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September 26, 2012 at 2:47 pm in reply to: More on the Tu-160s #2303767

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I saw this topic and I would like to add some of the information I compiled; currently there are 16 Tu-160 in service:

– 8 came from Ukraine in 1999-2000.
– 6 were completed after 1991: 3 in February/May 1992, 2 in 1993 and 1 in early 1994.
– 1 was completed in 2000.
– 1 was completed in 2008.
– 1 was used for testing, and then overhauled and given to Russian Air Force.

One Blackjack crashed in 2003 (01 Mikhail Gromov). As 2012 there are 16 Tu-160 in operational unit. By the time the Soviet Union dissolved, there were 13 aircraft in different state of assembly*. Only 8 seem to have been completed, but no further production is envisaged.

Bort numbers and names can be found here:

http://alejandro-8.blogspot.com/2012/05/lista-de-tu-160-operados-por-rusia.html

Some links:

– http://vadimvswar.narod.ru/ALL_OUT/AiKOut06/PriluEng/PriluEng001.htm (article on transfer of Ukrainians Tu-160)
– http://en.rian.ru/russia/20080429/106194482.html (sample finished in 2008 and mention to the other completed in 2000).
– http://www.royfc.com/news/may/1506may01.html (overhauled aircraft from Tupolev in 2006).

* According to Russian wikipedia.

September 25, 2012 at 7:42 pm in reply to: Tu-160 Blackjack in Ukraine 1992-2000 #2304334

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I admit that I’m too lazy to research the agreements to limit weapons sales and this would apply to Tu 160 Blackjack, but with regard to cruise missile as I recall there is a limited range for export that could be about 250Km.

The Russia launched a variant of the Kh 55 with reduced range or smaller amount of fuel inside and with conventional warhead more heavier than the original nuke, this version were called Kh 65E as I recall, so them could export this without violating the agreements.

I see your point, but Tu-142 was by the time it was exported an obsolete platform. No big deal in selling a few to India.

Tu-160 was a completely different matter. Russia did sell weaponry to China but never strategic weaponry. Su-30MKK variants were way more simple than state of the art Su-30MKI. On one hand there was need to keep aviation industry alive but they did not want to reinforce China at a time Russia was weak.

September 23, 2012 at 1:02 pm in reply to: RuAF News and Development Thread part 10 #2305247

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Nes on Il-476 first flight:

http://www.aviaport.ru/news/2012/09/22/241034.html

September 22, 2012 at 11:07 pm in reply to: Tu-160 Blackjack in Ukraine 1992-2000 #2305511

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The possible sale of 019 Tu 160 and more than 1000 cruise missile Kh 55 for China without nukes due to international treaties, give it a capability to alter the strategic balance of forces after the end of the Soviet Union.

I don’t think Tu-160 and cruise missiles can be exported. IIRC there are agreements on this type of armament. For example, Russia developed Brahmos with India because a full export would not have been possible.

Teej

Thanks for those links. They are an excellent summary of the negotiations.

September 21, 2012 at 10:58 am in reply to: Tu-160 Blackjack in Ukraine 1992-2000 #2306205

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According to the agreement, the Tu-160 needed to be disposed by cutting wings and tail. Nothing was said about other components and it seems that Ukrainians took them away before destruction, but there is no evidence of where they ended up:

http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/us-delegation-sees-nuclear-bomber-sawed-in-half-988.html?flavour=full

September 19, 2012 at 2:31 pm in reply to: Russian Civil Aviation News #532180

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Ilyushin expects to sale 100 Il-114 until 2030:

http://www.aex.ru/news/2012/9/18/98357/

September 18, 2012 at 3:49 pm in reply to: Tu-160 Blackjack in Ukraine 1992-2000 #2307181

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Interesting article on how Ukrainians managed to keep control of Tu-160. With google translate you can understand most things.

http://www.vu.mil.gov.ua/index.php?part=article&id=1302

By the way, when Russia and Ukraine did reach an agreement on 8 Tu-160 and 3 Tu-95, were these the only aircraft available or there were more in a bad state of disrepair?

September 17, 2012 at 3:59 pm in reply to: Russian Civil Aviation News #532397

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So with SSJ have high momentum to speed ahead (the crash in Indonesia seems the findings indicated more to Human error), I do agree the UAC should drop An-148 altogether. SSJ so far seems the only design that come out from Russia, which has enough momentum facing Airbus and Boeing.

IMO the problem is that if you phase An-148 (or Tu-204) out of production, you decrease the contracts of certain factories by a large amount. An-148 is produced in VASO; others (Il-96) are not sold in big numbers.

Same with KAPO, they produce Tu-204 mainly.

September 17, 2012 at 3:48 pm in reply to: RuAF News and Development Thread 9 #2307890

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RSK MiG will accelerate MiG-29 production

2011: 11
2012: 24
2013: 36

They also seem to expect a contract from Russian Air Force for 2020 program.

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/ila-mig-29-production-takes-off-as-indian-carrier-trials-near-end-376268/

September 5, 2012 at 11:29 am in reply to: Russian Civil Aviation News #533193

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Russian government is going to revise aircraft targets for civil aviation. Funding is spent in too many projects (SSJ, Tu-204, MS-21, An-148).

http://english.pravda.ru/russia/economics/04-09-2012/122071-sukhoi_superjet-0/

(Ignore sensationalistic title)

According to Ukranian sources, funding of An-148 will cease (nothing is decided yet):

http://www.segodnya.ua/economics/enews/Rossiya-otkazalas-ot-sovmestnogo-s-Ukrainoy-stroitelstva-samoletov.html

September 4, 2012 at 3:13 pm in reply to: General Discussion #238016

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Most of the things I had in VHS were movies (recorded from TV) and a few documentaries. Those are all gone. They were a waste of space.

I have converted to DCS the VHS tapes my family filmed. As I did not have a VHS player I sent everything to a company on the internet. If you only have a few tapes it will save you the hassle.

September 4, 2012 at 3:13 pm in reply to: Anyone else still using VHS? #1835170

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Most of the things I had in VHS were movies (recorded from TV) and a few documentaries. Those are all gone. They were a waste of space.

I have converted to DCS the VHS tapes my family filmed. As I did not have a VHS player I sent everything to a company on the internet. If you only have a few tapes it will save you the hassle.

August 28, 2012 at 10:04 am in reply to: Russian Civil Aviation News #533570

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The data posted are for conditions in Russia and parametera like altitude, speed, and distance should be taken into account.

E190 is at 1800kg/h, with slightly higher cruise speed.

Where did you fin these data?

August 27, 2012 at 12:49 pm in reply to: Russian Civil Aviation News #533601

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Transport agency has published average fuel consumption of jets operated in Russia. Some points:

– The SSJ is the only Russian model comparable to Airbus.
– Tu-134 has a rather low value.
– Improvement when going from Il-86 to Il-96.

August 24, 2012 at 10:29 am in reply to: Russian Civil Aviation News #533925

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Red Wing has shown interest in Tu-204SM and was ready to sign a rather large contract for Russian standards (especially Tupolev’s), for about 33 aircraft. Is this confirmed or there are still negotations? It seems Tupolev’s opportunities are running out as SSJ production gears up…
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