Tu-160 Blackjack: The Supersonic Bomber Shaping Russia's War Tactics It is the general understanding that Russia’s military ...

One Soviet-era platform that has been significantly upgraded since the end of the Cold War is the nuclear-capable supersonic Tu-160 “Blackjack” bomber. This iconic warbird does not have the ...

In 2015, Russian media reported that the new Blackjack would share 60% of its components with the older version.

MOSCOW, September 21. /TASS/. Two Russian Tupolev-160 ‘White Swan’ [NATO reporting name BlackJack] bombers have performed a planned flight over the international waters of the Barents ...

"We can confirm that RAF quick reaction alert Typhoon aircraft from RAF Lossiemouth scrambled to monitor two Blackjack bombers [NATO’s classification for the Tupolev Tu-160 long-range bomber ...

Working with the Norwegian air force, the RAF crews "shadowed" the two Tu-160 Blackjack bombers until they left the "UK's area of interest", the RAF said. A Voyager fuel tanker aircraft from RAF ...

Belgian Air Force F-16s scrambled to intercept two Russian Tu-160 Blackjack supersonic, nuclear-capable bombers, accompanied by two Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker fighters over the Baltic Sea on Tuesday.

The Blackjack bomber is an impressive warplane with a known capability for carrying a variety of weapons and being able to deploy them over any target globally. Russia’s military leadership has ...