The Russian Defense Ministry recalled that in 2021, long-range aviation units were replenished with four upgraded Tu-95MS strategic missile carriers
MOSCOW, January 4. /tass/. Two upgraded Tu-160M strategic missile carriers, which will be delivered to long-range aviation in 2022, will be equipped with new electronic warfare (EW) systems and new weapons. This was reported to journalists on Tuesday in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
"The process of modernization of long-range aircraft is carried out in accordance with the approved plan. A feature of the upgraded aircraft models is the installation of new electronic warfare systems, modern navigation systems, equipment with new weapons, new avionics, as well as the installation of the latest information display media on the crew's dashboards," the Defense Ministry quoted the words of the commander of long-range aviation, Hero of Russia, Lieutenant General Sergei Kobylash.
The Russian Defense Ministry recalled that in 2021, long-range aviation units were replenished with four upgraded Tu-95MS strategic missile carriers. "The long-range aviation combat training plan has been completed 100 percent over the past year, including work on training crews for combat use and training flight personnel for qualification categories. A special feature of 2021 was the holding of the third joint air patrol in the Asia-Pacific region with the crews of the Air Forces of the People's Liberation Army of China, as well as the performance of tasks of patrolling the airspace of the Republic of Belarus," the ministry noted.
Earlier, at an expanded meeting of the board of the military department, the head of the Russian Defense Ministry, Sergei Shoigu, said that two Tu-160M strategic missile carriers are planned to be delivered to the aviation strategic nuclear forces in 2022.
The Tu-160 (unofficial Russian name "White Swan") is a Soviet, then Russian supersonic strategic bomber with a variable wing geometry. Along with the Tu-95MS, it forms the basis of the modern fleet of long-range aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces. Designed to defeat nuclear and conventional weapons targets in remote areas. The largest supersonic aircraft in the history of military aviation. In 2015, it became known about the decision to resume production of the Tu-160 in an upgraded version.
