{"id":20796,"date":"2024-02-23T08:44:42","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T03:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=20796"},"modified":"2025-04-06T07:45:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T02:15:04","slug":"tupolev-tu-160m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/tupolev-tu-160m\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the Tupolev Tu-160M?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Tupolev Tu-160M<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Tu-160M, a\u00a0modernized version of a Cold War-era bomber that the former Soviet Union would have deployed in the event of nuclear war to deliver weapons at long distances.<\/li>\n<li>It is a\u00a0Russian supersonic variable-sweep wing\u00a0strategic\u00a0missile-carrying bomber.<\/li>\n<li>It is\u00a0called &#8220;White Swan\u201d in Russia,\u00a0and is code-named \u201cBlackjacks\u201d by NATO.<\/li>\n<li>Russia claims it is the\u00a0world\u2019s fastest-flying supersonic and heaviest payload-carrying bomber.<\/li>\n<li>It is designed to hit targets in remote areas with\u00a0nuclear and conventional weapons.<\/li>\n<li>Features:\n<ul>\n<li>o The Tu-160M, which has a\u00a0crew of four, is capable of\u00a0carrying 12 cruise missiles\u00a0or 12 short-range nuclear missiles.<\/li>\n<li>o It can\u00a0fly 12,000 km (7,500 miles)\u00a0non-stop without refueling.<\/li>\n<li>o It is powered by four afterburning\u00a0turbofan engines.<\/li>\n<li>o It has a maximum speed of 2,220 kilometers per hour and ascends to heights of 16,000 meters.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>o It showcases features like an innovative navigation system, an upgraded radar, and even a\u00a0refueling probe for in-flight refuelling, which further extends its range.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What are cruise missiles?<\/h3>\n<p>Cruise missiles are unmanned vehicles that are propelled by jet engines, much like an airplane. They can be launched from ground, air, or sea platforms. Cruise missiles remain within the atmosphere for the duration of their flight and can fly as low as a few meters off the ground. Flying low to the surface of the earth expends more fuel but makes a cruise missile very difficult to detect.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/videos\/world-news\/putin-boards-russian-nuclear-bomber-inspects-cockpit-as-moscow-upgrades-tu-160m-bombers-watch-101708634867922.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Putin Boards Russian Nuclear Bomber; Inspects Cockpit As Moscow Upgrades TU-160M Bombers | Watch<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tu-160M is a Russian supersonic variable-sweep wing strategic missile-carrying bomber.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":20797,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-20796","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}