The Tu-160 “White Swan” has always been a symbol of brute speed and payload, but its latest incarnation is defined by two blunt words that capture both Moscow’s ambition and NATO’s concern: massive ...

Russia’s latest 11-hour Tu-160 “White Swan” patrol over the Arctic underscores how a bomber designed in the late Cold War ...

NATO jets, specifically Italian Eurofighter Typhoons, intercepted a unique Russian Tu-134UBL aircraft known as "Black Pearl" and two Su-30 fighters over the Baltics. The "Black Pearl" is a military ...

This is the second time since February 2020 the rare Russian aircraft has been intercepted. The twin-engine jet is a derivative of the Soviet-era Tu-134 narrow-body airliner that first flew in July ...