Key Points and Summary - Russia’s Tu-160 “White Swan” is a Cold War giant reborn: a Mach-2, variable-sweep-wing bomber built to sling long-range cruise missiles from sanctuary. -After post-Soviet ...

Russia says it has delivered two modernized Tu-160M bombers to its Aerospace Forces, reinforcing a long-range fleet used ...

Russia has scattered its most valuable warplanes to a remote airbase in the far east of the country, after a surprise Ukrainian drone attack devastated its strategic bomber fleet last Sunday. Two ...

Russian Aerospace Forces are expected to take delivery of two upgraded Tu-160M strategic missile carriers by the end of 2025, after years of delays.

US has been rapidly advancing the B-21 into production and testing. At the same time, Russia is in a pursuit to upgrade their existing Tu-260M to be capable enough to tackle challenging bombing tasks ...

A series of blasts at airbases deep inside Russia on June 1, 2025, came as a rude awakening to Moscow’s military strategists. The Ukrainian strike at the heart Russia’s strategic bombing capability ...

On June 1, Russia was caught unawares by the Ukrainians, who conducted a daring and destructive surprise attack upon Russia’s nuclear-capable long-range bomber force. Using drones hidden in what ...

Chapter 1: The great contest: you win only to lose -- Chapter 2: The bomber takes shape -- Chapter 3: The Tu-160 becomes reality: the trials programme -- Chapter 4: The Tu-160 in production -- Chapter ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Wednesday it had flown two nuclear-capable TU-160 bombers to a far eastern Russian region opposite Alaska as part of a training exercise that state media said showed ...

This is the second time since February 2020 the rare Russian aircraft has been intercepted. The twin-engine jet is a derivative of the Soviet-era Tu-134 narrow-body airliner that first flew in July ...

The event coincided with the start of the first-ever Russia-Africa summit. LONDON -- Russia landed the world's heaviest bomber in South Africa on Wednesday in a rare show of military cooperation ...