December 30, 2020 (Ministry of Defence of Ukraine) The first prototype of the significantly modernized Tu-160M strategic missile carrier will take off in the fall of 2021. Deliveries of these aircraft for the Russian Air Force will continue under the new state armament program for 2024-2033, said Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexei Krivoruchko.
The number of Tu-160 strategic bombers in the Russian Armed Forces is planned to be increased by 50% in the next seven years. This was announced by Deputy Defense Minister Alexei Krivoruchko in an interview with the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper, published on Wednesday. The Tu-160 performed its very first flight on December 18, 1981. The aircraft came into operation in 1987. Over the years, more than three dozen of these machines have been produced, including prototypes. Today, this type of aircraft is adopted only by the Russian Air Force. Ukraine also has a few Tu-160 strategic bombers but as a museum's exhibits. One of them can be seen in Poltava in the aviation museum on the territory of the former airbase. The arrival of the Tu-160 bomber, which became a museum exhibit in Poltava, can be seen in the video below.
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