# Tupolev Tu-160 'Blackjack'
Author: ElLobo

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_Foto: [Sergey Krivchikov - Russian AviaPhoto Team](http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?photographersearch=Sergey%20Krivchikov%20-%20Russian%20AviaPhoto%20Team). Bild från [Wikipedia en](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tu-160_at_MAKS_2007.jpg).  _  

  

**Tupolev Tu-160 'Blackjack'** är ett tungt strategiskt jetdrivet bombplan som utvecklades i Sovjetunionen under 1980-talet. 

Efter att Sovjetunionen hade delats upp så delades de då existerande 35 flygplanen upp mellan Ukraina och Ryssland. Några av de ukrainska planen lämnades tillbaka till Ryssland som betalning för naturgas medan resten senare skrotades.

Numera är Ryssland det enda land som flyger med planet och totalt är 17 plan i tjänst. Dessa uppdateras och planeras vara i tjänst ytterligare ett antal år.

  

Fakta:

Besättning: 4

Flög första gången: 1981

I aktiv tjänst: 1987

Längd: 54,1 meter  

Spännvidd: 35,60–55,70 meter

Höjd: 13,10 meter

Tomvikt: 110 000 kg

Max. startvikt: 275 000 kg

Motorer: 4 × Kuznetsov NK-321 jetmotorer

Dragkraft: 137 kN vardera

Maxfart: Mach 2,05  

Räckvidd med max. bränsle: 12 300 km

Max. flyghöjd: 15 000 m

Bomber: Diverse frifallande inkl kärnvapen  

Missiler: Ch-55, Ch-15, Ch-80

  

_Länkar:_

[Wikipedia sv](http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu-160)   

[Wikipedia en](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu-160)

## Comment 1
Author: ElLobo

**Russian Strategic Aircrafts to Patrol South America**

The head of the Russian long-range air force, Anatoli Zhijarev, confirmed today here that Tu- 160 strategic bombers will fly in South America as part of the patrolling plan to remote areas of the Ministry of Defense.  

_Länk_: [Russian Strategic Aircrafts to Patrol South America](http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2011771&Itemid=1)

  

  

**Russian Strategic Aircrafts to Patrol South America**

The head of the Russian long-range air force, Anatoli Zhijarev, confirmed today here that Tu- 160 strategic bombers will fly in South America as part of the patrolling plan to remote areas of the Ministry of Defense.

_Länk_: [Russian Strategic Aircrafts to Patrol South America](http://www.cadenagramonte.cu/english/index.php/show/articles/15997:russian-strategic-aircrafts-to-patrol-south-america)

## Comment 2
Author: ElLobo

**Russian Tu-160 Strategic Bombers Land in Nicaragua**

Two Russian Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack strategic bombers arrived in Nicaragua on Thursday after taking off from an airbase in Venezuela, the Russian Defense Ministry said.  

_Länk_: [Russian Tu-160 Strategic Bombers Land in Nicaragua](http://en.ria.ru/world/20131031/184446158/Russian-Tu-160-Strategic-Bombers-Land-in-Nicaragua.html)

  

  

**Russian Bombers to Continue Patrols Over South America**

Two Russian Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack strategic bombers currently on a tour-of-duty in South America will carry out a series of patrol missions over the region in line with the program of combat training, the Defense Ministry said.  

_Länk_: [Russian Bombers to Continue Patrols Over South America](http://en.ria.ru/military_news/20131101/184462190/Russian-Bombers-to-Continue-Patrols-Over-South-America.html)

## Comment 3
Author: ElLobo

**Russian Tu-160 strategic sombers complete Venezuela-Nicaragua flight**  

Under the framework of the Long-Range Aviation and Operational Training programs of the Russian Air Force, two supersonic Tu-160 strategic bombers completed a flight from the Maiquetia Airfield in Venezuela to the Managua airfield in Nicaragua.

_Länk:_ [Russian Tu-160 strategic sombers complete Venezuela-Nicaragua flight](http://defence.pk/threads/russian-tu-160-strategic-sombers-complete-venezuela-nicaragua-flight.285720/)