The Tupolev Tu-160 is a supersonic, variable-sweep wing heavy strategic bomber designed by the Tupolev Design Bureau within the Soviet Union. It’s the largest and heaviest Mach 2+ supersonic navy plane ever constructed. It’s the largest and heaviest fight plane, the quickest bomber now in use and the biggest and heaviest variable-sweep wing airplane ever flown. Getting into service in 1987, the Tu-160 was the final strategic bomber designed for the Soviet Union.
The Tu-160s main armament has all the time been long-range cruise missiles just like the Kh-55MS – of which it may well carry a dozen. In latest months nevertheless, the Russians have used the standard model Kh-555 model of the cruise missile towards targets in Syria alongside far more superior and stealthy Kh-101 cruise missile. The plane additionally carries the nuclear-tipped Kh-102.
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