Tu-160M2

[+76.IAP-Blackbird]

https://tvzvezda.ru/news/opk/content/201711161254-k76x.htm

[Stick]

Now that is a seriously commendable effort! Hat's off to Tupolev for pulling off something like this! 

Lockeed Martin and the Pentagon (re: F-22 production restart), nay aircraft manufacturers and governments world over should be taking notes, instead feeding drivel to taxpayers. 

 

[+76.IAP-Blackbird]

The story behind it, is also interesting, the production plant and several planes, so far i know, were in the Ukraine after the collapse of the soviet union.

Edited November 17, 2017 by 76.IAP-Blackbird

[+Typhoid]

nice new targets.....

seriously though, not unexpected.  We've known for several years the Soviets, er, Russians were working on this.  A significant accomplishment to relocate their production and spin up the program with all new avionics and weapons.