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New bomber TU-160 Blakjack for Russian Air Force

Moscow, Russia - Delivery expected within the year

The Russian Minister of Defence, Sergei Ivanov, attending yesterday to a ceremony at Kazan’s plant for the delivery of a bomber TU-160 Blakjack of last generation, has announced that within the year the Russian Air Force will be able to dispose of a second TU-160 "After having completely paid it". According to Ivanov the purchase of the new bomber, endowed with the newest systems, proves the enlarged d...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 144238
Rome, Italy, 07/06/2006 20:29
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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