Kazan aircraft plant has completed the industrial welding of the first Tu-160M2 missile carrier. The Deputy Defence Minister Yuri Borisov said this information to journalists during his visit to the plant.
As reported The Deputy Defence Minister Yuri Borisov during his visit that, The Ministry of Defence confirms the previously announced dates: the first test flight of the aircraft is scheduled for 2018, and the beginning of mass production in 2021.
"A great job is done, we have several times addressed with words of gratitude to the industry that in a relatively short time, ahead of previously set schedules restored processes, associated with the reproduction of the Tu-160M2," – said Yuri Borisov.











