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H-20 strategic bomber: estimated range of 12,000 kilometers, maximum bomb load of 25 tons_Capability
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2020-08-28
Former Air Force Commander Ma Xiaotian attended the Air Force Aviation Opening Event in Changchun. In response to questions from the on-site media, he said: China’s current long-range strike capability has been greatly improved than in the past. It is now developing a new generation of long-range bombers. Will see.
The author of this article searched the Internet and immediately said the above remarks in early September 2016. It has been four years since the Chinese Air Force’s new bombers have still not appeared. Whenever there are very important festivals, such as the first At the 12th Zhuhai Air Show and the 70th National Day military parade, military fans expected the new bomber to be born, but they still did not see the appearance of the new bomber.
On May 8, 2018, in the TV series "Great Powers Take Off" released by the Aviation Industry Corporation to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Xi’an Airlines, before the end, the outline of a large mysterious aircraft covered in cloth appeared, which was recognized as our air force. The H-20 long-range strategic bomber with a new flying wing layout.
In recent years, with the rapid advancement of our aviation industry, new technologies including flight control performance, composite materials, stealth performance, and aero engines have been greatly improved. Designing a stealth bomber with a flying wing layout is no longer a dream. It's a reality at your fingertips.
As the J-20 and Yun-20 models with a large number of high-tech components have been successfully developed, high-level information fusion and processing capabilities, complete communication command methods, and powerful electronic countermeasures capabilities will all be used in the new bombing airframe.
Due to the use of a flying wing layout, its tail is two W-shaped, which can accommodate a larger control surface, which may enable the new bomber to have an ultra-low altitude penetration capability, and its maximum range should and be able to reach 12,000 kilometers or more. Judging from the voyage, it is a proper strategic bomber.
Since the H-20 body has enough space, two weapon bomb bays can be set up side by side to ensure that each bomb bay has at least 8 large land attack cruise missiles. It is estimated that the bomb bay is about 7.5 meters long and wide. At about 2.5 meters, the H-20 can accommodate large-scale ground-attack cruise missiles such as the Changjian-20 currently in service, and it can also mount a new stealth ground-attack cruise missile with a slightly enlarged diameter.
While the military industry is developing the H-20, it is also developing new stealth ground-attack cruise missiles. In addition to cruise missiles, the H-20 can also carry various anti-ship missiles, as well as precision guided bombs, low-resistance bombs, and short-range self-defense attacks. Missiles and so on.
When the H-20 performs a combat mission with a round-trip range of 10,000 kilometers, then based on 1.5 tons of each cruise missile, the load of 16 cruise missiles is 24 tons, just from the air-launched ground attack cruise missile capability. , A H-20 bomber is equivalent to two H-6K/N bombers, which are dispatched to attack 16 important high-value targets at a time. Therefore, its ground strike capability is very powerful.
In addition, if the H-20 is equipped with a 250 kg low-resistance aerial bomb, it can carry up to 80; if it carries a 1,000 kg satellite-guided bomb, it can carry 16, 80 250 kg bombs, and the bomb capacity is 20 tons. Based on this, it is judged that the maximum ammunition carried by the H-20 is between 24-25 tons.
As mentioned earlier, the H-20 has low-altitude penetration capabilities, but it will still be detected by the opponent’s fighters. Therefore, the practical ceiling of the H-20 is very likely to be set at an altitude of 20,000 meters. Today, most fighters fly. Less than this height, so as to achieve visual invisibility performance, improve the battlefield survivability of the H-20 in wartime.
In summary, the H-20 is much better than the H-6K/N in terms of range, maximum ammunition load, and stealth performance. The improvement in technical and tactical performance makes the upcoming H-20 stealth bomber The future of the country’s important weapon will give our air force a strategic strike capability, which will further strengthen the cornerstone of our country’s strategic security and make up for the last shortcoming of the lack of strategic bombers in land-based, sea-based, and air-based nuclear strikes.
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