PAKDA a Russian Stealth bomber

icekid · July 6th, 2008

http://dailylark.blogspot.com/2008/0...th-bomber.html

Russia going to create a stealth bomber based on Tu-160

Russians have increase flights over NATO territories... I guess it's Russia's way of saying "we are still strong"

gf0012-aust · July 6th, 2008

Looking at the quality of input so far on their prev blogs, I'd place zero credibility on it.

thread closed until something more credible is generated.

Feanor · July 6th, 2008

No the PAK-DA is a real program. It's just very, very, VERY far off into the future. We're talking past the 2020 timeframe. It's somewhere up there with the future Russian carrier fleet.

Feanor · December 23rd, 2009

And the PAKDA research and development contract has been signed with Tupolev. It's a 3 year contract running to 2012. After 2012, they will begin construction-development up to 2017. First flight is estimated by 2015.

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Usual claims that the bomber will be VLO, and plans to replace the Tu-160, Tu-95MS, and Tu-22M3. The base for the bomber will be the Tu-160.