Tu-160M2 prototype to perform first test flight in late January

Russia’s upgraded Tupolev Tu-160M2 Blackjack strategic bomber will perform its first test flight in January 2018. Earlier, its first test flight was planned to take place in February 2018. "The Tupolev Design Bureau has promised to take the plane into the air earlier - in late January," Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on his Facebook page. Read more

The first Tu-160M2 bomber prototype being rolled out in November 2017
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