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

Like most hints, the shadow is probably a very accurate portrayal although we should just remember it and shelve it. The J-36 and J-50 planforms were hinted years before Christmas 2024.

It's possibly a planform for some other aircraft that hasn't been revealed yet.

vinslee said:

There are two buckets of water by the door.

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Yankee: if you're desperate, you should go see therapy.

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Yankee in today's Chahuahui: That shadow at the end, in 2025 is the H-20 really the only thing you are looking forward to?

00CuriousObserver said:

Yankee: if you're desperate, you should go see therapy.

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Yankee in today's Chahuahui: That shadow at the end, in 2025 is the H-20 really the only thing you are looking forward to?

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Dafuk is that thing? Is Xin Jia Huo supposed to be a hint to something, what does it mean?

00CuriousObserver said:

Yankee: if you're desperate, you should go see therapy.

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The aircraft's appearance doesn't seem to be designed for ultimate stealth—it's a rather peculiar design. It can't possibly be variable-sweep wings, can it? If only the nose didn't have those two indentations, it would look remarkably like the GJ-X. Another strong possibility is that this shadow actually differs significantly from the shape of the new aircraft they're truly intending to reveal.
Additionally, I'd like to know who posted this silhouette image?
Heh, it couldn't possibly be “xin jia huo” → “X J H” → “JH-X,” right? Just kidding.

Nevermore said:

The aircraft's appearance doesn't seem to be designed for ultimate stealth—it's a rather peculiar design. It can't possibly be variable-sweep wings, can it? If only the nose didn't have those two indentations, it would look remarkably like the GJ-X. Another strong possibility is that this shadow actually differs significantly from the shape of the new aircraft they're truly intending to reveal.
Additionally, I'd like to know who posted this silhouette image?
Heh, it couldn't possibly be “xin jia huo” → “X J H” → “JH-X,” right? Just kidding.

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Look a bit like a rq180 with some strange identation being two Draken like engines inlets ? Just a strange shadow most likely...

Its definitely edited in so I'm guessing that there was not much thought put into the shadows, it's probably not representative at all of the actual thing

Maybe the PLA figured out a way for a bomber to have stealth and sustained supersonic cruise at the same time?

One can hope.

Nevermore said:

The aircraft's appearance doesn't seem to be designed for ultimate stealth—it's a rather peculiar design. It can't possibly be variable-sweep wings, can it? If only the nose didn't have those two indentations, it would look remarkably like the GJ-X. Another strong possibility is that this shadow actually differs significantly from the shape of the new aircraft they're truly intending to reveal.
Additionally, I'd like to know who posted this silhouette image?
Heh, it couldn't possibly be “xin jia huo” → “X J H” → “JH-X,” right? Just kidding.

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Could be a gull wing.

mack8 said:

Dafuk is that thing? Is Xin Jia Huo supposed to be a hint to something, what does it mean?

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Xin Jia Huo means "new thing"

00CuriousObserver said:

Yankee in today's Chahuahui: That shadow at the end, in 2025 is the H-20 really the only thing you are looking forward to?

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Wait what?

2025 (well, including the very end of 2024) has been a feast of a year because basically all of China's anticipated new military hardware broke cover. 6th-gen fighters, next-gen LHA, next-gen UCAVs, 4th-gen tank etc. not to mention official service entry of latter-half current-gen designs such as J-35, Type-003, GJ-21 etc.

Basically the only big ticket item left, of the current generation or next generation, is the H-20 stealth bomber (which coincidentally may have only been delayed to fit in with the next-gen rather than the current generation).

What else is there left to reveal that would cause Yankee to say such a thing...