Figure -160 is going to be exported?India promotes the purchase of Tu-160, and the Indian Air Force adds a big kill?

"Military and Military Secondary Point" Author: Lu Yan

As we all know, hypersonic weapons are the hottest advanced weapons in recent years. As a country that is very powerful, India also wants to make breakthroughs in this regard, but according to Indian media reports, India's choice of breakthroughs is strange, that is, buying Figure 160 bomber and some supporting weapons from Russia, of which Including a high supersonic missile like a dagger. Indian media also believes that if a new Figure 160M bomber can be obtained from Russia, the strategic strike capacity of the Indian Air Force will be improved, and it will also be at the forefront of the world. Is it possible for India to buy Figure 160? How much is the improvement of India if you really buy it?

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FIG. 160 is an advanced bomber developed before the disintegration of the Soviet Union. Its target is the B1B bomber in the United States, but the body shape and weight are larger. The maximum take -off weight of FIG. 160 is as high as 275 tons, and 4 major thrust -type turbofan engines are installed. The total thrust is far greater than the B1B of the United States. And Figure 160 has a maximum flight speed of more than two Mach, plus the maximum load of 45 tons, and even if it does not perform air refueling, it can also achieve intercontinental blows.

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Figure 160's launch of the Soviet Union's disintegration was not long. A large number of Figure 160 bomber belonged to Ukraine. Regarding the issue of the belonging of these Figure 160 bomber, Russia and Ukraine had conducted a dark contest in Mingli. In the end, the United States destroyed some of them threatened them to threaten them at low prices to them threatened them at low prices. A very large Figure 160 bomber, and Ukraine also handed some bombers to Russia, and some of the Russian army currently used Figure 160 bomber comes from Ukraine.

However, the status quo in Figure 160 in Russia's hands is not good. Most of these aircraft production hours are in the late 1980s. Although key data such as aircraft flight performance and bomb capacity are very good, its radar avionics system is very backward. You must know that the B52H and B1B bombers in the United States have been upgraded by large and small, and even the Russian Air Force's Figure 22M3 bomber is constantly upgrading. my country ’s bombardment 6K is a comprehensive evolution. The Figure 160 used by Russia is actually the technical level of more than 30 years ago. The actual blow ability is not as powerful as promoted.

▲ Except Figure 160, the performance of the other two aircraft has gradually lag behind. Image source: network

However, Russia did not give up the upgrade of Figure 160. It mainly includes two aspects. The first is to upgrade the fuselage and radar and airborne weapons. At the same time, it is also trying to produce a new Figure 160, which is Figure 160m bomber. At the beginning of this year, Russia's first newly produced Figure 160M bomber officially flew, which means that after more than 30 years, Russia can finally produce the Figure 160 bomber completely independently. And as long as Russia's economy permits, it can be produced in large quantities. Figure 160 replaced other old aircraft. Before the PAK-DA remote strategic bombing machine was served, there was a relatively good upgraded version of the bomber.

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In general, Figure 160M bomber is still a very strong strategic bomber now, especially after using the air -ray cruise missile and hypersonic anti -ship missile, which is currently the top bomber. With Russia and India's relationship with Russia, Russia's attitude towards these bomber does not rule out the possibility of Russia selling bombers to India. There are only some problems in it. First of all, my country also participated in the disputes between Russia's Ukraine and the United States on Figure 160 bomber. In the end, it did not obtain Figure 160 bomber, but had other technologies. After that, my country also negotiated with Russia, hoping to introduce Figure 160, not the introduction of the Internet transmission Figure 22M3 or Figure 95.

But the United States also knows that once China introduces Figure 160, a similar bomber will be developed in the short term as a transition. Now my country has clearly stated in many aspects that the project of the 20 bomber is existing, and there are a lot of improved bombardment 6K bombers. Go to purchase this traditional bomber in the 1980s.

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India has no strategic Air Force at all. Figure 160 bomber is indeed a big killer for India, and India has always wanted to introduce hypersonic missile technology from Russia, which can be said to coincide. However, India introduced the bombers of Russian essence and hypersonic missiles. Even if there is the possibility of export, this possibility is very low. Assuming that Russia is urgently required to export weapons because of the influence of the Russian and Ukraine War, the price proposed in Figure 160 is likely to be astronomical numbers, and India may not be fully accepted. Take a step back, assuming that the two reached a transaction, it is likely that the bombers and some conventional weapons hang the appetite of India and put a long fish fish. Figure 160 itself does not have the ability to stealth. Without advanced long -range missiles, the value on the battlefield is not the essential difference between the aircraft such as Boom 6 and B52.

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Based on the current production speed of Russia, even if it has signed a contract with India in the past two years, it will be at least 5 years or even 10 years after India introduced and equipped with the equipment Figure 160 explosor.At that time, the scale of the bombardment is already unimaginable by India.And if Russia develops better, then this time node will also give birth to its own new bomber.In this way, Figure 160 bomber has also become a weapon that can earn foreign exchange, exporting to India, which is ambitious but not careful, why not?▲ Picture source: Network

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