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Upgraded Tu-160 Soviet-era Strategic Bomber to Enter Service in 2021
November 25, 2019 @ 08:38 AMThe modernised version of Soviet-era Tu-160 strategic bomber, is set to enter Russian military service in 2021. “Construction of the modernised Tu-160M for the Ministry of Defense has already begun
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China’s H-6N Strategic Bomber with Aerial Refuelling Capability Debuts at National day...
October 1, 2019 @ 07:20 AMChinas H-6N strategic bomber boasting of aerial refuelling capabilities participated in the National Day parade for the first time in Beijing on Tuesday. Aside of the H-6N, H-6K variant also took part at the Tuesday event
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Russia to Upgrade Strategic Bombers
August 28, 2019 @ 10:21 AMMoscow has launched a program to upgrade and modernise Tu-22, Tu-95 and Tu-160 strategic bombers, Russian Minister of Trade and Industry Denis Manturov was quoted as saying by Lenta
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Russian Tu-160 Strategic Bombers Flown to Airbase Close to US Mainland
August 16, 2019 @ 09:22 AMRussian Aerospace Forces have flown two of their Tu-160 strategic long range bombers to an airbase in the Russian far-east which is a mere 600 km from the United States mainland. The supersonic bombers which are capable of carrying nuclear weapons with over 6000 km operating range, have a vast swath of the US mainland in their cross-hairs
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New Coating to Cut Down Russian Su-57, Tu-160 Radar Signature
January 11, 2019 @ 12:10 PMA new coating applied to the glass canopy of Russias Su-57 stealth fighter jet and the Tu-160 strategic bomber will cut down the radar cross-section of the aircraft by up to 30%. The glass coating developed by specialists of the Obninsk-based Technologiya R&D Enterprise (part of RT Chemcomposite Group within Rostec) is made of metal oxide layers 70-90 nm thick
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Upgraded Tu-160M2 to be Inducted into Russia's Long Range Aviation
December 22, 2018 @ 08:27 AMUpgraded Tupolev Tu-160M2 strategic bombers will soon be inducted into Russias Long-Range Aviation soon, Long-Range Air Force Commander Lieutenant-General Sergei Kobylash said Friday. "The long-range Air Force will soon get modernized Tu-160M2 aircraft with the improved characteristics
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Russia to Modernize Tu-95MSM Strategic Bombers
August 16, 2018 @ 07:43 AMTupolev has signed a contract with the Russian Defense Ministry to modernize strategic bomber and missile carrier Tu-95MSM, the company's general director, Alexander Konyukhov said. "The contract for deep modernization - Tu-95MSM - was signed a month and a half ago, and the work was deployed at the Taganrog Aviation Plant (Beriev-IFTTC)," Konyukhov was quoted as saying by
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Russia to Roll-out First Prototype of Modernized Tu-22M3M Bomber Thursday
August 15, 2018 @ 09:10 AMRussia is set to roll-out the first prototype of modernized long-range missile carrier-bomber Tu-22M3M on August 16. The first prototype of a deeply modernized long-range missile carrier-bomber Tu-22M3M was created, Interfax was told in the press service of the Tupolev company
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Upgraded Tupolev-22M3M Strategic Bomber's First Flight in August
April 26, 2018 @ 02:29 PMThe upgraded supersonic long-range bomber Tupolev-22M3M will make its first flight in August, the CEO of the Tupolev design bureau, Alexander Konyukhov, told TASS on Wednesday. "Yes, this will happen at the airdrome of the aircraft-building plant in Kazan," he said
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Russia to Replace Tu-160 Strategic Bomber Fleet With New Aircraft, Upgrades
March 22, 2018 @ 11:11 AMRussia will replace existing Tu-160 strategic bomber fleet will all-new versions of the aircraft besides upgrading operational aircraft to the level of new planes. "We are going to purchase the entire fleet of our strategic Tu-160 bombers in their new version and carry out heavy upgrade of operational aircraft where only the fuselage will remain while all the onboard radio-electronic equipment and engines will be replaced
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