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Kazan to Resume Tu-160 Production
Kazan Aviation and Production Association will resume production of Tu-160 bombers, ITAR-TASS reported.
It was Alexei Fedorov, the board chairman of United Aircraft Construction Corp., that spoke of the chances to resume production of supersonic strategic missile carriers. Earlier, representatives of Russia’s Air Force had mentioned the intention to reinforce the park of Tu-160 by new aircraft, adding a plane each one or two years to have 30 Tu-160s by 2025 to 2030.
According to Fedorov, Kazan Association is getting ready to manufacture the aircraft of various designations on the Tu-214 basis. Although the official didn’t give any details, the sources say the matter at stake is a new antisubmarine plane and, perhaps, a new flying tanker and a jet of electronic warfare support.
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