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China’s new H-6J maritime strike bomber: more vision, more range, more roles (www.scmp.com)

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China’s H‑6J maritime strike bomber, equipped with two reconnaissance pods, indicates it has enhanced long-range strike capabilities while supporting peacetime maritime surveillance, according to military analysts. Cai Suliang, identified as a member of an unspecified People’s Liberation Army bomber formation, said that the H-6J, a new variant of the H-6 bomber series, differed from the H-6K in its external appearance – mainly due to additional reconnaissance pods. “This amounts to giving [the...

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[–] Omgboom@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

>China's New bomber

>Dramatically pulls off dust cover

>It's a 70 year old Russian Tupolev Tu-16

Edit: Russia retired these 30+ years ago