Putins New Updated Record-Breaking Supersonic Bomber

This footage shows Vladimir Putin's recently updated supersonic bomber which has the Guinness World Record for being the largest and heaviest Mach 2+ supersonic military aircraft ever built.Show more

The video published by the Russian Ministry of Defence shows the test flight of the supersonic, variable-sweep wing heavy strategic bomber Tupolev Tu-160M, which according to Guinness World Records is the largest and heaviest combat aircraft, the fastest bomber now in use and the largest and heaviest variable-sweep wing plane ever flown.

The Tupolev Tu-160M - which has the NATO codename "Blackjack" and which is nicknamed the "White Swan" in Russia - can carry a payload of weaponry totalling a staggering 40,000 kilogrammes (88,000 lbs).