The Tupolev Tu-160 and the Rockwell B-1 Lancer are two of the most iconic strategic bombers ever built, but their roles, ...

When it comes to long-range strategic bombers, the B-1 Lancer and the Tu-160 “White Swan” stand as two of the most powerful ...

The Tu-160 is outwardly somewhat similar to the American Rockwell B-1 Lancer which spurred its development. Both have variable-sweep wings, both are supersonic. However, that is where the ...

The requirement for the Tu-160 emerged from a 1972 Soviet competition to develop a Mach 2.3 capable strategic bomber that would be Moscow’s response to the Rockwell International B-1A Lancer ...

The Tupolev Tu-160 is a monster of a bomber in Russia' military. Here's everything we know about the bomber, including the upgrades they're getting.

The supersonic missile-carrying Tu-160 bomber -- NATO designation Blackjack -- was developed in the early 1970s, when it became clear that subsonic 3M and Tupolev Tu-95 bombers, ...

The latest version of the massive Tu-160 “White Swan” supersonic bomber (NATO reporting name “Blackjack”) flew for the first time from Kazan, Russia earlier this month on February 2, 2020.

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 ...

The Tu-160 models are often compared to the U.S. Air Force's B-2 Spirit heavy strategic bomber or the B-1 Lancer, a supersonic variable sweep-wing heavy bomber. The Tu-160 can fly faster than Mach ...

The Tu-160 is called ‘White Swan’ in Russia and ‘Blackjack’ in NATO. It is the world’s heaviest and fastest supersonic bomber aircraft. It was built in the 1970s during the Soviet Union era. However, ...

Two Tupolev Tu-160 Russian supersonic nuclear-capable strategic bombers conducted drills in an area near Alaska "for the first time in history," demonstrating that Russia can deploy heavy bombers ...

A Russian Tupolev Tu-160 supersonic heavy bomber arrives in Venezuela on Monday. (Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense) The two Tu-160s were supported on the deployment by an accompanying Antonov An ...