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A video circulating on social networks shows a Chinese Xian H-6N twin-engine jet bomber, with weapons that insiders from military circles claim are new hypersonic cruise missiles.
ALBMを搭載したH-6N pic.twitter.com/vgsKcPQdF3
— OedoSoldier (@OedoSoldier) October 17, 2020
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Footage of a large Xian H-6N bomber landing at the airport with a rocket placed under the fuselage appeared on social networks. Although the video is interesting regardless of the type of weapon of the bomber, since the new type of X-6 bomber debuted only last year, the analysis of the missile came to the conclusion that it is probably a hypersonic missile.
While military analysts have considered numerous possibilities that it could really be a hypersonic, anonymous insiders from the People’s Liberation Army claim that it is a hypersonic cruise missile, modified from the slower Changjian missile.
“Changjian-20 has existed for more than a decade. While other countries are racing to develop increasingly advanced defense systems and other hypersonic weapons, it was time for the Chinese Air Force to have an upgraded missile with an increased range of attack,” said one of the military sources.
(Images via @XMM via Huitong's CMA-Blog and https://t.co/A04DvRHOT6)
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“Currently, the Chinese air force is limited by the capabilities of its bombers. Of the H-6 bombers, only the H-6N variant can be refueled with airborne fuel, resulting in an obvious weakness in range. This forced the air force to upgrade the missile in order to alleviate the range problem,” the sources specified.
Another source from the military intelligence circles states that the weapon is “designed to compensate for the shortcomings of other projectiles, which are relatively slow, shorter range and less effective in piercing defensive shields.”
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“This new missile can match similar weapons developed by Russia or the United States. But we still have to improve our bombers to reach their full potential.“
The video footage of an H-6N with a possible air-launched ballistic missile appears to be taken at this location just outside Neixiang Afld. This corroborates my theory that the 106th bde operates H-6N's and, per the CMPR suggesting nuclear-capable ALBMs, is a nuclear unit. https://t.co/aJtOw9PzmD pic.twitter.com/Y4KXN9MldV
— Rod Lee (@roderick_s_lee) October 17, 2020
Some of the photos are from China’s Modern Ships publication.
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Just do not underestimate China’s capability.
Isn’t the H6N a known air launched ballistic missile carrier? Shouldn’t be that difficult to fit it for a hypersonic cruise missile, assuming one is developed and ready for deployment.
Yes for the H6 series in general.
Kudos to the Chinese for squeezing every thing out of that Tu-16 airframe. LOL
China has come a long ways be interesting to see what they come up with in the next ten years>!!
It appears China can not obliterate the U S mercenaries, despite their dearth of nukes the desperate empire now possesses an economy 1/6 smaller than China