I was surprised to find no mention of Tu-160, which is a supersonic strategic bomber currently in operation. It builds on Tu-144 design. https://en.m.wikipedia.

I was surprised to find no mention of Tu-160, which is a supersonic strategic bomber currently in operation. It builds on Tu-144 design. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-160 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-160 One of the advantages of flying Mach-2 is to provoke the increased wear of the intercept aircraft at peaceful times, or so they say.