War, Russia's first newly manufactured Tupolev Tu-160M (NATO designation Blackjack) supersonic nuclear heavy bomber completed its maiden flight on January 12, reaching a ...