The Pentagon’s placement of three B-2 heavy penetration strategic bombers along with a crew of 200 pilots, technicians and maintenance personnel at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam has again highlighted the conspicuous absence of China’s H-20 bombers in the area.
The US Air Force has provided scant details about the ad hoc deployment of the trio of ace warplanes, stating merely that the mission was aimed at sharpening the crew’s skills and familiarizing them with the potential combat environment in the Western Pacific.
The Chinese military has remained quiet so far after the US has in effect ramped up its conflict-ready stance from the outpost of Guam.
Prior to this development, four other US stealth warplanes – an F-22, an F-35, a B-1B and a B-2 – made their high-profile presence known above the Korean Peninsula during war games that simulated a swift rout of the North Korean regime, and it would be naive to assume that these warplanes were not meant to send a message to Beijing.
Chinese military observers are now exhorting the authorities to expedite the design and deployment of the H-20, a new indigenous super-bomber, as China’s answer to the B-2. According to previous reports, the H-20 is capable of flying close to the US mainland and firing missiles at US targets.
A China Daily report back in 2015 revealed that People’s Liberation Army officials had made clear that the H-20 must be able to fly well beyond the second island chain without aerial refueling, while carrying a payload of at least 10 tons.
The rather old-tech H-6s and their modernized versions, the H-6Ks, still represent the lion’s share of the PLA Air Force’s bomber fleet. While they may be suitable for symbolic flyovers close to Taiwan, they are clearly inferior to their US counterparts, especially when gauged by their capability to debilitate the enemy, because of their bulky, unstealthy airframes and limited range.
In contrast to the ballyhoo over the new J-20 fighters by Chinese newspapers, there have been far fewer reports on the H-20. This is fueling suspicion that the fledging super-bomber on which the PLA has pinned high hopes may still be stuck in initial trial production at the Xian Aircraft Industrial Corporation, after its master design was finalized after five years of painstaking development.
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The repressive CCP regime in China, waits until it can steal neighbours’ plans for decent, state of the art, aircraft.
This is on the historical record.
This is not a safe and caring regime, whose founder Mr Mao, loudly proclaimed that power came from the barrel of a gun.
just another usa mutt
LOL, that bomber pic is fake.
Merlin Geiki is envious of China. While China is an exporter nation US is an importer. China is a lender US is indebted to China by the trillion. US is a threat to the world and busy bombing small nations. China is a force for good.
Taiwan is not a nation. It is a province of China.
What would US do with its thousands of nuclear bombs? Blow the world into shitholes?
China can go slow and steady in terms of arms build up while the US continue to overspend trying to prevent the inevitable. China is doing to the US what the US did to the USSR. In this arms race, the US needs to spend thrice or four times as much to maintain a significant adavantage over China. The thing is China will never stop.
Haav Bline
Up his
George Washington owns slaves and the largest whiskey factory during his time
But what is the point? What does China want to do? Take over the eastern hemisphere?
Eleven (plus 2 about to be launched) US state of the art aircraft carriiers with 100+ assorted aircraft on board plus 5K Marines will Scare the Crow of China’s lonesome aircraft carrier – WW2 scrap from Russia. Btw, where is that fooking aircraft carrier always being repainted?
Scott Ellingboe Respect and perhaps break western hegemony.
Napoleon Serrano another sad stupid and pathetic boy
China is a greedy country with eyes on neighnors land. Eying Tibet and does not have good relation with any of its neighbors like India, Japan, Korea. Cheating small neighbors like Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar etc. And they r hoping that greed can be fulfilled. Time will tell……..
Scott Ellingboe same thing the US want with their weapons…
You are stupid people. China never kill anybody outside their territory while US killing thousand of people and destroyed million of properties all around the world
CCP in China is also just as fake 😀
Scott Ellingboe Yes that is the intention of CCP in China.
That’s why you try so hard to copy the USA?
Rfc Mys talks to others in a disrespectful way because of self loathing, due to being brought up in an oppressive regime. Right?
If it is the US who is conducting espionage or stealing vital information, it is okey but if it is China it is bad? Besides, why would you spend millions in research and development and allow other countries to steal your ideas. Espionage for me is a tolerated and accepted evil.