Since its establishment, my country's Air Force has gone through more than 70 years. After decades of development, it has achieved good results in equipment construction. Especially after the introduction of Su-27 fighters, my country has opened the road of air force modernization. is now basically formed. However, in the process of the strategic transformation of the Air Force's "air and space integration, offensive and defensive", the bomber is still a shortcoming. At present, the main bomber is the various types of and 6. The improved type has insufficient penetration ability, which obviously cannot meet the needs of the future battlefield. Therefore, a more advanced strategic bomber is urgently needed as the core force for long-range strikes.
H-6K bomber
In the 2021 Air Force recruiting propaganda film, a large bomber with a curtain caught the attention of the Chinese people. From the moment when the ground personnel lifted the curtain and the reflection of the pilot's helmet goggles, revealed The general outline of the nose, the tail does not have a vertical tail, and there are two bulging bulges on the back, which look very similar to the flying wing layout design . It can be inferred that this is not the follow-up magic model of the H-6, but It is a stealth strategic bomber facing the future battlefield. This air force recruiting propaganda film may once again suggest that a new generation of long-range bombers will be available.
H20 appeared in the Air Force recruiting promotional video
In fact, as early as in the 2016 Air Force Aviation Open Day event, former Air Force Commander Ma Xiaotian said when asked about the development of future bombers: my country is developing a new generation of long-range strike bombers .At that time, confirmed the news of the development of strategic bombers, which made military fans very excited. In May 2018, on the 60th anniversary of the founding of XAC, it released the propaganda film "The 60-Year Journey of a Great Power Takes Off and Now Dreams Come True" to the outside world for the first time. The mysterious bomber with a curtain was shown to the outside world. , This is also considered to be the H-20 strategic bomber under development. In July 2020, AVIC released another news, with another mysterious large bomber. Now this large bomber has made three appearances.
bomber
At present, there are two development routes for my country to develop long-range strategic bombers. One is similar to the B-2 stealth bomber on the other side of the ocean, which uses its own super stealth to penetrate through the tight air defense network for infiltration attacks. The other is similar to the Russian Tu 160M and the B-1B strategic bomber on the other side of the ocean. It uses supersonic flight and ultra-long-range cruise missiles to carry out out-of-zone strikes. With a large number of air defense systems, if you want to "fly out" more easily, stealth bombers are the best choice.
Figure 160 bomber
Looking at the development of weapons and equipment, there is no weapon that can last forever, even the B-2 stealth bomber that has been in service for more than 20 years, but in the next few decades, B-2 pioneered flight The wing-type aerodynamic layout design is still the direction of future development.
B2 Stealth bomber
In fact, my country has already started to lay out the flying-wing layout design, in 2013, the sharp sword drone developed by Shenfei has already conquered the tailless flying-wing layout structure, and the sharp sword drone has undergone intensive After the ground test, there seems to be no following, until the stunning appearance of the "Attack-11" at the National Day military parade in 2019, which is also considered to be the official name of the "Sharp Sword" stealth drone. The commentator explained it. Yes: It can carry out precision strikes on the enemy's deep targets. It can be seen that the attack-11 UAV has strong stealth capabilities and ultra-long range.
"Sharp Sword" UAV
Attack-11 Stealth UAV is very different from B-2 in design. First of all, has a larger swept angle of the leading edge of the fuselage, which makes the attack-11 UAV positive. The ability to stealth has been strengthened, and the flight speed is more advantageous. Secondly, a V-shaped structure is added to the rear edge of the fuselage, which allows the drone to generate additional bowing moment during flight and enhance the stall capability at low speeds. At the same time, the V-shaped structure also interrupts the continuous rear contour line of the flying wing, which enhances the backward stealth.
Attack-11 Stealth UAV
Attack-11The UAV has done a very good job in detail processing, has further improved the flying wing layout scheme, and the edges of the flaps and ailerons have been "cut edge" processing, The back of the aircraft adopts a large curved design to block the tail of the engine. It can be said that the stealth aerodynamic design of the attack-11 stealth UAV is better than that of the B-2, and the stealth is also a level higher.
Attack-11 UAV
In addition to the attack-11 large-scale stealth drones adopting a flying-wing layout, my country has also developed multi-type flying-wing stealth drones, including the "Sky Eagle" stealth drone, "Rainbow-7" stealth drone, "Xingying" stealth drone, etc. It can be said that my country has developed at least 4 flying-wing stealth drones.
Rainbow-7 Stealth UAV
Relying on the increasingly strong domestic aviation industry strength and complete industrial chain, my country has completed the development path of foreign countries in more than 10 years in terms of aviation equipment, is as stealthy as the J-20 Yang Wei, chief designer of the fighter aircraft, said that my country's aviation industry has entered the realm of freedom and can develop corresponding products according to demand. It is believed that in the field of new strategic bombers, my country will make a stunning appearance in the near future.
H20 bomber CG image
