The first pictures of the modernized strategic bomber-rocket-shell Tu-160m2 appeared on the website of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan. The process of building a first sample of an upgraded aircraft captured on August 27 at the Kazan Aviation Plant named after S. P. Gorbunov (Kaz, branch of PJSC “Tupolev”).
The new aircraft got into the lenses during the visit of the Minister of Defense of Russia Sergey Shoigu and President Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov on Kaz. On the pictures you can see the fuselage of the aircraft with the root part of the wing.
Tu-160m2 is a completely new aircraft – unlike past Tu-160m, which upgraded from construction machines. The modification of T-160M2, among other things, is distinguished by modernized by avionics, Reb complex and weapons management systems.
Strategic Rocket Sheet Tu-160 made the first flight in 1981. During the production, 27 Tu-160 serial samples were released. In July, the flight-tactical teachings of long aviation were held in Russia in which the crews of Tu-160 took part.