I blame the overuse of translation software for this one, at least in part. Context matters; you can't just grab one sentence and run around repeating it everywhere. Too many people playing Chinese whispers without doing due diligence.
H-20 bomber (with H-X, JH-XX)
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I blame the overuse of translation software for this one, at least in part. Context matters; you can't just grab one sentence and run around repeating it everywhere. Too many people playing Chinese whispers without doing due diligence.
C'mon Yankee, C'mon Ayi - The Muricans certainly have heard of your podcast. Let's hope your words hold true for this side of the Pacific!
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We don't know. It could either be before Zhuhai 2026, or it could either be before Trump leaves office.
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I thought we’ve already been promised some kind of Christmas present (something, even if not H-20). At least that’s what last year’s anonymous tipster recently told Deino.
Or will @Deino turn into the Krampus this year even though we’ve all been mostly well behaved?!?!
Today while discussing the maiden flight of the second B-21 Yankee, Shilao and Ayi again implied that H-20's requirement grew out of needing to be able to fit something like JL-1 inside an IWB.
In fact they implied that PLAAF needed a large ALBM with great range like JL-1 because of relatively lack of performance of H-6 variants against B-52 and Tu-95. And in turn these large ALBM then created the updated requirements for H-20.
In fact they implied that PLAAF needed a large ALBM with great range like JL-1 because of relatively lack of performance of H-6 variants against B-52 and Tu-95. And in turn these large ALBM then created the updated requirements for H-20.
Then it seems they will not go for a supersonic stealth Bomber but a massive flying wing stealth Bomber with extreme long range. Perhaps double the size of B-2?
Yes for sure ... just something like this!
Honestly, do you ever think before you write and even more post such nonsense? In fact I'm slowly loosing my patience with you ...
Wait, so if one of the requirements for the H-20 is to be able to carry the JL-1, which is about 12.5 meters long, instead of just being able to carry missiles that are too large for the H-6K/Js to carry more than one and not strategic enough for the H-6N to carry one underneath its belly:
What-in-the-world kind of missiles are we dealing with here?
Speaking of which, and taking the width of those newer Neixiang bunkers measured on Google Earth into account and assuming that the length of a flying wing VLO warplane is very roughly to be 3 times that of the length of its IWBs (which do seem to hold true for the B-2, B-21 and even the J-36), I made two very simplified CAD illustrations on the possible configurations of the H-20 based on available information + Referencing the GJ-11/21's overall design:
Once again, please note that:
1. The rectangular boxes in the middle of each airframes represent 2x internal weapons bays (IWBs) (for the inner two) and 2x engine maintenance access hatches (for the outer two), respectively.
2. All the boxes are ~15 meters long x ~3 meters wide.
I do hope that these two illustrations could be of some help for discussion referencing purposes.
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you are talking about 300+ tons stealth behemoth.. i don't think this is realistic considering cost and technical challenges to build this monster.