[rlmorel]

"...Without aerial refueling, an armed H-6K can cruise 1,900 miles or so before needing to turn around..."

Short legs.

[edpc]

Hence the creation of airfields on artificial islands in The Spratlys.

[Vermont Lt]

Yeah, not being an airplane expert by any stretch, that seems very short. Why wouldn’t refueling make it unlimited. Is it because the tankers are limited?