The US media "1945" recently published articles on the trends of China's new stealth fighter, the J-HX. The US media believes that combining a series of intelligence from the US Intelligence Agency, one can draw a conclusion that the new stealth fighter developed by China is about to be released, and a large number of mature J-20 fighter technology and deck wing layout are adopted.
Moreover, Chinese Air Force 's stealth fighter JHX may have great similarities with the FB-22 stealth bomber developed by the United States. FB-22 is the stealth bomber derived from the F-22 stealth fighter to complete the enemy's airspace penetration strike mission.
JHXX may have stronger performance than FB-22. This fighter bomber is a fighter that strengthens stealth and has the ability to fly , and has the ability to over-visual air combat that FB-22 has never had. According to a report on China's military strength submitted to Congress in 2019, China envisions its goal of bombing the Indo-Pacific region and around the world (depending on its maximum range of course), the report unanimously agreed that the JHX will begin its first flight in six years and is expected to begin mass production and assembly of the People's Liberation Army Air Force units in the 2030s.
JHXX's biggest feature is that it "takes local materials", and uses a large number of advanced fighter jets currently in service in the Chinese Air Force, especially the J-20 fighter jets. However, as an aircraft that takes into account both air combat bombing, fighter bombers have the ability to attack sea, ground targets and air counterattacks at the same time. It is said that the air combat capability of JHX will be greatly improved. It can be matched with PLXX ultra-long-range air-to-air missiles with a range of 500 kilometers, and is equipped with a large AESA radar installed inside the nose and a new generation of fire control and avionics systems. It has super strong air combat self-defense capabilities and has overwhelming advantages in air combat with non-stealth fighter jets. The weight of JHX is 60-100 tons and has a length of 30 meters. The length of this aircraft is comparable to that of H6 , and the weight of the aircraft is even greater than that of the H6 bomber. The built-in stealth large ammunition bin of JHX can be equipped with various types of ammunition, such as ultra-long-range air-to-air missile PL-XX, laser-guided bomb , air-laser missile , air-laser missile and other advanced weapons, with a range of hundreds of kilometers to about 7,000 kilometers. The range of strikes covers the local area of the west coast of the United States and the Hawaii region. It is even more difficult to use military base , which is a chain of one and two islands in the United States. US media said it is not clear whether the J-Hong Kong XX has nuclear strike capabilities now, but the US Department of Defense said it confirmed that the J-Hong Kong XX has complete nuclear strike capabilities.
US media believes that the JHX made by China is an inspiration for the United States. Can the United States transplant the fighter characteristics of the F-22 into the new stealth bomber program of the United States like China? This is a point worth paying attention to. After all, the F-22 installed by the US military now faces many problems with its ground attacks, with a combat radius of only a few hundred kilometers, and the internal small bullet cabin can only carry a few small equivalent GPS bombs. In contrast, the JHX XX is not surprisingly much more advanced. It is said that the JHX XX adopts a triangular wing layout similar to the J20, and its appearance style is a bit like the Phantom IV bomber developed by France in the last century, with extremely fast speed and greater bomb load. It is said that the engine uses a new domestic engine with a speed of more than 1.2 Mach , and has an ultra-long range of 3,000-4,000 kilometers. The built-in ammunition compartment can carry up to about 7 tons of ammunition. However, the US media is also full of prejudice that the JHX plagiarized the FB-22's creativity and even copied the next-generation US stealth bomber B-21. Although they did not point out any evidence, they could not even confirm the existence of the JHX project.
In China, there is very little public information about JHX. The concept map of JHX first appeared on the cover of " Aviation Knowledge " magazine in May 2018. "Aviation Knowledge" is China's oldest and most popular aviation magazine. It was founded in 1958 and was published by the China Society of Aeronautics and Astronautics. It is closely related to Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force .However, the CG pictures of this magazine are relatively unconvincing, because they are also on the cover of "Aviation Knowledge". The concept CG pictures of the new hidden bomber have appeared before, but they have not seen anything after so many years, so the so-called exposure of the magazine is relatively low. Whether the "Jiangmao XX" project exists is currently lacking in practical evidence that it is convincing. It can only be said that it has to be left to wait and see in the future.
