Tupolev TU-160 Blackjack
long-range strategic penetration bomber and missile platform
Specifications
- Origin
- Russia
- Type
- long-range strategic penetration bomber and missile platform
- Maximum Speed
- 1.079 kt / 1.243 mph
- Maximum Range
- 14,000 km / 8.699 miles
- Dimensions
- span 55.70 m / 182 ft 9 in
length 54.10 m / 177 ft 6 in
height 13.10 m / 43 ft 0 in - Weight
- empty 118,000 kg / 260,140 lb
max. take-off 275,000 kg / 606,261 lb - Powerplant
- four 25,000-kg (55,115 lb) afterburning thrust Kuznetsov NK-321 turbofans
Armament
provision for 16500 kg (36.376 Ib) of disposable stores carried in two lower-fuselage weapon bays and on hardpoints under the wing gloves; typical weapons are free-fall nuclear and/or HE bombs, and/or missiles including up to 12 RK-55 (AS-15 'Kent') cruise missiles or 24 RKV-500B (AS-16 'Kickback') short-range attack missiles