In recent years, with the rapid improvement of my country's military strength, the cutting-edge US weapon systems that once made us extremely envious can basically find the corresponding model in the People's Liberation Army's combat sequence. If we have any other item we have not made a breakthrough, I am afraid that the first thing that comes to mind should be the H-20 strategic bomber. Against the backdrop of the upcoming launch of the new-generation B-21 "Raider" stealth bomber in the United States, the call for the H-20 to be unveiled as soon as possible is getting louder. However, the US media poured a basin of cold water at this time, saying that although the target of the H-20 is North America, its range is only 8,000 kilometers and the load capacity is nearly 10 tons, and it cannot even reach Hawaii without refueling in the air.
The famous American military website "1945" reported that China has always had a tradition of plagiarizing and imitating the United States in the field of cutting-edge weapons. The current J-20 stealth fighter steals key technologies of the US F-22 and F-35 fighter jets, and the new generation of H-20 stealth bombers also steals relevant technologies in the US defense manual, which is very close to B-2 and B-21 bomber in appearance. US media believe that China's H-20 may one day target North America, but the reality is that even Hawaii will be difficult to effectively cover.
Although the H-20 has not officially debuted yet, we can still infer its roughly aerodynamic shape from the relevant promotional videos released by the official media. What is certain at present is that the H-20 adopts a flying wing layout, the main fuselage is round, the engine intake duct is integrated with the upper fuselage, the lower part of the fuselage is smooth and smooth, the upper part is round and has no right angles, and has typical stealth characteristics. In terms of appearance, it is indeed quite similar to the American B-2 and B-21 stealth bomber , which shows that my country pays more attention to the stealth performance of the future bomber , rather than the high-speed flight capability. However, in the eyes of the American media, this similar appearance layout is direct evidence of plagiarism of the United States and has obvious bias against China's cutting-edge weapon systems.
《1945》 website believes that the H-20 has excellent stealth performance, with a range of about 5,000 miles (about 8,000 kilometers) and a payload of 10 tons. It can attack Guam and Australia, and after refueling in the air, it can also attack Hawaii, the United States. In addition, the H-20 is equipped with active phased array radar and conformal antenna, with strong situational awareness and electronic warfare capabilities. It also has a built-in bullet cabin with a set of rotary launchers arranged inside, which can launch long-range subsonic cruise missiles. Although the US media only describes the performance of the H-20 for a few strokes, it is useless to belittle the H-20.
First of all, from the perspective of range, the current threshold for the range of strategic bomber is 10,000 kilometers, while the US media believes that the range of the H-20 is only 8,000 kilometers, and directly downgraded the H-20 to the ranks of long-range bombers, which is an obvious intentional belittlement. We all know that Russia's Tu-160 strategic bomber ranges are 16,000 kilometers, Tu-95 is 15,000 kilometers, and the United States' B-1B and B-2 bombers have also exceeded 12,000 kilometers. The 8,000 kilometers mentioned by the US media is the largest range of my country's active H-6K, and can only be operated within the second island chain. At present, the maximum range of my country's improved H-6 bombers has reached 8,000 kilometers and a combat radius of 3,500 kilometers. It can effectively strike targets within the second island chain. If the maximum range of the H-20 bomber developed by my country with great effort is the same as the H-6K, then what is the significance of R&D? Instead of investing huge manpower, material resources and financial resources to develop a H-20 with very poor performance, it is better to continue to mass-produce the "Liu Ye".
If the H-20 can really attack North America one day, the combat radius will be at least 8,000 kilometers. Otherwise, it will need to rely on air refueling. According to this, the range of the H-20 will be rushing 17,000 to 18,000 kilometers, which is far from the 8,000 kilometers mentioned by the US media.
Secondly, in terms of bomb load, the number of H-20 payload of 10 tons has nothing to do with the strategic bomber.Currently, the Tu-160 strategic bomber has a built-in bomb bay that can carry 45 tons of ammunition, the B-1B can carry 34 tons of ammunition, and the B-2 bomber also has a load of 23 tons. Even the smaller B-21 Raider bomber can carry more than a dozen tons of ammunition, while the US media said that the H-20 can only carry 10 tons of load, which is ridiculously low. You should know that the current H-6 has a bomb load of 10 tons, while the H-20 has only 10 tons of bomb load, which is not reasonable in any case.
8000 kilometers range + 10 tons of bomb load is the core combat indicators of the improved H-6 bomber, but the US media applied these two indicators to the H-20. Was it intentionally or negligent? As a professional military website in the United States, the author of "1945" is simply unbearable to look at it. However, the US media may be planning a magical version of the H-6 for our country, adding stealth design elements, but this bomber is not called the H-6Z, but the H-20.
