"Russia's Tu-160 Bomber Has A New Lease On Life" Topic
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Tango01  | 23 Mar 2020 12:49 p.m. PST |
"Fastest bomber ever built. The largest bomber ever built. Heaviest bomber ever built. All of these monikers refer to the Tupelov Tu-160 "White Swan" (NATO reporting name "Blackjack"), a legacy Soviet airframe that has of late gotten a new lease on life. The Tu-160 is outwardly somewhat similar to the American Rockwell B-1 Lancer which spurred its development. Both have variable-sweep wings, both are supersonic. However, that is where the similarities end…" YouTube link
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| Thresher01 | 23 Mar 2020 1:08 p.m. PST |
Ah, more Russian propaganda? Perhaps the fastest "operational" bomber. According to Wiki, the B-1A is/was faster by about 0.1 Mach (Mach 2.3 vs. Mach 2.2 for the Tu-160), not to mention the 1960s era XB-70. Another source lists both the B-1A and Tu-160 at Mach 2.3. The XB-70's max. speed is rated at Mach 3.1, not Mach 2.2 – 2.3 like the Tu-160. The B-36 had a larger wingspan, but is a little shorter than the Tu-160 in length. |
| Tango01 | 24 Mar 2020 12:19 p.m. PST |
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