The Rockwell B-1 Lancer is an Air Force supersonic bomber, one developed starting in the 1960s, with the first flight taking place in 1974. The project was canceled in the late 1970s but revived a few ...
First flown in 1982, the Tu-160 was originally designed as an answer to the US Air Force B-1 Lancer supersonic bomber that was designed to deliver nuclear bombs through Soviet air defenses. Though the ...
Here’s What You Need to Remember: The M-model Tu-160 features new engines and avionics and a metallic canopy treatment that reduces the type’s radar-reflectivity. But the Tu-160 isn’t stealthy, even ...