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  • Putin accused of plagiarising his PhD thesis

    04/26/2006 1:00:02 PM PDT · 40 of 41
    cray74 to b2stealth

    "Wait till you see Tu-160 a complete copy of B1-B made possible by Putin's colleagues :) "

    The Tu-160 definitely has a lot of resemblance to the B1-B, but there are also substantial differences. Basically, the Russians made the Tu-160 bigger and faster than the B-1B. Some points of comparison:

    Engine thrust per engine: 30,000lbs (B1B) vs 55,000lbs (Tu160)

    Gross takeoff weight, max: 477,000lbs (B1B) vs 600,000lbs (Tu160)

    Wingspan (extended): 137ft (B1B) vs 182ft (Tu160)

    Length: 146ft (B1B) vs 178ft (Tu160)

    Speed: 900mph (B1B**) vs 1400mph (Tu160)

    Unrefueled ranges and internal bomb loads end up being similar, though.

    **The B1A had a top speed of ~1450mph at 50,000ft. This feature was removed in the B1B production model.

    The Tu160 and the B1B are rather like the Buran and US shuttle: strikingly similar on the surface, but with significant differences under the hood. The Tu160 definitely isn't a rivet-for-rivet copy of American hardware like the Tu4 Bull.