Thursday, January 31, 2019

U.S. Intelligence Believes There Is Another Mysterious Chinese Stealth Bomber Project

Unofficial concept art for a Chinese stealth bomber. Chinese social media

Business Insider: US intelligence report reveals another mysterious Chinese stealth bomber project

* A new report on China's military power from the Defense Intelligence Agency just revealed yet another Chinese stealth bomber project.
* China is known to be working on a long-range stealth bomber that's most likely a match to the US's B-2 Spirit bomber, but the intelligence report suggested a new fighter/bomber.
* The fighter/bomber concept makes a lot of sense for China in the Pacific, where a war with the US or Japan is a rising possibility to prepare for.
* China has some very long range air-to-air missiles, and a medium-range stealth bomber that can out-reach short range US fighters like the F-35 could give them an edge in combat over the South China Sea.

China made history as the only nation other than the US to ever field a stealth fighter jet, and a new report on China's military power from the Defense Intelligence Agency just revealed yet another batch of stealth combat aircraft projects.

China "is developing new medium- and long-range stealth bombers to strike regional and global targets," the report reads. "Stealth technology continues to play a key role in the development of these new bombers, which probably will reach initial operational capability no sooner than 2025," it continued.

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WNU Editor: There are some doubts that this is a real project .... Is China Really Building Two Stealth Bombers? (January 26, 2019).

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