Put simply, the Tu-22M can strike almost anywhere, at any time, from beyond the range of Ukrainian defenses. The Russian ...

A catastrophic 1973 Paris air show crash of the competing Russian airliner, Tupolev Tu-144, also shifted public perception on supersonic flight safety at a time when many airlines were considering ...

One of the most insane large aircraft designs didn't come from the west but from the heart of Russia. It could carry 1200 ...

Captain Mike Bannister, who flew more Concorde hours than any other pilot, is hopeful about the future of the Boom Supersonic ...

The drone barrage is reported to have targeted the Kazan Aviation Plant, which has been under European Union sanctions since 2023, and manufactures Russia's nuclear-capable Tupolev Tu-160 ...

The Tu-160 is Russia's more modern strategic bomber, entering service in 1987. To this day, it remains the largest operational bomber in the world. It can carry a total of 12 Kh-55 missiles and up to ...

Its progenitor was nuclear-capable, and Tupolev ensured that the Tu-160M had a versatile weapon capacity, meaning these birds could fly with both conventional and nuclear weapons in her bomb bays.