Putin to fly on supersonic nuclear bomber

Vladimir Putin will fly on a modernized Tu-160M supersonic strategic bomber today, Russian state TV reported the Kremlin as saying.

The giant swing-wing plane is a substantially modernised-version of a Soviet-era bomber.

The USSR would have deployed it in the event of a nuclear war with the West to deliver nuclear weapons over long distances. 

Tu-160M bombers in Kazan Aviation Factory, RussiaPics: Reuters
Vladimir Putin visits the factory in 2018

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