The Xi'an H-6 (Chinese: 轰-6; pinyin: Hōng-6) [a] is a twin-engine jet bomber of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF). The H-6 is a license-built version of the Soviet Tupolev Tu-16 and remains the primary bomber aircraft of the People's Republic of China.

2016年12月18日 · The H-6 is a Chinese copy of the Tupolev Tu-16 Badger, the Soviet Union’s first jet-powered strategic bomber. China received a few Tu-16s from Russia in 1958–59 and struck a licensed production...

2024年3月6日 · China's military shared new images of the strategic H-6 bomber conducting an exercise in the country's Eastern Theater Command.

2024年11月13日 · Some modernized versions of China’s H-6 bomber are now capable of launching ballistic missiles armed with nuclear warheads while others can carry multiple long-range anti-ship and land attack...

2020年11月22日 · After years of work, the Chinese air force has reportedly outfitted two regiments—together possessing around 36 bombers — with a new, much more capable “K” version of the H-6. The H-6K is...

2023年11月22日 · According to U.S. military reports, the latest version of the Chinese strategic bomber is the H-6N, a heavily redesigned version capable of aerial refueling and carrying air-launched cruise...

A Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) H-6N bomber aircraft has been pictured carrying a large weapon externally, with imagery of the aircraft captured during its final approach to an airfield in China’s Central Theater Command on 17 October.

2021年7月23日 · China fields the H-6 in both its air force (approx. 80 units) and navy (approx. 30 units) inventories. At its core, the H-6 was classified as a strategic bomber, initially intended to serve as a nuclear bomb deterrent which then gave way to a more conventional bombing role due to advancements in other technologies - particularly of the ...

2020年11月12日 · China has so far described the H-6N bomber and the future Chinese strategic stealth bomber (H-20) as dual-capable delivery platforms. The PLA is upgrading its bomber with two new ALBMs, one of which may include a nuclear payload .

The Xian H-6 is a license-built variant of the Soviet’s Tupolev Tu-16 twinjet bomber, introduced in 1969 for People’s Liberation Army Air Force of China. Table of Contents Specifications