In the American edition of The National Interest came out material, reflecting on China’s possible response to an increase in the number of F-35 fifth-generation fighter jets in the Asia-Pacific region. In addition to the United States, Japan has such aircraft in the region., South Korea, Singapore contract details appeared earlier. The program also includes Australians.
Browser Peter Suchu (Peter Suciu) He writes, what China can oppose expanding the presence of the F-35 deployment of its latest strategic bombers Xian H-20. true, the whole problem for China is, that these "strategists" are still under development. The prototype H-20 flew in 2013 year, however, for a variety of reasons, the plane is still not brought to mind. One such reason is a problem with the engines.. Basically, this problem today is characteristic of all new and promising Chinese-designed aviation.
From an article in NI:
China may feel obligated to respond (to increase the presence of F-35 in the region), speeding up its Xian H-20 program.
The article noted, what's the final version of the Chinese strategic bomber , “Will probably be demonstrated at the Zhuhai air show before the end of the year, but only if, that the coronavirus pandemic will decline ”.
Peter Suchu writes, that the commissioning of these aircraft is constantly being transferred. In this case, the author, referring to the Pentagon data, calls data on the range and armament of the Xian H-20:
US Department of Defense estimates, the bomber has a flight range of more 5300 miles (about 8,5 thousand. km) and can fly at subsonic speeds, having four powerful hypersonic invisible cruise missiles as weapons.
NI author writes, that such bombers "could threaten US military bases in Guam, as well as Japanese and South Korean military airfields with F-35s stationed there ”.
from the article:
He could even threaten bases in Australia.
