Tu-160 "Corsair Flag" bomber is a multi-purpose ultra-long-range strategic bomber developed by the Soviet Tupolev Design Bureau, known in the West as "Viking Flag"
It is one of the largest bombers currently available
The TU-160 "Corsair Flag" bomber can not only launch cruise missiles with fire circles at high altitude supersonic speeds, but also attack important targets with nuclear weapons or missiles at subsonic penetration, and can also suppress air defense and launch short-range attack missiles.
status quo
The TU-160 Corsair bomber, at least 16 of which are still in production, are already in service with the Russian Air Force.
Major defects
Tu-160 "Corsair Flag" bomber, although it has a huge attack capability, but large and bulky, the fuselage is in the enemy airspace when the mission, facing a very big danger, so the tu-160 "Pirate Flag" bomber to carry out the mission, the commander needs to have fighter escort support.
Electronic Equipment
The TU-160 Pirate Flag bomber is equipped with attack radar, terrain tracking radar, and early warning radar, provided it is equipped with a video setting to assist the attack weapon in aiming.
Basic data of the TU-160 Corsair bomber
Type: Supersonic variable swept-wing bomber
Length: 51.1 meters
Wingspan: 55.7 meters
Maximum speed: 2000 km / h
Maximum range: 14,000 km
Maximum takeoff weight: 275,000 kg
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