Putin showed 4 Tu-160m bombers: did the Russian Federation restore the production of aircraft

Belny swan planes are presented as new and upgraded bombers. The focus was associated with Anatoliy Khrapchynsky's aircraft on the prospects of production of Tu-160m in Kazan. Russian President Volodymyr Putin has staged an excursion to the aircraft drainage in Kazan, where the T-22m3, Tu-160m aircraft are produced, as well as the Tu-214 family. One of the hangars showed 4 strategic Tu-160m strategic bombers.

The focus understood whether the Russian Federation had resumed production of the boards, as well as communicated with the aviation expert Anatoly Khrapchynsky on the subject. Vladimir Putin was demonstrated at once four planes: two modernized, while the other two were made of Soviet "workpieces", which were completed in 2022, but they have not yet been handed over by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The Russian Federation states that within the modernization they integrate the advanced avionic and updated NK-32-02 engines. The rocket weapons will also be replenished, and the "hypersonic" rockets are planned to be integrated. The main characteristics of the Tu-160M: Anatoly Khrapchinsky in the comment of Focus noted that it is unknown exactly what the work is carried out by Russia, because statements can be propaganda.

"For my part, there is an understanding that there is a need for improvement. If we talk about upgrading, it is an improvement in carriers, that is, engines. Because they have a very small work resource. There are NK-32 engines there, they only have about three thousand hours of resource and a thousand hours of inter-repair resource. Although again, Russian media continue to say that they have increased the resource to a thousand five hundred and so on.

But it is difficult for me to believe it, taking into account the losses that have been since the 90s years. […] Further - Avionica, the whole radio electronic part should still change, because it is necessary to step up with time. But if you take into account the existing restrictions, it is difficult to say whether they can put a much better technique or radio -electronic warfare, or radio intelligence , or radar stations that would work much better than they are, "Anatoly explains.

He is also convinced that it is not exactly about new engines, as is the case when modernizing American bombers B-52 StratoFortress. In general, the Ukrainian specialist believes that it is not so much about the modernization of the Tu-160m, but about its repair to continue operation. "I would call it simply a regular repair that will help them continue to operate them because we will return to what was in 1991.

Then some of the aircraft was cut under the weapons reduction program between the United States and the former Soviet Union countries. And those planes They remained with a limited resource, " - said the aviation expert in the focus comment. The Russian Federation claims that 8500 people are currently working at the Kazan Airline. Defense Express says that if this is true, the company is one of the largest in the Russian Federation.

Manufacturers of missiles X101 of the ICD "Raduga" have 1600 employees, and "Uralvagonzavod" - 12 thousand people. In addition to the fact that more than 8,500 people allegedly work there, it is stated that the Titan Product Products Complex. Khrapchynsky points out that the very technology for the processing of titanium was created by Ukrainian specialists of the Paton enterprise, which is now called the Institute of Electric Welding of Paton.

"The United States and other civilized countries are able to do such machines for titan He adds that propaganda often replaces the real state of affairs. As for the number of workers, according to Anatoly Khrapchynsky, it can be a continuation of Soviet traditions when the state was blown. In addition, it is not known in what mode they operate. They may work in one shift and several times a week.

According to Flightglobal, the Russian Federation has 15 Tu-160 aircraft, of which it is unknown how much is in a ammunition. Eight PCS aircraft were received from Ukraine. The other 7, according to a military expert, were in the Russian Federation. The specialist explains why the enemy uses instead of Tu-160m "Beli Swan" Old TU-95 for blows in Ukraine.

"Why the old TU-95 is used? Because they can" both in the tail and in the mane "use and not be afraid, because they are there for the resource enough. They have NK-12 engines for 33 thousand flight hours. He is not very so that directly demanding. They put the pylons so that the X-101 missiles could be hung because they do not fit inside because they were prepared for the X-55 or X-555 missiles, which much less. This significantly worse the aerodynamics of the aircraft.