Shoigu was entrusted to restore the creation bombers Tu-160. Russian defense Minister stressed that this was a unique machine, ahead of its time by several decades.
When visiting Kazan Gorbunov aviation plant named after the Russian defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has entrusted to work on all these pressing issues, that in the Russian Federation has resumed production supersonic strategic bombers Tu-160. The Minister stressed that Russia has not used the full potential of the car, which among the people called "White Swan".
"Now you need to start solving problems not only for the maintenance of health and modernization of the aircraft fleet of long-range aviation, but also on the reproduction of Tu-160" - quoted Shoigu RIA Novosti. He recalled that the Tu-160 - the original machine, ahead of its time by several decades and to this day not fully used its own engineering capabilities. "The best airplane in supersonic class no one has yet developed", - said the Minister.
Shoigu stressed that in order to fulfil his Commission will need to review the technical base of the company. "Certainly, to solve the most important tasks you want to consolidate opportunities for reconstruction, technical re-equipment of production base," he said pointing.
Tu-160 is the largest and most powerful in the history of military aviation supersonic aircraft with variable geometry wings. The heaviest combat aircraft in the world has the largest bombers among the limiting take-off mass. Among the pilots he enjoyed wide popularity. In service with the Russian air force currently are 15 bombers Tu-160. All of them are evenly modernization, which began in 2012.