Modernization of strategic missile stakes Tu-160m did not deprive the car of vulnerabilities. The plane did not receive a stealth coating, and its service requires a lot of money. The author of the portal 19Fortyfive Brent Eastwood called the main disadvantages of the Russian aircraft.
The publication notes that the updated Tu-160 received new NK-32-02 engines, avionics and weapons. Also, the plane will be able to carry a new rocket, which will allow to destroy the opponent’s radars.
However, the author of the material believes that modernization did not solve the main problems of Tu-160. “I am not quite impressed with the updated” blackjack “. He really has a lot of flight range, and these winged invisible missiles are really interesting. But in essence it is the same plane,” the estude noted.
The author 19FortyFive emphasizes that without stealth coating Tu-160 remains a vulnerable goal. In addition, the number of aircraft in service of the Russian authority is not enough to change the strategic situation. The disadvantages of the machine East destroyed the high fuel consumption and lack of defensive weapons, which makes Tu-160 vulnerable.
In August, the head of the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia, Colonel-General Vladimir Zrudenitsky, spoke about creating a large range of a high-range aviation hypersonic rocket. According to him, the new rocket will receive upgraded Tu-22M3M and Tu-160m aircraft.