Russian President Putin has the same obsession with heavy long -range strategic bombers."A diplomacy protests 10,000 times, and it is not as good as its wings." This sentence was said by Putin. The "wings" here refers to a long -range strategic bomber.
According to Global Network, on February 21, Russian President Putin went to the Kazan Aircraft Manufacturing Factory to inspect.The Minister of Defense, accompanied by Sho Gulu.
Tu-160 "White Swan" is the worlds largest variable-wing-wing ultrasonic super-speed strategic bomber.The maximum take -off weight exceeds 245 tons, and the maximum oil and load capacity reached 160 tons and 40 tons, respectively, which can fly at a speed of 1.8 Moh at 18,000 meters.If a strategic cruise during a peaceful period, the Tu-160 bomber does not even need a fighter escort, because when the Tu-160 bomber is turned on the loud speed, even the US F-16 fighter aircraft cannot catch up and can only eat ash later.
At present, the Kazan Aircraft Manufacturing Plant has undergone modernization and is preparing to produce a batch production map-160M strategic bomber.In order to welcome Putins inspection, the Kazan Aircraft Manufacturing Factory rarely placed the four new Tu-160M strategic bomber side by side in a large span plant, creating a great persuasive gas field.The 4-shot-160M strategic bomber displayed this time, the number of the machines is "Red 06, 07, 22 and 23".
Tu-160M strategic bomber in red 06 and 07, is the upgrade of the Russian Air Forces active map-160The factory was issued in 1994 and was named "Ilia Muromez".Machine No. 07 was issued in 1999 and was named "Alexander Molic".The two active bomber upgrades according to the new generation of Tu-160M strategic bomber, and adopted new glass digital cockpits, and the newly developed NV1.70 airborne fire control radar.The tail of the machine became shorter, and the original "Baikal" airborne self -defense electronic warfare system has been replaced by the new electronic warfare system.
Red 22 and 23 are the newly manufactured-160M strategic bomber.Putin also entered the cockpit of one of the Tu-160M bomber and conducted a ride experience.And proposed to name the bomber with the name of the first leader of the Republic of Stein, the first leader of the Republic of Sintan.
The most important improvement of the upgrade-160m upgrade is the use of the newly developed Kuznetsov NK-32-02 turbofan engine, thisThe new process and new technologies are used to increase the front temperature of the turbine. The range can increase to 10%.Methods, while looking for information from the old paper piles, redesigned, this is the helplessness of the Russian aviation industry.Since the Russian military active Dravine-160 bombers were produced in Ukraine during the Soviet Union, when Russia developed a new generation of Tu-160M strategic bomber, it was necessary to perform a new supporting development of all production systems in the domestic production system in the country.Many aviation factories have demolished the spare parts production line of the Tu-160 bomber, and the "archeological" type of repeated development is required. The new component and zero spare parts of the Tu-160m bomber reached 80%, and it also applied the current Russia ownedThe most advanced avionics system and weapon system.
The first Tu-160M bomber on January 12, 2022 first flew at the Kazan Aircraft Manufacturing Plant, which was completely produced by Russia.-160M strategic bomber is completely built by Russia from scratch, and products or old parts of the Soviet period without inventory.Both avionics and weapon systems were upgraded, and the Russian joint engine company and UEC-Kuznetsov successfully "repeated" NK-32-02 engines that have long been discontinued.
The entire Tu-160M strategic bombers product supply chain is restored, which is also a huge success of the Russian aviation industry, which marks the technical level of the Russian aviation industry.The state of the period.
There are three types of Russian Tu-160 "White Swan" strategic bomber, one is the Tu-160 bomber made during the Soviet period, inAfter the disintegration of the Soviet Union, there were 8 Tu-160 bombers delivered to the Russian Air Force from 1992 to 2008, and later received 8 Tu-160 bombers from Ukraine. Therefore, the Russian Air Force currently has 16 complete combatable Tu-16Strategic bomber.These old-fashioned-160 bombers are currently returning to the factory to upgrade one after another, upgrading and improvement according to the standards of the Tu-160m bomber.
The other is the 5th part of the parts of the parts of the parts of the Kazan Aircraft manufacturer-160.It is produced by one of these five old bodys. At present, the machine is still being tested by national test flight.The Tu-160 bomber manufactured by the Soviet Union is called the Tu-160M2, which is now uniformly called the Tu-160M.
The third is the newly produced Tu-160M bomber. This is a bomber that is completely developed and manufactured by Russia.Strategic bomber that is fully produced by nationalization.
In January 2018, the Russian Ministry of Defense signed a procurement contract for 18 new Tu-160M bomber.Russias new Tu-160M bomber has officially served in 2025. The Russian army is expected to equip 18 sets of $ 270 million.
By replacing a new type of NK-32-02 engine turbofan engine, new avionics equipment and airborne weapons, the combat radius, protection level, and strike capacity of Tu-160M bomberWaiting for combat technical indicators to increase to a certain extent, the ability of nuclear strikes and conventional blows has increased.
From the experience of the Russian and Ukraine War, it is not important to whether strategic bomber can perform supersonic penetration.The non-stealth strategic bombing is mainly used for the launch of long-range cruise missiles. From the perspective of the combat capabilities of air-to-air cruise missiles, the Tu-160M is not too different from the Tu-95MS or B-52H or -6k-6K. The combat effectiveness is the same.EssenceRussia has actually abandoned the Tu-160 bomber to lead the proud 1.8 meter high altitude to carry out 1.8 Mach supersonic sprint tactics, and pursues the use of the huge range and large load volume of the Tu-160M to conduct a long-range cruise missile strike.Battle.In this regard, the deterrence of the Tu-160M strategic bomber is still quite large.
The Russian army planned last year to deploy a new production-160M strategic bomber and aviation group to only one river from Heilongjiang Province, my country The Ukraine Air Force Base in Alumur.As a strategic deterrent for the Far East Pacific.But everything will depend on the actual production quantity and composition of the national defense order of the Tu-160M strategic bomber.
The new Tu-160M bombing machine will enter the long-range aviation forces stationed in Alumur, Far East. The main airport is "Ukraine", which is the largest air force base in Russia in Asia. HereIt is only more than 100 kilometers from Heilongjiang.As of last year, the Russian Air Force had mobilized the four-picture-95ms "bear" strategic bomber from the "Engels" base in Europe to the "Ukaraka" Air Force base in the Far East, which shows that Russia attaches great importance to the strategic deterrent of the Far East direction.
This means that the Russian army urgently needs to consolidate the strategic deterrence ability of the Far East, deployment of Tu-95MS bomber and the latest Tu-160m strategic bomber,This move has strong symbolic significance.When the Russian and Ukraine War was in the past two years, the deployment and adjustment of the Russian armys strategic bomber was undoubtedly related to the changes in the strategic direction of the Far East, especially to deal with some strategic actions in the United States, Japan and South Korea.At the same time, this is not a signal sent by the PLA.
