Tu-160M strategic supersonic bomber-missile carrier MOSCOW, 12 Jan. A video of the flight of the newly built strategic supersonic bomber-missile carrier Tu-160M has been published. The footage shows how the plane takes off, maneuvers and lands. The flight took place at an altitude of 600 meters and lasted about half an hour. UAC General Director Yuri Slyusar clarified that the aircraft consists of 80 percent modernized equipment, despite the preservation of the original appearance. The program of reproduction of the Tu-160 in the modernized appearance of the Tu-160M was launched by the decision of the president. In the process, the specialists fully digitized the design documentation, restored the technology of vacuum welding of titanium products, and resumed the production of airframe units. -21-300
