Chinese media have confirmed that the Hong-20, or H-20, the nation’s next generation strategic stealth bomber that has been more than a decade in the making, may take to the skies very soon.
In August, state broadcaster China Central Television revealed in a documentary marking the 91st anniversary of the founding of the People’s Liberation Army that the first H-20, a genuine “game changer”, could roll off its production line sooner than estimated.
Earlier this month, CCTV confirmed that the first H-20 trial flight was on the horizon.
The Beijing-based Global Times then concluded that the Xi’an plant of the Aviation Industry Corp of China must have wrapped up tests of the new bomber’s avionics, hydraulics and electronics.
Previous overseas reports noted that the H-20 was designed by the Shanghai Aircraft Design and Research Institute. Then, in 2008, a painstaking, decade-long endeavor began to replace the antiquated H-6 series still in service.
The H-6 series and its revamped version the H-6K – a modified model of a 1950s-era Soviet Union Tu-16 Badger – remain the backbone of the Chinese Air Force’s strategic deterrence, often seen taking part in symbolic circumnavigation missions in breach of Taiwan’s airspace.
Known specifications of the new bomber include a wing design that mimics that of the American Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit stealth bomber to ensure a minimal profile that can slip through an adversary’s radar.
Its weapon bay should carry a payload of no less than 10 tons, either conventional cruise missiles or thermonuclear weapons, with the ability to strike targets from standoff ranges.
Observers say the design objective is for the long-range H-20 to remain airborne for some 8,000 kilometers to jet way beyond the second island chain – formed by Japan’s Ogasawara and Volcano Islands as well as Guam and the US Mariana Islands in the middle portion of the Pacific – without aerial refueling.
News Corp Australia Network also speculated in May that the H-20 could reach northern parts of Australia, after taking off from PLA artificial island bases reclaimed in the South China Sea.
The Global Times once quoted aviation commentator Fu Qianshao as saying that the ultimate goal for the H-20 was to expand its operational range to 12,000 kilometers with 20 tons of payload.
In that somewhat far-fetched scenario, the H-20 would be able to traverse the Pacific and fly close enough to the contiguous United States to be able to fire missiles at American mainland targets.
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he he he another imitation of china/B2 OF US
he he he another imitation of china/B2 OF US
Fking chinesealways copying our military u cant make ur own shit plus ur shit is shitty quality
Fking chinesealways copying our military u cant make ur own shit plus ur shit is shitty quality
Looks very similar to a B2. Bet everything on the inside does as well. They’re good about stealing others intellectual properties
Looks very similar to a B2. Bet everything on the inside does as well. They’re good about stealing others intellectual properties
So funny, the Chinese couldn’t invent a "paper bag". All their good at is "counterfeiting" everything the world invents. Such a joke. That’s why China will always be "2nd" never ever, "1st". If you can’t "invent" only "copy", you’ll always be behind the latest technology playing catch up, thus relegated to "2nd place", always. That’s the difference with the USA and free markets. They "create, invent" new technology. China has zero trademark protections, patent protections, etc… .No incentive to spend money inventing products if the guy down the street will immediately copy it.
So funny, the Chinese couldn’t invent a "paper bag". All their good at is "counterfeiting" everything the world invents. Such a joke. That’s why China will always be "2nd" never ever, "1st". If you can’t "invent" only "copy", you’ll always be behind the latest technology playing catch up, thus relegated to "2nd place", always. That’s the difference with the USA and free markets. They "create, invent" new technology. China has zero trademark protections, patent protections, etc… .No incentive to spend money inventing products if the guy down the street will immediately copy it.
Why do you care about made in china. As you said they are poorly made. There are tons of good quality products out there. You just cannot afford it.
Why do you care about made in china. As you said they are poorly made. There are tons of good quality products out there. You just cannot afford it.
Stolen and copied Intellectual properties are no match against the origional which is decades advanced in upgraded technology
Stolen and copied Intellectual properties are no match against the origional which is decades advanced in upgraded technology
Americans are whining but the Chinese are so stupid that all they know how to do is steal other peoples design. Name one good invention that the Chinese invented and did not steal. The Chinese government is a puppet of the Rothschild bankers China has a Rothschild controlled central bank. Chinese are good for one thing and that is stealing. The Chinese build crap and what the Chinese build good it is because they stole the design.
Americans are whining but the Chinese are so stupid that all they know how to do is steal other peoples design. Name one good invention that the Chinese invented and did not steal. The Chinese government is a puppet of the Rothschild bankers China has a Rothschild controlled central bank. Chinese are good for one thing and that is stealing. The Chinese build crap and what the Chinese build good it is because they stole the design.
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Imitation:
[You] imitate something as sophisticated as B-2 and see how well you do…
Russia, Japan, ROK/Indonesia, the weird world of Niki Hailey, the EU (or NATO), too, are playing catch up but are miles and miles behind as we are already into super hypersonic 6 generation R&D’s…
Yes, THE IDEAS I agree did spawn from [the gist] of the B-2 and other weapon systems. But, the buck stoos there — it takes more than just [ENVY or DISCRIMINATORY SENTIMENTS] for someone to make it that far…
It takes quality gene pools to bang together something as [Groom Lakes secretive and as Area 51’sh complicated] as a B-2 — it takes smarts and ingenuity…
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Imitation:
[You] imitate something as sophisticated as B-2 and see how well you do…
Russia, Japan, ROK/Indonesia, the weird world of Niki Hailey, the EU (or NATO), too, are playing catch up but are miles and miles behind as we are already into super hypersonic 6 generation R&D’s…
Yes, THE IDEAS I agree did spawn from [the gist] of the B-2 and other weapon systems. But, the buck stoos there — it takes more than just [ENVY or DISCRIMINATORY SENTIMENTS] for someone to make it that far…
It takes quality gene pools to bang together something as [Groom Lakes secretive and as Area 51’sh complicated] as a B-2 — it takes smarts and ingenuity…
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Envy won’t get you anywhere. You try to make a photo copy as well as that and see how well you do. I bet you can’t even do that.
Envy won’t get you anywhere. You try to make a photo copy as well as that and see how well you do. I bet you can’t even do that.
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Everything looks similar to your B-2, Jeremiah…
Then again, are you suggesting that (while you can come at us with radical killing machines) that we can not do same to defend ourselves from you simply because you were the first to came up with the gattling gun?
Ridiculous logic and silly notion.
Metaphorically, if for examples you had built enough Gatling guns to mow us down, isn’t it just simple logics that we, too, must built sufficient or more and better Gatling guns to hit you back with?
Or, are yiu suggesting that simply because you came up with the bow and arrow first that no one else in the world have the right to built a bow and arrow of their own to defend themselves from you and…
how many ways can one make a bow and arrow?
Make sense, people.
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Everything looks similar to your B-2, Jeremiah…
Then again, are you suggesting that (while you can come at us with radical killing machines) that we can not do same to defend ourselves from you simply because you were the first to came up with the gattling gun?
Ridiculous logic and silly notion.
Metaphorically, if for examples you had built enough Gatling guns to mow us down, isn’t it just simple logics that we, too, must built sufficient or more and better Gatling guns to hit you back with?
Or, are yiu suggesting that simply because you came up with the bow and arrow first that no one else in the world have the right to built a bow and arrow of their own to defend themselves from you and…
how many ways can one make a bow and arrow?
Make sense, people.
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***Ji is charged with recruiting top American engineers from American defense companies who were either of Taiwanese or Chinese birth***
“top American engineers… who were either of Taiwanese or Chinese birth”
The irony of it all:
Why are these people hired abd trusted to work in American defense firms?
Answer: it’s because they offer super smarts and “HUGE CONTRIBUTIONS” that fuels, propels, and advances defense industries in the US.. .
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***Ji is charged with recruiting top American engineers from American defense companies who were either of Taiwanese or Chinese birth***
“top American engineers… who were either of Taiwanese or Chinese birth”
The irony of it all:
Why are these people hired abd trusted to work in American defense firms?
Answer: it’s because they offer super smarts and “HUGE CONTRIBUTIONS” that fuels, propels, and advances defense industries in the US.. .
Immitation will not be as good as the original
Immitation will not be as good as the original
Imitation rather..
Imitation rather..
Flora de los Sinensis those ideas were stolen from the US.
PLA are dumb to invent their own.
Flora de los Sinensis those ideas were stolen from the US.
PLA are dumb to invent their own.
China rise is a thorn in the flesh of the West and will do anything to demonize and discredit her achievement. Sadly for them, China is simply unstoppable
China rise is a thorn in the flesh of the West and will do anything to demonize and discredit her achievement. Sadly for them, China is simply unstoppable