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Xi's Tank-Like Limo, Putin's Bombproof Car: Inside The Machines Stealing The
Forget the handshakes — at the BRICS Summit in Delhi, the real spectacle is parked outside. Vladimir Putin arrived in his Ilyushin Il-96-300PU, nicknamed the "Flying Kremlin," a radar-evading command jet built on the same lineage as Russia's nuclear-era doomsday plane. His car, the six-tonne Aurus Senat, is armoured to military-grade VR8/VR10 standards, floats if submerged, and resists chemical attacks. China's Xi Jinping countered with the classified Hongqi N701, rumoured to withstand even RPG strikes.
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