Russian nuclear bombers fly `20 minutes` from US
(WorldNews Europe)

Moscow: Russia said on Wednesday it had flown two nuclear-capable TU-160 bombers to a far eastern Russian region opposite Alaska as part of a training exercise that state media said showed Moscow´s ability to park nuclear arms on the United States´ doorstep. The Tupolev TU-160 strategic bomber, nicknamed the White Swan in Russia, is a supersonic Soviet-era aircraft capable of carrying up to 12 short-range nuclear missiles and of flying 12,000km non-stop without re-fuelling. Russia´s Ministry of Defence said in a statement that the planes had covered a distance of more than 6,000km in over eight hours from their home base in western Russia to deploy in Anadyr in the...