Russia has surprised the world by announcing the successful test flight of a Cold War-era Tu-160M heavy strategic bomber equipped with new NK-32-02 engines. Tupolev Tu-160M strategic bomber completed its maiden flight on Tuesday. The details were given in a 3 November media release, to announce the Tu-160M ​​missile bomber has successfully performed its maiden flight […]

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Russian forces have this week conducted a series of military exercises involved Tu-160 and Tu-22M3 bombers. The Russian Defense Ministry said on September 17 that Two Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bombers conducted a scheduled flight over the neutral waters of the Black Sea. “Two Russian Tu-22M3 long-range aviation strategic bombers conducted a scheduled flight in the […]

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