MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin flew on a modernised Tu-160M nuclear-capable strategic bomber on Thursday (Feb 22), in a move likely to be seen in the West as a pointed reminder of Moscow's nuclear capabilities. The giant swing-wing plane, codenamed "Blackjacks" by military alliance Nato, is a modernised version of a Cold War-era bomber that the former Soviet Union...

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