Grainy Image Reveals New Anti-Ship Capability For Chinese Bomber

Credit: PLA Southern Theater Command via Weibo
China’s military has released a grainy image of a Xian H-6K bomber carrying up to four air-launched ballistic missiles, doubling the aircraft’s previously acknowledged capacity for that weapon, a Chinese news site reported on July 5. The English-language Global Times newspaper noted the image...
Steve Trimble

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

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