First Tu-160m rolled from scratch made flight

Strategic rocket mines Tu-160m, first built in Russia from scratch, flew. About this on Wednesday, January 12, reports TASS with reference to the state corporation “Rostech”.

“January 12 from the airfield of the Kazan Aviation Plant – the branch of” Tupolev “(as part of the OAK State Corporation” Rostech “) made the first flight of the first newly manufactured strategic rocket minister Tu-160m,” said Rostech.

They clarified that the flight took about 30 minutes and was performed at an altitude of 600 meters. During this time, test pilots managed to perform maneuvers that allow you to check the stability and controllability of the aircraft in the air.

/Media reports.