H-20 bomber (with H-X, JH-XX)
- Thread starter Deino
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So today was a great day of spreading confusion, misinformation ... is he in fact successor to the famous Zhang Zhaozhong?
Can't read Chinese, would you or anyone else here be so kind to provide an English summary?
You know, after all this hype, if the H20 isn't a hypersonic orbital bomber that is built to strike both satallite constalations and CONUS whilst having better stealth than the B2 DURING atmospheric reentry, it will be a letdown.
P.S. I really am interested in the general shape and role.
P.S. I really am interested in the general shape and role.
I'll go a step further. With all the long years of anticipation, it should be no less than the Death Star itself. General shape would be a sphere. General role would be destruction of entire planets.
Jokes aside, I don't understand what's taking so long anymore. It can't be harder to build than 2 whole 6th gen platforms plus an advanced 5th platform all simultaneously right?
Maybe the requirement changes needed more time? With how fast the PLA is advancing, I think this could have happened.
Rather than "hard to build", my guess is that the design itself has been repeatedly changed over the years to account for the radically transformed environment of drones, EW, concealment/evasion against enemy's real-time satellite constellation targeting of ones bomber, etc. China's own advances in radar detection of stealth fighters and stealth bombers would likely have been factored into the H-20s design. Lastly, it needs to not only deliver the payload but do so without any other direct support after takeoff. In contrast, US bases everywhere ensures US bombers can receive both direct and indirect support on their way to the target.
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