China confirms that the next gen long-range bomber is under development

[艹艹艹]

 

[JSCh]

Friday, September 2, 2016, 13:06
China developing new type of long-range bomber
By Agencies

The Y-20 strategic transport aircraft, China's first domestically developed heavy-lift transport plane, is shown at the 10th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, in November last year. (Liang Xu / Xinhua)​

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BEIJING - China is developing a new long-range bomber, the head of the Chinese air force was quoted as saying in the Global Times on Friday.
China has already improved its ability to strike at targets far from home and there will be further improvements in the future, the Global Times quoted air force chief Ma Xiaotian as saying at an air force open day.

"We are now developing a new generation of long-range bomber, and you'll see it in the future," said Ma, Commander of the People's Liberation Army Air Force of China, according to the paper, without elaborating.

China has been ramping up research into advanced new military equipment, including submarines, aircraft carriers and anti-satellite missiles.

China last year revealed its new generation H-6K strategic bomber equipped with the DH-20 land-attack cruise missile, giving it the ability to hit targets as far away as Australia. Only Russia and the US are currently able to launch cruise missiles from the air.

The air force is now also developing its own stealth fighters. In July, it put into service a new, domestically developed large transport aircraft.

Ma said the air force had entered into a "transformation" stage, changing its focus from quantity to quality, the report said.

 

[Economic superpower]

He is talking about the H-20.

 

[Zarvan]

The Ministry of National Defense of the People’s Republic of China has confirmed that the next-gen long-range bomber is under development.

China has already improved its ability to strike at targets far from home and there will be further improvements in the future, the Global Times quoted air force chief Ma Xiaotian as saying at an air force open day.

“We are now developing a new generation of long-range bomber, and you’ll see it in the future,” Ma said, according to the paper, without elaborating.

China has been ramping up research into advanced new military equipment, including submarines, aircraft carriers and anti-satellite missiles. This has rattled nerves regionally and in Washington as China takes a more muscular approach to territorial disputes in places such as the South China Sea.




Ma Xiaotian air force general and Commander of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) of China
China last year revealed its new generation H-6K strategic bomber equipped with the DH-20 land-attack cruise missile, giving it the ability to hit targets as far away as Australia. Only Russia and the U.S. are currently able to launch cruise missiles from the air.

The plane has since flown training missions over the western Pacific and patrols over the disputed South China Sea, which China claims virtually in its entirety.

China this year also introduced the Y-20 large military transport plane

Both planes use Russian engines, reflecting China’s weakness in producing reliable high-performance aircraft power plants.

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[艹艹艹]

It's confidential.

 

[cirr]

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The above bomber programme(often refered to as H-18 on the internet) has been cancelled in favour of H-20.

 

[Imran Khan]

 

[Economic superpower]

The above bomber programme(often refered to as H-18 on the internet) has been cancelled in favour of H-20.

Smart move.

China needs a strategic stealth bomber.

 

[Deino]

IMO his statement is more likely related to the H-20 and not to the H-18 as shown ...

 

[Daniel808]

China's H-20 Next-Gen Stealth Strategic Bomber

 

[Economic superpower]

According to @cirr the H-18 has been cancelled in favour of the H-20 (B-2 equivalent).

 

[Muhammad Omar]

Looks Sexy as hell

 

[yantong1980]

So, it will took flying wing design?

 

[WaLeEdK2]

The design above is very familiar to the US B-2 Spirit Bomber

 

[Akasa]

The above bomber programme(often refered to as H-18 on the internet) has been cancelled in favour of H-20.

On what basis are you claiming that the H-18 has been cancelled?