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Russian Tu-160M Modernized Strategic Bomber To Have 60 Per cent New Components
August 25, 2015 @ 01:49 PMRussian first Tupolev Tu-160M modernized strategic bomber with about 60 per cent new components included will appear in 2021. The first deeply modernized Tu-160M will appear in 2021
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Russian Tu-160M2 bombers Range to Increase by 1000 Km, Get New Missiles
July 17, 2015 @ 05:43 PMRussia's modernized of Tu-160 strategic bomber, dubbed Tu-160M2, will be equipped with new Missiles and Kuznetsov NK-32 engine which will increase its range by 1000 kms. The country's Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov told RIA Novosti today "There will be a spate of such missiles in terms of range and characteristics,"
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Russian Air Force To Get 50 New Tu-160M Strategic Bombers
July 10, 2015 @ 10:43 AMRussian air force will purchase at least 50 new Tu-160M strategic bombers besides commencing production of the T-50 (PAK-FA) fighter by 2017. “In order to cover the expenses at least 50 aircraft of the type will be purchased, the Minister of Defense has made the decision to resume production of Tu-160M aircraft,” Commander-in-Chief of Russian air forces, Colonel-General Viktor Bondarev was quoted as saying by Interfax Thursday
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Russian Air Force To Receive At Least 50 Strategic Tu-160 Blackjack Bombers
May 29, 2015 @ 09:08 AMThe Russian Defense Ministry will purchase at least 50 new Tu-160 (Blackjack) heavy strategic bombers when the aircraft's production is renewed, Russian Air Force Commander Col.Gen
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Russia May Resume BlackJack Supersonic Bomber Production
April 30, 2015 @ 01:04 PMRussia is likely to resume production of Tupolev Tu-160 (Blackjack) supersonic strategic bombers, Tass reported Wednesday. “It is necessary already today to start implementing tasks not only for keeping in good order and modernizing the fleet of long-range aviation but also for reproducing Tu-160 missile carriers,” Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu was quoted as saying by the agency during a visit to the Kazan plant
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Russian PAK-FA Fighter Deliveries By 2020
December 19, 2014 @ 12:18 PMRussia will receive 55 Sukhoi PAK-FA (T-50) fighter aircraft by 2020, said Vladislav Goncharenko, the deputy director of the United Aircraft Corporation's (UAC's) combat aircraft department. "The number of prototypes is increasing; the state trial programme is being conducted as per schedule," Goncharenko was quoted as saying by Echo of Moscow Radio on 16 December
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Russia Plans Light Trainer And Combat Aircraft, Yak-152
September 30, 2014 @ 01:49 PMRussia plans to launch the Yak 152 a light aircraft with trainer and combat roles to compete with the Embraer Super Tucano, Pilatus and Beechcraft planes. Taking advantage of the growing market for light trainer aircraft which have been adapted to reconnaissance and combat roles such as the Super Tucano , the Pilatus PC-7 and PC-9, Russias Irkutsk Aviation Plant has announced plans to launch two samples of the light Yak-152 trainer in 2015
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Russia's Fifth Gen Fighter, S-500 Missiles To Be Deployed In 2016
August 11, 2014 @ 01:55 PMThe Russian military will deploy the fifth generation fighter jet PAK FA and long range surface-to-air missile system S-500 in 2016, chief of Russian air forces, Lieutenant General Viktor Bondarev said today. In a radio interview with Russian News Service station on Sunday, Bondarev said, “The flight trials of PAK FA (T-50) will soon be over, and in 2016 the Air Force is planning to start commissioning the aircraft into service
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Tupolev Wins $103 Million Russian Weapons Upgrade Contract
July 29, 2013 @ 10:31 AMRussia recently signed a $103 million contract with Tupolev design bureau in order to upgrade three Tu-160 Blackjack strategic bombers. The delivery date for the supersonic, variable-geometry heavy bomber is December 31, 2015, the Tupolev said
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Russia To Design New Strategic Bomber Next Year: Reports
July 17, 2013 @ 10:01 AMRussia has plans to design a new strategic bomber in 2014, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Army, Valery Gerasimov said. According to Voice of Russia report, the new Prospective Air Complex for Long Range Aviation (PAK DA) will replace the Tu-95MS and Tu-160 bombers which are currently in use
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