China Likely Planning Big Tactical Bomber

BEIJING and WASHINGTON—The few known details and the likely choice of engines suggest China’s new tactical bomber—whose existence was recently confirmed by the Pentagon—will be conceptually like the retired U.S. F-111, but perhaps a lot bigger and presenting a serious threat to air targets. Although...
Bradley Perrett

Bradley Perrett covered China, Japan, South Korea and Australia. He is a Mandarin-speaking Australian.

Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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