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Russia's Modernised Tu-160M Strategic Bomber Performs 1st Test Flight
Russia's Modernised Tu-160M Strategic Bomber Performs 1st Test Flight
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia's newest modernised missile-carrying bomber Tu-160M has conducted its first flight test, Russian aerospace and defence company... 02.02.2020, Sputnik International
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Russia's Modernised Tu-160M Strategic Bomber Performs 1st Test Flight
13:56 GMT 02.02.2020 (Updated: 15:43 GMT 02.02.2020) MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia's newest modernised missile-carrying bomber Tu-160M has conducted its first flight test, Russian aerospace and defence company Tupolev said on Sunday.
"On 2 February 2020, the first flight of the first deeply modernised Tu-160M prototype bomber based on the Tu-160 combat aircraft took place at the KAZ airfield named after S. P. Gorbunov, a branch of PJSC Tupolev", the press service told reporters.
The flight proceeded at an altitude of 1,500 metres and lasted 37 minutes.
"During the flight, the necessary checks were performed on updated systems and equipment installed as part of the deep modernisation of the aircraft. According to the crew, the flight went as normal, the systems and equipment worked without any remarks", the press service added.
1 February 2020, 18:52 GMT
Tu-160M features an onboard defence system, an advanced communications system, new engines and weaponry that significantly expand the bomber's performance and strike capabilities.
In December, Russian Deputy Defence Minister Alexei Krivoruchko said that deliveries of the modernised strategic Tu-160M bombers to the army would begin in 2021.
