Technical data
Type	Tu-160D
Function	bomber
Year	1985
Crew	4
Engines	4*22,940kg (25500kg?) NK-321
Landing weight	150,000kg
Speed	M=2.05 at 12000m
Speed	1030km/h at 0m
Landing	280km/h
Max.Ceiling	18300m
Operating Ceiling	16000m
Climb at 0m	65m/sec
Range	12300km
Armament	total load 40,000kg 24 AA Kh-25 16,300kg bombs and 2 rotary launchers
Each launcher can carry 12 Kh-15P (AS-16 "kickback") SRAMs or 6 Kh-55 (AS-15 "Kent"), recently replaced by AS-19

Tu-160, A.N.Tupolev 'Blackjack'

Photo (32k) by Christian Laugier, from Le Fana de l'Aviation magazine July 1995, salon at Le Bourget;

Variable geometry bomber, similar in appearance to the B-1 but much bigger. Facts from different sources often contradict each other, so I made kind of 'averaging'.

Photo (41k) by taken at Moscow AeroSpace Show 1995;

See collection of comments about Tu-160 at Alexej Gretchihine RA FAQ;

This photo in full size with some information is available at Sergei's Aviation Page, maintained by

All we will be there... Photo (40k) by taken at Moscow AeroSpace Show 1995;

Other related WEB sites:

TUPOLEV Tu-160;
TUPOLEV Tu-160SK;
Tu-160 at Virtual Aircraft Museum
Tu-160 at Evgeni's Red Star Combat Aircraft Page;
Tu-160 at Yanko's Russian Weapons Catalog; (added 8/18/97)
Tu-160, Tupolev 'Blackjack'
Tu-160 Blackjack