Russia continually offers its most powerful bomber, the Tu-160, to India. India does not have any bombers yet. If this bomber reaches India, the biggest advantage is that it can also fire bombs, hypersonic missiles, supersonic missiles or cruise missiles.
It is a long-range bomber, meaning it can enter the enemy’s house and bomb it and then return. That too very peacefully. Now let us tell you what the specialty of the Tupolev Tu-160 Black Jack Bomber is. It is also called the White Swan.
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The Tu-160 is a variable-sweep wing supersonic heavy strategic bomber. Whose design was made by the Tupolev Design Bureau of the Soviet Union in 1970. Its first flight took place in December 1981. Since 1987 it has been continuously deployed in the Russian Aerospace Force. 9 test aircraft of the Tu-160 bomber were manufactured.
Russia currently has 16 bombers and plans to have 50
As of 2016, there are 16 aircraft in the Long Range Aviation Branch of the Russian Air Force. Russia plans to include 50 new Tu-160M bombers in its army. Four people fly it together. This includes pilot, co-pilot, bombardier and defensive system officer. This plane is 177.6 feet long.
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Ability to fly 12 thousand km at a time.
Its wingspan is 182.9 feet. The height is 43 feet. The weight of the empty aircraft is 1.10 lakh kilograms. It can fly at a maximum speed of 2220 km/h at an altitude of 40026 feet. It normally flies at a speed of 960 km/h. It can fly up to 12,300 km at a time.
Combat range 2000 km, climbs fast in the sky.
Its combat range is 2000 km. Which can be increased to 7300 km in subsonic speed. It can fly up to a maximum height of 52 thousand feet. Its ascent speed to the sky is 14 thousand feet per minute. This means a height of four and a quarter kilometers in one minute.
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How many types of bombs can be loaded?
The Tu-160 can fly with a bomb weighing 45 thousand kg in its stomach. Inside there are two rotating launchers. Each launcher can store 6 Raduga Kh55SM/101/101/555 cruise missiles or 12 AS-16 Kickback short-range nuclear missiles.
How will India benefit from this?
Suppose six aircraft each are deployed in Nagpur and Thanjavur. So you can fly to China or Pakistan in one go. If they are deployed in Himachal, Bihar, Assam, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, then they can go and bomb any city within China. It will fly depending on the range of the missile loaded on it. So that the missile can reach the target. If it is deployed at any base in South India, it will stop China’s activities in the Indian Ocean. With their help, China’s naval fleet can be a target.