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Russia’s ‘New’ Tu-160M2 Blackjack Bomber Has a Message for NATO

The Tu-160 “Blackjack” remains central to Russia’s triad, and Moscow is upgrading and restarting production as the stealth PAK DA slips. The Tu-160M2 adds revised NK-32 engines, modern radar/avionics ...
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The Airplane Design that Took Russia Completely by Surprise

As US military involvement in South Vietnam escalated rapidly in 1963, the US Air Force braced itself for imminent conflict. The seasoned pilots were well aware that air-to-air battles would be ...