H-20 bomber (with H-X, JH-XX)
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antiterror13
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hmmm, interesting. Is that because too expensive to operate or reliability issues ?
They were used a bit in the US's various overseas adventures, but the b-2 basically suffered the same fate as f-22s in the sense that once USSR was gone there was nobody they would used them on, leading to a production run of 20 instead of 100+. The b-2 also has gen 1 stealth coating which I presume is very expensive to maintain. Now with China on the rise B-21 is needed to fill in that stealth bomber niche.
Anyhow this is getting off topic.
Your gut-feeling was right, there was indeed NO model on show and this all is just a fan-made CG:
The fan made video link was already posted earlier in the thread by nx4eu.
I think we should all benefit from practicing caution before posting things on places outside of this forum like twitter and Reddit, especially if our instincts and common sense tell us it isn't real.
At a certain stage, posting fan made rubbish ends up giving them more credibility than they deserve even if is done with the intent of questioning/challenging it.
Instead, imo it is better to just pretend they don't exist, or at least to give it 12-24 hours for the dust to settle if something seems odd just to get additional context.
To others reading this, and you know who you are -- the credibility of competent PLA watching is at risk of being diluted by excessive cross posting of dodgy, fan made and questionable content to other places like twitter and Reddit, in a manner that isn't done with sufficient caution.
Whether it's done due to user enthusiasm or due to a desire to drive "engagement," if it isn't done properly to clearly delineate if something should be taken seriously or not, then it risks damaging PLA watching through "crying wolf".
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Man that's annoying.. I saw that in douyin and they said it's from Changchun airshow. I will delete my original post. Sorry guys..
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I'm not allowed to delete it anymore..
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I'm not allowed to delete it anymore..
There is more fake than real content on the internet. A good habit to practice is to assume an image is fake unless you have reason to believe it’s real.
Even if China had the H-20, she would not blatantly show it off. Let them guess.
Well, in case this hasn't been posted before.
Related, from February:
According to @lyman2003 on Weibo:
(Self-added phrases in the quoted sentences are in bracket form).
Related, from February:
According to @lyman2003 on Weibo:
(Self-added phrases in the quoted sentences are in bracket form).
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Uhh, what am I supposed to be seeing?