Monday 13 January 2020

Tu-160M ​​deep modernization: the first bomber assembled

Mikhail Zakharov

Tu-160M ​​deep modernization: the first bomber assembled »Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence Systems

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The first of the deeply modernized Tu-160M ​​military vehicles was assembled in Kazan. Bomber handed over for ground tests.

Submitted for ground testing

Specialists of the Kazan Aviation Plant assembled the first Tu-160M. The air car was the fruit of a deep modernization of the Tu-160, the legendary White Swan. The strategic bomber has already been handed over to the testers, the first tests will be held in the ground version. Then comes the turn of air "exams." But they will all take place right there, at the sites of the Kazan Aviation Plant.

An agreement between our military department and Tupolev was concluded at the beginning of last year. The contract provides for the creation of 10 practically new bombers until 2027. And the first Tu-160M ​​(otherwise it is also called Tu-160M2) should be put on the balance of the Ministry of Defense in 2021.

Electronics of a qualitatively new level

Experts note: from the old Tu-160, the new bomber-missile carrier has only a familiar appearance. But the internal content has changed dramatically. A particularly important aspect of modernization was equipping the aircraft with the latest electronics. This is a complex of electronic confrontation with the enemy, and a qualitatively new navigation, and a number of other fundamental innovations.

And the armament of the updated bomber meets the requirements of the time. It is supposed to integrate a promising X-DB missile with a range of about 5 thousand km. More accurate data on other parameters of the future rocket is simply not available in the public domain.


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