H-20 bomber (with H-X, JH-XX)

tphuang · 2025-01-11T16:29:32-0500

latenlazy said:
If the H-20 is now a supersonic bomber that means the entire development pipeline got overhauled.

That would explain the longer timeline.

it is possible they never were going for subsonic option and those were proposals they got and eventually decided the additional supersonic performance was worth the longer dev time and other possible hits (like range? Or stealth?)

latenlazy · 2025-01-11T16:37:46-0500

tphuang said:
That would explain the longer timeline.

it is possible they never were going for subsonic option and those were proposals they got and eventually decided the additional supersonic performance was worth the longer dev time and other possible hits (like range? Or stealth?)

It seems there was a lot of momentum going the subsonic wing direction until recently. Maybe both doctrine development and the engines situation changing also changed the thinking about future needs.

tphuang · 2025-01-11T20:17:16-0500

latenlazy said:
It seems there was a lot of momentum going the subsonic wing direction until recently. Maybe both doctrine development and the engines situation changing also changed the thinking about future needs.

We also thought 6th gen would be 2 engines until recently. I think plaaf probably decided on supersonic quite a while back. They just let people think they are going for a B-2 like bomber so that the pentagon wouldn’t have as much time to counter it.

H-20 bomber (with H-X, JH-XX)

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