The Tu-160 is Russia's more modern strategic bomber, entering service in 1987. To this day, it remains the largest operational bomber in the world. It can carry a total of 12 Kh-55 missiles and up ...

The U.S.-backed Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) project reported on Tuesday that serial numbers of six Tu-160 heavy strategic bombers transferred from Ukraine to Russia a quarter of a ...

India’s indigenous strategic bomber is reportedly being inspired by existing models such as Russia’s Tu-160 and America’s ...

Russia has an estimated fleet of 67 strategic bombers, including 52 Tu-95s, known as Bear-H by NATO, and 15 Tu-160s, known as Blackjacks, of which about 58 are thought to be deployed, according to ...

The Tupolev Tu-22M is a sweep-wing twin-engine supersonic bomber. Russia has used the heavy planes in the all-out war, which began in February 2022, to launch waves of cruise missile strikes ...

A surprise Ukrainian drone attack that targeted Russian air bases hosting nuclear-capable strategic bombers was unprecedented in its scope and sophistication, and dealt a heavy blow to the Russian ...

Putin’s 30-minute flight in a Tu-160M supersonic strategic bomber also seemed intended to send a reminder of Russia’s nuclear might amid tensions with the West over the fighting in Ukraine.

The official reclassification of the Tu-22’s updated models from tactical bombers to heavy, nuclear-capable strategic bomber could lead to a new round of accusations concerning Russia’s ...

Satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press on Wednesday show seven destroyed bombers on the tarmac at a Russian air base in eastern Siberia, one of the targets Ukraine said it struck with ...