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Russia: Tupolev Tu-160M2 aircraft will enter service in 2021

Improvements to the weapon system and avionics -DATA SHEET

The Russian strategic bombing aircraft Tupolev Tu-160M2 Blackjack should enter service in 2021, thus beginning the upgrading of the aircraft's capabilities that entered service in 1987. The Russian Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu it known during a visit to the Kazan factory where the aircraft is assembled. The update of the Tu-160 concerns a completely digitalized avionics and a new self-protection...

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Kazan, Russia, 02/11/2019 12:04
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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