Posted on 09/24/2024 7:50:15 AM PDT by whyilovetexas111
Why, in addition to building a hyper-modern fleet of stealth fighters, has China decided to invest in a bomber that didn’t even represent the cutting edge of 1950s-era jet technology? For many of the same reasons that the United States will continue to operate the B-52 Stratofortress for the foreseeable future, China’s navy and air force have determined that the ancient Xian H-6 bomber will continue to serve as a nuclear deterrent and a maritime combat aircraft, more than seventy years after its first flight.
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It’s a bomb truck.
Style matters.
We’re still flying the B-52 and will be for years to come.
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army has for the first time deployed H-6 strategic bombers for operations off the coast of Alaska, which represents a major expansion to the operational reach of the aircraft. An official press release revealed regarding the deployment: U.S.-Canadian North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) “detected, tracked, and intercepted two Russian TU-95 and two PRC [People’s Republic of China] H-6 military aircraft operating in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on July 24, 2024. NORAD fighter jets from the United States and Canada conducted the intercept.”
...Nevertheless, deployments near Alaska are not expected to occur frequently, although they are expected to become common after the People’s Liberation Army inducts its first intercontinental range bomber, the H-20, into service. The H-20 stealth bomber is considered a direct rival to the American B-21 Raider which first flew in November 2023.
A Harris presidency would likely have our forces looking eastward if an unpleasant episode started to UNfold.
September 11 is a precedence to that with one exception; it was a Republican president then.
It, just like our B-52, is a standoff-platform for launching nuclear tipped Cruise Missiles...................
B-58 Hustler can go to Plaid
The age ND lack of sophistication of this old Chinese bomber may not matter so much if their opponent lacks numbers of more modern aircraft to field against it.
Actually, that’s what the F-35 really is. An attack airplane, as a fighter it’s kind of a moon pig completely depending on its limited stealth and networking ability.
We did cool things back then.
I always thought these were beautiful airplanes. I made a model of one that was 1/72 scale. When I got sick and we went to Rexall Drug to fill the prescription I sometimes was favored with a model to work on while I recuperated, this one was for one of those times.
The hustler did some cool things to their crews back in the day.
Countries with biplanes did not win WWII.
There is more of an advantage in quantity though. We have done stupid things in limiting production numbers in our most capable systems. Prematurely cutting off the production of the F-22 and B-1 fleets was asinine and a totally political decision looking for that phantom peace dividend thingy.
Yeah. If you stick enough J-79s on a Greyhound bus, it’ll fly. Gonna be some problems, though.
Modern engines & avionics, some LO (low observable) coating, should give you a serviceable enough bomb truck.
The F-111 was fully retired in 1998
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