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Russia’s New Tu-160 White Swan Bomber is a Killer
Its fuel efficiency is markedly improved from that of its predecessor and the White Swan will have a new electronic warfare (EW) suite to counter the kinds of 21st-century threats that Russia now ...
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Russia's Tu-160M ‘White Swan’ strategic bomber takes to skies in first post-upgrade flight
is an upgraded version of the Tu-160 bomber developed in the Soviet era and dubbed "the White Swan" among pilots. Along with the Tu-95MS bombers, these planes are the mainstay of the Russian ...
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Russia’s first newly-built Tu-160M ‘White Swan’ strategic bomber performs debut flight
MOSCOW, January 12. /TASS/. A completely new Tupolev Tu-160M strategic missile-carrying bomber nicknamed the ‘White Swan’ by Russian military pilots performed its debut flight, the press ...
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Ukraine's daring drone attack targets Russia's lone 'White Swan' Bomber Base
The "White Swan's" history dates back to the 1980s, with the Tu-160's maiden flight in 1981. Mass production began six years later, in 1987, with an estimated 36 units by 2022.