China's Xian H-20 stealth bomber completes nuclear triad, could make debut this year

Fox News ^ | May 04 2020 | Barnini Chakraborty

[knighthawk]

China's newest supersonic stealth bomber -- which doubles the country's strike range and completes its nuclear triad -- could be ready for rollout later this year but Beijing has purportedly been weighing the step and what it could mean for escalating regional tensions brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.

The highly-hyped Xian H-20 puts Australia, Japan, and the Korean peninsula all within shot and could spell trouble for the United States down the line.

"If the H-20 does have the range and passable stealth characteristics attributed to it, it could alter the strategic calculus between the United States and China by exposing U.S. bases and fleets across the Pacific to surprise air attacks," National Interest reported.

[ClearCase_guy]

The H-20 looks an awful lot like our B-2. But maybe theirs is ten times better.

[Alas Babylon!]

No one even knows what this looks like, let alone its actual specs.

Some artist depictions shows a AMERICAN B-2. Well, it’s not. Frankly, not saying it doesn’t exist, but let’s keep cool about it and not be scared.

[buckalfa]

Horse, barn, WJC? Of course there are those 1.4 billion consumers to lust after.

[heshtesh]

The H-20 looks an awful lot like our B-2. But maybe theirs is ten times better.

It is after all built in China./

[null and void]

...and like Harbor Freight tools, it only needs to work once!

[Alas Babylon!]

Yeah, flown by test pilots We To Low, Sum Ting Wong, Bang Ding Ow and Ho Lee Fuk.

[heshtesh]

Nice to see they have those domestic jet engine issues worked out......

[Kahuna]

Swell another “knock off” which could portend the meaning of “killed by his own sword”.

[A Navy Vet]

I keep trying to understand why China and other trading nations think they need nuclear capabilities. Is it their obsession that the USA, England, France, India have them? Or is it we used ours to stop WWII, yet haven't since? Japan is prosperous and has a relatively small military (you're welcome), but has no desire for nuke weapons.

After writing that I realized that some governments just want the counter power against the evil, imperialistic, machine of America. Silly me.

[Wayne07]

We have a whole 20 B-2s, probably 1/2 or 2/3rds able to fly at any time. How quickly do you think China could build 10x that number?

[EinNYC]

Undoubtedly its technology was stolen from us.

[spetznaz]

There is the B-21 Raider. Hopefully they build many of those.

[boomop1]

Junk

[Secret Agent Man]

Not quickly. they cant build their jet engines and rely on other places for them.

[ClearCase_guy]

I was really just joking about the naming standard. We have a “2” and they have a “20” in the name. So theirs is 10x as good. It’s a math joke, not a comment on speed of production.

[shotgun]

Not stolen, sold to them by FOB

[yarddog]

I am sure a lot of it was stolen but the Clintons sold a lot to them.

[sauropod]

bkmk

[mylife]

LOL!