Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack-The Russian Answer to the B-1 -Red Star Volume 9

Subtitled: The Russian Answer to the B-1.This book gives the full story of how the Soviet Union's most potent strategic bomber, the Tupolev Tu-160 (know to the Western world as the Blackjack) was designed, built and put into operational service. The author reveals many unknown aspects of the Tu-160 story, including the development tender in which many of the Soviet Union's top-class aircraft design companies participated. Bolstering its strategic potential in order to offset the reduction in ballistic missiles, Russia is now resuming production of the Tu-160.Paperback, 8-1/2' x 11', 128 pages, 200 color, b/w