The Tu-160 “Blackjack” is the Soviet answer to America’s long-range bomber problem—a variable-sweep, Mach-2 class ...

Russia’s Tu-160 “White Swan” is a Cold War giant reborn: a Mach-2, variable-sweep-wing bomber built to sling long-range cruise missiles from sanctuary. -After post-Soviet neglect, Moscow modernized ...

Here’s What to Remember: The Tu-160–while it looks similar to the B-1B–is a very different aircraft. The Soviet Union designed the Blackjack primarily as a means to deliver a nuclear strike... One of ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s President Vladimir ...

Ukraine said it hit Russia's Engels-2 air base, causing fires and explosions. Engels-2 is a key Russian base used for launching bomber attacks on Ukraine. While Ukraine attacked the military base, ...

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 ...

Russia has been adapting to the increasing demands of the Ukraine War with great aplomb. Despite the propaganda of the West, which has dangerously lulled the American and European publics into a ...

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 bolstering his image ahead of next month’s ...