Russia's Tu-160 Bomber Has A New Lease On Life

National Interest: Russia's Tu-160: The Biggest, Fastest and Heaviest Bomber Ever to Fly

Fastest bomber ever built. The largest bomber ever built. Heaviest bomber ever built. All of these monikers refer to the Tupelov Tu-160 “White Swan” (NATO reporting name “Blackjack”), a legacy Soviet airframe that has of late gotten a new lease on life.

The Tu-160 is outwardly somewhat similar to the American Rockwell B-1 Lancer which spurred its development. Both have variable-sweep wings, both are supersonic. However, that is where the similarities end.

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WNU Editor: Like the U.S. Air Force's B-52, Russia's Tu-160 is going to be around for a while.

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