Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack Jet Bombers

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Powerplant: four 245.18 kN (55,140 lb st) Trud/Samara NK-32 afterburning turbofans

Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack Jet Bombers Aircraft

Bombers

Dimensions: length 54.1m (177 ft 6 in); height 13.1m (42 ft 11 in);wing span 65° sweep 35.6m (116 ft 9½ in); wing span 35° sweep 50.7m (166 ft 4 in); wing span 20° sweep 55.7m (182 ft 9 in)

Jet

Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack Jet Bombers Jet

The Tu-160 has a range of 12 300 km. It was the second Soviet bomber after the Tu-95 (Western reporting name Bear), that could reach the United States without in-flight refueling. However the Tu-160 could never replace the ageing Tu-95 due to its astonishing price. In 1989 the Tu-160 reached a speed of 2 200 km/h for the first time. Roberts Tupolev Tu-160 Strategic Bomber Speed, Specifications, Cockpit, Rate.Tupolev Tu-160 (NATO reporting name: Blackjack) is a supersonic strategic bomber produced by the joint research firm and also the Tupolev Moscow aircraft facility and also the Kazan-Gorbunov Airplane Manufacturing Association in Tatarstan from 1980 to 1992.

Weights: empty 117000 kg (257,937 lb); Max Take-Off Weight 275000 kg (606,261 lb)

Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack Jet Bombers

Tu-160 Blackjack Bombers

The Tu-160 is the largest combat aircraft in the world and the largest bomber ever built. Though bearing a strong resemblance to the American B-1 bomber, particularly the cancelled B-1A, the Blackjack is much larger. Also like the B-1A, the Tu-160 is optimized to penetrate enemy air defenses at high altitude and supersonic speeds. Tupolev Tu-160 Strategic Bomber Specs, Speed, Cockpit, Price – Tupolev Tu-160 (NATO reporting name: Blackjack) is a supersonic strategic bomber produced by the joint research company and the Tupolev Moscow aircraft complex and the Kazan-Gorbunov Aircraft Production Association in Tatarstan from 1980 to 1992. First flown in 1982, the Tupolev Tu-160 'Blackjack' is a counterpart to the American B-1B. Both share a similar configuration, but the Soviet designed bomber is about 30 percent larger.

Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack Jet Bombers Airliner

Performance: max level speed Mach 2.05 or 2200 km/h (1367 mph); max level speed at sea level 1030 km/h (640 mph);ceiling 15600m (51,181 ft)

Armament: up to 12 KH-55 nuclear or KH-555 conventional long-range cruise missiles or 24 Kh-15 short-range nuclear attack missiles carried in two internal weapon bays; in theory up to 40000 kg (88,183 lb) of freefall nuclear or conventional bombs.

Tu-160 Blackjack Bomber

    Sources:
  • Donald, D. (ed.), (2003).Tupolev Bombers, p. 151, AIRtime Publishing Inc., USA.