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 "name": "Tupolev Tu-160",
 "manufacturer": "Tupolev",
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 "url": "https://aircraft.intelsystems.ai/aircraft/T160/",
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  "max_kmh": 2220,
  "cruise_kmh": 960,
  "range_km": 12300,
  "ceiling_m": 16000,
  "first_flight": 1981,
  "in_service": 1987,
  "engine": "4 × Samara NK-321 afterburning turbofan engines",
  "power": "137.3 kN (30,900 lbf) thrust each dry, 245 kN (55,000 lbf) with afterburner"
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 "specifications_source": "AirwayControl spec register, curated from Wikipedia and manufacturer pages",
 "wikipedia": {
  "title": "Tupolev Tu-160",
  "summary": "The Tupolev Tu-160 is a Soviet/Russian nuclear-capable supersonic, variable-sweep wing heavy strategic bomber and airborne missile platform designed by the Tupolev Design Bureau in the 1970s. The aircraft is large, longer than a Boeing B-52 Stratofortress at 54 m, with wingspan 56 m when spread, 36 m when swept back. The Tu-160 is operated by the Long Range Aviation branch of the Russian Aerospace Forces.",
  "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-160",
  "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/",
  "retrieved": "2026-10-11"
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  "drawings": "CC BY 4.0",
  "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "attribution": "Drawing of the Tupolev Tu-160 by AirwayControl Aircraft Library (https://aircraft.intelsystems.ai/aircraft/T160/), CC BY 4.0"
 },
 "source": "AirwayControl Aircraft Library",
 "updated": "2026-10-11"
}