The volume of the contract for the Tu-160 may be increased, Putin said -:
Translated by google - Kazan may 13. INTERFAX-AVN - The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation does not exclude an increase in the volume of the contract for the strategic Tu-160 missile carriers, said Russian President Vladimir Putin, communicating with the workers of the Gorbunov aircraft plant in Kazan.
"We signed a contract for 10 cars at the beginning of last year. Another 10 will be upgraded by the Tu-160. And, maybe, we will even increase the number of the capabilities of the Ministry of Defense, the Defense Ministry does not exclude an increase in the contract for the future ", - said V. Putin, communicating with the workers of the plant - a branch of PJSC" Tupolev ".
The Tu-160 is a supersonic strategic bomber with a variable sweep of the wing, developed in the Tupolev Design Bureau in the 1970-1980s. It is designed to defeat the most important objects in the deep rear of the enemy with nuclear and conventional weapons. Maximum payload weight - 45 tons. In Russia, the Tu-160 for its grace is called the "White Swan",
Tu-160 along with Tu-95MS are the air component of the Russian nuclear triad.
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