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All Russia's Tu-160 Strategic Bombers 'to Undergo 100%, Deep Modernization'

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Russia will upgrade all of its Tu-160 Blackjack strategic missile carriers. Tu-22M3 bombers will be modernized, too. 27.04.2017, Sputnik International

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All Russia's Tu-160 Strategic Bombers 'to Undergo 100%, Deep Modernization'

14:38 GMT 27.04.2017 (Updated: 14:40 GMT 27.04.2017)

The Tu-160 heavy strategic bomber Alexander Novikov at the military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of Victory in the 1941-1945 Great Patriotic War. - Sputnik International

Russia will upgrade all of its Tu-160 Blackjack strategic missile carriers. Tu-22M3 bombers will be modernized, too.

KAZAN (Sputnik) — All Tu-160 Blackjack strategic bombers in service with Russia's Aerospace Forces will be fully modernized, Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov said Thursday.

"All 16 Tu-160 planes in service will undergo a 100-percent, deep, modernization…In addition, Tu-22M3 [Backfire] bombers will be upgraded, as well," Borisov told reporters after visiting the Kazan aircraft manufacturing plant.