| Specifications |
| Soviet Designation |
TU-160 |
| US-Designation |
Blackjack |
| Design Bureau |
OKB-156 Tupolev |
| Manufacturer |
Plant Nr. 22 Kazan |
| Power Plant |
4 HK-32 turbojet engines |
| Thrust |
25.000 kg each |
| Length |
54.1 |
| Height |
13.1 |
| Wingspan |
35.6m (minimum), 55.7m (maximum) |
| Wing Surface |
232 sqm |
| Speed |
2200 km/h (maximum), 1030 km/h (ground) |
| Ceiling |
16.000m |
| Weight (empty) |
110.000kg |
| Fuel weight |
148.000 kg |
| Maximum take-off weight |
275.000 kg |
| Normal load |
9.000 kg |
| Maximum load |
40.000 |
| Range |
14.000 km (with a load of 9.000kg)
10.500 km (with a load of 40.000 kg) |
| Armament |
12 H-55 or 24 H-15 missiles
free falling bombs |
| Systems |
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| Crew |
4 |
| Accomodation |
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| Unit cost |
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| Approved |
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| Development began |
1975 |
| First Flight |
12/19/1981 |
| Series production started |
1984 |
| Date deployed |
1987 |
| Inventory |
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| Variants |
Tu-160 or Tu-160S: standard serial version, primarily for firing surface-to-air missiles with nuclear warhead and secondarily for conventional weapons attacks
Tu-160E: a fictional version of Dale Brown's "Leadership Material" short story, practically "Russian Megafortress"
Tu-160K: project of two aircraft ballistic missile carrier Krecet-R
Tu-160M: extended version project with four hypersonic surface-to-air missiles Ch-90 (3M25A Meteorit-A, AS-X-19 Koala); apparently a mock-up was
Tu-160M: second use of the name, current program of comprehensive modernization
Tu-160P: Heavy Fighter Project to Escort Attacking Tu-160s Armed with Medium and Long Range Air-To-Air Missiles
Tu-160PP: electronic jammer project for escorts of tu-160 attackers; probably a mock-up was built
Tu-160R: strategic reconnaissance aircraft project
Tu-160SK or Tu-160SC: Burlak space rocket carrier; this project was redesigned to international Burlak-Diana, then stopped and restored again as a purely Russian Burlak
Tu-160V: project version with hydrogen fuel engines; in addition to the engines, it should also be distinguished by an enlarged fuselage with special liquefied hydrogen tanks
Tu-160 NK-74: design version with new NK-74 engines and greater range
Tu-160 Voron: a project to carry a hypersonic unmanned Reconnaissance Aircraft Voron, which was supposed to be the equivalent of an American D-21
Tu-161: a long-range interceptor project to attack Us aircraft over the Atlantic using twelve air-to-air long-range missiles
Tu-170: a project version for conventional strikes that would not fall under the SALT 2 disarmament contract; the results of the development were used in the modernization of serial Tu-160
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