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The Xi'an H-6 (Chinese: 轰-6; pinyin: Hōng-6) [a] is a twin-engine jet bomber of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF). The H-6 is a license-built version of the Soviet Tupolev Tu-16 and remains the primary bomber aircraft of the People's Republic of China.
China's new H-6N strategic bomber could carry CJ-100 supersonic cruise missiles or the WZ-8 supersonic stealth spy drone, increasing its maximum strike range to 6,000km (3,728 miles), military ...
29th Bomber Regiment at Luhe Air Base operates H-6H bombers, tail numbers 20511–20919 [25] 30th Bomber Regiment at Luhe Air Base operates H-6M bombers, tail numbers 21011–21419 [25] The three bomber regiments of the 10th Bomber Division oversee two to three flight groups (飞行大队). In most bomber units, some flight groups are ...
H-6. Xi'an: Active 241+ Strategic bomber: H-6 – Conventional bomber H-6A – Nuclear capable variant H-6B – Aerial reconnaissance variant H-6C – H-6 with improved counter-measures suite. H-6D – Anti-ship missile carrier introduced in early 1980s H-6E – H-6A with improved counter-measures suite H-6F – Upgraded H-6A and H-6C with ...
Russian Tu-95MS "Bear" strategic bombers and Chinese Xi'an H-6 strategic bombers took part in patrols over the Chukchi and Bering seas and the North Pacific, Russia's defence ministry said.
In the same year, PLAAF general Ma Xiaotian announced that China was developing a new type of long-range bomber on the air force's open day, [44] which is later coined as the Xian H-20 stealth bomber. [45] After the reform, analysts noted PLAAF's joint operation and integrated fighting capabilities were considerably improved. [46]
H-6: China: strategic bomber: H-6M H-6K H-6N 176 [2] Su-30MKK: Russia: multirole: 73 [2] Su-35: Russia: multirole: 24 [2] Special mission: 62 JZ-8: China: ISTAR: JZ-8 ...
The Xi'an H-20 (Chinese: 轰-20; pinyin: Hōng-20; alternatively Xi'an H-X) is a projected subsonic stealth bomber design of the People's Liberation Army Air Force.It is referred to as a strategic project by the People's Liberation Army, [2] [3] and will be the first dedicated strategic bomber developed by China.