[familyop]

Russian Blackjack (AKA Tupolev Tu-160). Looks like a failed attempt to copy our old B-1.






RAF Typhoon (probably a slightly older version).

[mad_as_he$$]

Right: B-1ski.

[Oztrich Boy]

Russian Blackjack (AKA Tupolev Tu-160). Looks like a failed attempt to copy our old B-1.

"copy" "failed": I do not think those words mean what you think they mean.

1 The Tu-160 is actually a development of the 60s Myasishchev M-18 design

2. compared to the Bone, the Tupelov carries more, faster, further.

[Jeff Head]

Actually...no, not failed at all.

Very expensive for the Ruskies...and they only built 36 or so of them, of which I believe 25 are still in service.

But the Blackjack is a very decent and capable bird...not to be underestimated.

It has a larger payload than the Bone, and is in fact supersonic (Mach 2), built really to mimic the B-1A.

Russian electronics are not as good as ours by far...but they do know how to build decent aircraft...and this bomber remains a very real threat.