The Tu-160 bomber, known in NATO parlance as the 'Blackjack,' is capable of carrying nuclear weapons.
Russia is deploying strategic bombers given to Moscow by Kyiv 25 years ago, according to a new investigation.The U.S.-backed Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty project reported on Tuesday that serial numbers of six Tu-160 heavy strategic bombers transferred from Ukraine to Russia a quarter of a century ago matched numbers of long-range aircraft being used by Moscow's military.
Nuclear weapons and cruise missiles had been stationed at silos and bases in Ukraine during the Cold War. When the Soviet Union crumbled, Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons in the mid-1990s in exchange for security guarantees from Russia, the U.S. and the U.K.RFE/RL's investigative branch said at least six of the Ukrainian-transferred Tu-160 heavy bombers remain operational with Russia's military.
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