Posted on 04/02/2015 5:58:24 AM PDT by C19fan
China has released pictures of an unnamed “new-type of bomber”, along with an announcement that it has carried out its first military drills in the airspace above the Western Pacific Ocean.
According to a statement on the Chinese Ministry of Defence website, the drills took place over the Bashi Canal, which is between a Taiwanese island and a Philippines island.
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U.S. trade deficit.
Paying for the planes the Chinese don’t want to pay for.
They didn’t even steal one of our designs. The nerve of those people.
unnamed “new-type of bomber”
At first I thought it said unmanned bomber. That would be new. A mega drone.
Didn’t have to. Bombers are fairly simple craft. Payload is the main thing.............
They look SLOW! :)
“They look SLOW.”
So do B-52’s. They are fast enough.
Oldplayer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xian_H-6
Looks like just another H-6, a variant of the Soviet 50’s era Tu-16.
China Reveals New Long-Range Targets.
Fixed title.
Look out Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea. Hawaii too?
Exactly, this is the country that right now is using free trade to destroy the US steel industry.
Looks like they turned it from plain aluminum to stealth black, just another paint job.
The B-52 is the hefty hauler of the US military, the pick up truck of the US military.
That howl of our enemies in their attempt to enslave the world is the curse of us brought on by their B52 death..
Their primary mission is stand-off strike with long-range cruise missiles, so they’re highly unlikely to go anywhere near enemy territory.
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