The first newly-built Tupolev Tu-160M strategic ... The Tu-160M (codenamed Blackjack by NATO) is an upgraded version of the Soviet-designed Tu-160, dubbed the White Swan. Along with the Tu-95MS ...

MOSCOW, August 31. /TASS/. Russia’s Defense Ministry has received another Tupolev Tu-160 (NATO reporting name: Blackjack) strategic missile carrier after its repair and upgrade, the press office ...

The drone attack hit the Soviet-era base in Engels, which hosts Russia’s Tupolev Tu-160 nuclear-capable heavy strategic bombers, colloquially known as White Swans.

The nature of the upgrade to the Tu-160M has not been detailed, but the type is once again making its presence felt in the ongoing Russia-U.S. standoff.