– The Washington Times – Wednesday, November 4, 2015
China is engaged in building a new stealth bomber that has been identified in some Chinese military websites as the H-18.
That program, like the Air Force bomber, remains one of Beijing’s deepest secrets. The bomber is expected to be fielded around the same time as the U.S. B-3.
A model of the new Chinese stealth bomber was recently shown on the military website Top81 Dingsheng, with the Chinese characters for the bomber called “Divine Eagle.”
Rick Fisher, a senior fellow at the International Assessment and Strategy Center, said both China and Russia have advanced bomber programs, but that Moscow appears to have temporarily shelved its new bomber in favor of restarting production of Tu-160 Blackjack bombers.
“China’s Xian Aircraft Corp. is developing a new strategic bomber that may be a ‘flying wing’ design called H-20,” he said, based on Asian government sources. The bomber could be deployed by 2020. “In addition, China may be working on a new supersonic theater bomber, sometimes called H-18, but much less is known about this program,”
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