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The Tupolev Tu-160 (NATO codename: 'Blackjack') is a supersonic, variable sweep wing, strategical heavy bomber aircraft. The Tu-160 is the largest and heaviest military aircraft (beside Transports) currently in existence. The Tupolev Tu-160 entered service in 1987 and 16 aircraft are currently in service with the Russian Air Force.

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• Blackjack, formerly also Black Jack and Vingt-Un, is the American member of a global family of banking games known as Twenty-One, whose relatives include the British game of Pontoon and the European game, Vingt-et-Un. It is a comparing card game between one or more players and a dealer, where each player in turn competes against the dealer.
• The Tupolev Tu-160 ( NATO codename: 'Blackjack' ) is a supersonic, variable sweep wing, strategical heavy bomber aircraft. The Tu-160 is the largest and heaviest military aircraft ( beside Transports ) currently in existence. The Tupolev Tu-160 entered service in 1987 and 16 aircraft are currently in service with the Russian Air Force. Development The Soviet Union started in 1967 a competition.
• The Tu-160 Blackjack is a high-speed, high-altitude bomber aircraft designed as a response to the XB-70 Valkyrie and B-1B Lancer bombers.

Blackjack is a popular casino-gambling card game.

Black Jack or Blackjack may also refer to:

Places[edit]

Australia[edit]

• Black Jack, Queensland, a locality in Queensland
• Black Jack, a civil parish of Pottinger County, New South Wales
• Black Jack Hill, near Gunnedah, New South Wales

United States[edit]

• Black Jack (Red Oak, North Carolina), a historic plantation house
• Black Jack, Kansas, an unincorporated community
• Black Jack, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
• Black Jack, Missouri, a city
• Blackjack, Cherokee County, Texas, an unincorporated community
• Blackjack, Smith County, Texas, an unincorporated community

People[edit]

• Ada Blackjack (1898–1983), Inuit woman
• Roddy Blackjack (c. 1920–2013), Canadian elder and former Chief of the Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation of the Yukon Territory
• Blackjack Lanza (born 1935), ring name of former professional wrestler John Lanza
• Blackjack Mulligan (1942–2016), ring name of former professional wrestler Robert Jack Windham
• 'Blackjack' Hoss Taylor, a professional wrestler from All-Star Wrestling

Arts and entertainment[edit]

Fictional characters[edit]

• Black Jack (manga character), the main character of the 1973 manga series of the same name
• Blackjack (Transformers), a fictional character in the Transformers universe

Films[edit]

• Black Jack (1927 film), an American silent Western film
• Black Jack (1950 film), written and directed by Julien Duvivier
• Black Jack (1968 film), a Spaghetti Western directed by Gianfranco Baldanello
• Black Jack (1979 film), by Ken Loach
• Blackjack (1978 film), an American crime drama film
• Blackjack (1990 film), directed by Colin Nutley
• Blackjack (1998 film), a TV movie directed by John Woo
• BlackJack (film series) (2003–2007), a series of Australian seven TV movies starring Colin Friels

Games and cards[edit]

• Black Jack (Hearts), a variant of Hearts
• Black Jack (Switch), also known as Switch, a name given to some variations of Crazy Eights in United Kingdom
• A jack (playing card) from a black suit, a jack of clubs or jack of spades
• Blackjack (Atari 2600 video game), a video game cartridge developed by Atari
• Blackjack, an NES video game developed by Odyssey Software; See American Video Entertainment

Literature[edit]

• 'Black Jack', a short story by Rudyard Kipling in the collection Soldiers Three
• Black Jack, a 2003 novel by Finnish writer Reijo Mäki

Music[edit]

• Blackjack, a 21-note scale in the miracle temperament

Groups[edit]

• Black Jack (Chilean band), a Chilean rock band
• Black Jack (Australian band), an Australian heavy metal band
• Blackjack (American band), an American rock band
• BlackJack (Swedish band), a Swedish dansband

Albums[edit]

• Blackjack (Blackjack album), by the American band, 1979
• Blackjack (Donald Byrd album), 1968

Songs[edit]

• 'Black Jack', by The Hives from Barely Legal
• 'Black Jack', by Junkie XL from Big Sounds of the Drags
• 'Black Jacks', by Girls Aloud from Tangled Up
• 'Blackjack', by Airbourne from Runnin' Wild
• 'Blackjack', by Aminé from OnePointFive
• 'Blackjack', by Death Grips from The Money Store
• 'Blackjack', by Everclear from Slow Motion Daydream
• 'Blackjack', by Ray Charles from Yes Indeed!

Television[edit]

• 'Black Jack' (Jericho episode), a 2007 episode of the television series Jericho
• 'Blackjack', season 4, episode 12 of Fear the Walking Dead
• 'BlackJack', an episode of SpongeBob SquarePants
• 'Blackjack', an episode of the TV series The Adventures of Ellery Queen

Other uses in arts and entertainment[edit]

• Black Jack (manga), a 1973 manga and anime series

Brands and enterprises[edit]

• Black Jack (confectionery), aniseed flavour chews
• Black Jack (gum), a brand of chewing gum
• BlackJack (phone), a mobile phone made by Samsung
  • BlackJack II (phone), a mobile phone made by Samsung
• Blackjack Pizza, a chain of pizza delivery restaurants in Colorado, US

Military and law enforcement[edit]

• Blackjack (weapon), a type of baton for law enforcement
• RQ-21 Blackjack, a small tactical unmanned air system
• Black Jack Brigade, nickname of the U.S. 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division
• Tupolev Tu-160 (NATO reporting name: Blackjack), a Russian bomber
• VMF-441, nicknamed The Blackjacks, a United States Marine Corps fighter squadron
• Battle of Black Jack, a battle in Kansas preceding the American Civil War
• National Society of Blackjacks, a High School Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps leadership program

Science[edit]

• Black jack (fish), a gamefish
• Blackjack oak or Quercus marilandica, a small tree
• Black jack, a common fig cultivar
• Black jack, often weedy species of the genus Bidens from the family of Asteraceae
• Sphalerite, a mineral sometimes called black-jack by miners

Other uses[edit]

• Black Jack (horse) (1947–1976), a horse used in U.S. Armed Forces full honors funerals
• Black Jack (stamp), a United States postage stamp
• STV Black Jack, a 1904 Canadian brigantine sailing ship
• The Blackjacks, a professional wrestling tag team

See also[edit]

• Blak Jak (born 1983), American rapper
• Blk Jks, signifying Black Jacks, South African rock band
• John Gotti (1940-2002), nicknamed 'Black John', U.S. mobster

Russia's bomber fleet is a Soviet legacy force. With the exception of one Tu-160, the entire fleet was built in the Soviet Union. But the planes can still pack a punch if used intelligently and efficiently. Here's a look at their specs.

See also:Russia's Bombers Over Europe Are Scary, But Not in the Way You Think

Tu-160 (NATO Reporting Name: Blackjack)

The Blackjack is Russia's most capable strategic bomber. It is a supersonic variable wing aircraft — the world's largest — capable of carrying free-falling nuclear bombs and cruise missiles tipped with either conventional or nuclear warheads.

The problem for Russia is that the Tu-160 fleet is very small compared to its Tu-95 Bear and Backfire-C fleets. According to Douglas Barrie, an analyst at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, 'less than half are likely operationally available at any one time.'

Quantity in Russian air force: 16

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Crew: 4

Max speed: 2,220 kilometers per hour.

Cruising speed: 960 kilometers per hour.

Strike Range: around 7,300 kilometers without in-flight refueling.

Armaments: The Tu-160 has two internal payload bays outfitted with anywhere from 6 to 12 cruise missiles loaded on rotary launchers. The launchers can be replaced by up to 20,000 kilograms of free-falling bombs. Extra weapons can be loaded under the plane as well.

Tu-22M3 (NATO Reporting Name: Backfire-C)

Russia's most versatile bomber, the Tu-22 is a multi-role supersonic aircraft with variable wings. It can be outfitted with nuclear weapons, cruise missiles, and anti-ship missiles.

The planes would likely be used to hit strategically important infrastructure and NATO vessels in the Black Sea, Mediterranean, and Baltic Sea.

Quantity in Russia's air force: around 63

Crew: 4

Max speed: 2,300 kilometers per hour.

Cruising speed: 900 kilometers per hour.

Strike Range: up to 5,000 kilometers depending on the weapons load

Armaments: 1 GSh-23 air defense cannon mounted on the tail, remote controlled. Anywhere from three to six cruise missiles can be loaded on the wings and internal payload bay.

Tu 160 Blackjack Bomber

Tu-95 (NATO Reporting Name: Bear)

The most common type of Russian strategic bomber is the famous Tu-95 'Bear,' which has been harassing European and NATO airspace boundaries over the last year.

Soviet Blackjack Bomber

The Tu-95 has been the staple of Russia's nuclear air force since the mid-1950s, and has been periodically modernized since then. The plane's defining characteristics are its four propeller driven engines and its bulbous underbelly.

The plane's old school design is a holdover from the its legacy as an upscaled knockoff of the U.S. B-29 Superfortress bomber — the plane that dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan.

Recent photos of Tu-95s show four so-called hard points installed under the wings, which allow the bombers to carry precision strike cruise missiles along with their nuclear payloads.

Quantity in Russia's air force: around 62

Crew: 6 to 7

Max speed: 920 kilometers per hour

Cruising speed: 550 kilometers per hour.

Strike Range: up to 7,000 kilometers depending on the weapons load

Armaments: automated guns in the tail to defend against incoming fighters. The Bear can deliver either 15,000 kilograms of free-falling bombs or a handful of cruise missiles mounted under its wings, depending on the model.