Russia’s latest 11-hour Tu-160 “White Swan” patrol over the Arctic underscores how a bomber designed in the late Cold War ...

Russia’s Tupolev Tu-160 “White Swan” (NATO reporting name “Blackjack”) was the last strategic bomber designed for the Soviet Union. The legacy airframe, which first entered service in 1987, remains ...

The Tu-160 “White Swan” has always been a symbol of brute speed and payload, but its latest incarnation is defined by two blunt words that capture both Moscow’s ambition and NATO’s concern: massive ...

This iconic warbird does not have the same kind of advanced stealth features as the American B-2 Spirit long-range nuclear stealth bomber. Its antithesis is likely the B-1B Lancer that, like the ...

When two of the most famous strategic missile carriers in recent history get together to “brush up” on their flight abilities, you know it’s going to be a show. And, if that happens during the night, ...

Today, in Kazan, the first modernized Tu-160 aircraft hit the skies. This is an updated version of the strategic bomber, the most powerful in the world, which is also capable of carrying nuclear ...

The great Tu-160 missile carrier bomber, officially known as Blackjack (its NATO codification) and unofficially called the White Swan, has set numerous records throughout its extensive career, for ...

Russia's state-controlled United Aircraft Corporation announced on Monday the successful debut flight of an upgraded nuclear-capable Tu-160M strategic bomber, as Moscow continues to use long-range ...

The new Cold War between the United States and Russia has apparently played out in an unlikely place: the U.S.-Mexico border. A man claiming to be a former employee of a major Russian defense ...

MOSCOW, December 19. /TASS/. Another Tupolev Tu-160M strategic missile-carrying bomber took to the skies for the first time after its upgrade, Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) reported on ...

The aircraft of Russia’s Aerospace Force perform all their flights in strict compliance with the international rules of using the airspace, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported MOSCOW, January 21. /TASS ...