"The process of modernization of long-range aviation aircraft is carried out in accordance with the approved plan," TASS quotes the words of the commander of long-range aviation, Hero of Russia, Lieutenant General Sergei Kobylash.

According to him, new electronic warfare systems and new types of weapons will be installed on the new Tu-160Ms.

Earlier it became known that the crews of the carrier-based fighters Su-33 and MiG-29K of the Northern Fleet will undergo training in the Crimea.