Two Russian strategic missile carriers Tu-160M entered the flight test phase at once. The first serial, made from scratch, Tu-160M and combat missile carrier, undergone deep modernization to the level of Tu-160M. This was reported by the press service of the United Aircraft Corporation.
Two Russian strategists will pass the necessary tests of systems and engines, as well as on-board equipment. After the end of the tests, they will return to the factory for painting., after which they will be transferred to the Long-Range Aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces. The modernized Tu-160M combatant will return to his native, Where will the new aircraft go?, built as part of a reproduction program, not yet known.
As previously reported, in total to the level of Tu-160M should be upgraded 15 missile carriers Tu-160 VKS of the Russian Federation and to 2027 ten new strategists of Tu-160M were built with the beginning of deliveries to 2023 year. UAC promises to increase production of missile carriers.
Tu-160 is the most important part of Russia's nuclear triad, therefore, the modernization of combat vehicles and the resumption of production of these strategic bombers is our priority. Updated missile carriers surpass their predecessors in their characteristics, received new avionics equipment, engines NK-32-02 and other systems- said the head of Rostec Sergey Chemezov.
Deeply modernized Tu-160M and new-build aircraft receive new flight and navigation equipment, airborne communication complex, management system, radar, electronic countermeasures complex, new engines NK-32-02 (series 2), production of which was restored in Samara (AO “UEC-Kuznetsov), as well as new weapons.
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