Tu-160 bombers

Russian war
Inside the War
Russia continues slow modernization of Tu-160 bombers
Russia continues upgrading its Tupolev Tu-160 strategic bombers, although modernizing a single aircraft appears to take the Russian defense industry roughly five years, Defense Blog reported on May 11.
12 May, 10:50 AM
Nation
Sanctions cripple Russia’s combat aircraft production — ISW
International sanctions, a components shortage, and a lack of qualified labor significantly hinder Russian attempts to ramp up its combat aviation production, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) wrote on June 29.
30 June 2025, 08:01 AM
Russian war
Russia moves Tu-160 bombers to remote bases after Ukraine’s Cobweb strike
Satellite imagery from May 14–15 obtained by NV shows that Russia has not recovered from Ukraine’s “Cobweb” operation two weeks earlier. Instead, Moscow continues relocating strategic aircraft to its most remote bases.
15 June 2025, 04:44 PM

Tu-160 bombers

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