Foreign media: China's "cruise missile carrier" and J -16 are "fatal two groups", threatening to Super J -20

As more and more people pay attention to the Board-20 stealth strategic bomber, the attention of the H-6 series bomber has declined to a certain extent. However, in fact, compared with the monk's non-officially serving-20 stealth strategic bomber, the current bomber-6 series bomber is the most powerful long-range assault force of the People's Liberation Army. For the People's Liberation Army, even if the Boom-20 stealth strategic bomber is serving, the Board-6 series bomber has a great probability that it has continued to serve in the PLA for decades.

According to the Eurasian Times of India, from the previous content of the PLA in the Taiwan Strait Real Bullet Army, the Board-6 series bomber and the J-16 fighter aircraft is still the main deterrent weapon of the PLA in the Taiwan Strait operation. The positioning of the Chinese Air Force's currently equipped by-6K bombers is actually a "cruise missile carrier", and it is an important cruise missile projection platform for the PLA. It is known as the "Deadly Two Movement" with the F-16 heavy fighter equipped by the Chinese Air Force.

The Indian media said that although the PLA also dispatched the J-20 stealth fighter in the Taiwan Navy's performance, whether for the Taiwan army or the US military, the threat of the "fatal two group" far exceeded the J-20 stealth fighter. Because from the current combat environment, the main task of the J-20 stealth fighter is to intercept the US military's F-22, F-35 stealth fighter and B-2 stealth strategic bomber, and the combination of Boom-6K and F-16 fighters It is used to actively launch an offense to weaken the life of the US and the Taiwan army. One biased towards defense, one is biased towards offensive, and the latter's threat to the US and Taiwan troops will naturally be greater.

Can you use the J-20 stealth fighter to replace the J-16 fighter and form a "deadly two-person group" with a bombing-6K bombing machine? Yes, but it is not necessary. Because the-6K bomber is a non-stealth fighter, it has a greater probability of being discovered by the enemy when performing combat mission. In this case, the combat advantage of the J-20 stealth fighter itself cannot be fully played. It is a better choice to use the J-16 fighter to escort the Board-6K bomber.

In addition, compared with the J-20 stealth fighter, the J-16 fighter can attack long-range air-to-air missiles and heavy-duty ground attack ammunition. In addition to providing sufficient air protection for the bomber-6K bombers, they can also directly participate in the medium-range and ground-to-ground attack tasks when necessary, and give full play to the characteristics of their "bomb trucks". The J-20 stealth fighter is about to use the "Beast Mode" and is about to be an ammunition plug-in. Otherwise, it cannot be compared with the J-16 fighter in terms of ground attack intensity.

India media believes that as a "cruise missile carrier", the bombing-6K bomber well balances its identity as a strategic deterrent weapon and tactical combat weapon. Board-6K bomber can carry 4-6 "long sword -20" air-fired cruise missiles or AKD-63 air shot cruise missiles at a time. The former can reach at least 2400 kilometers. The use of the nuclear battle department is enough to launch a remote raid on the important goal of the United States on the first island chain.

The AKD-63 aircraft cruise missile is also known as the "Hawk-63" air-firing cruise missile. This is a medium-range air-shot cruise missile that started in service in 2004 with a maximum range of 240 kilometers. Only "Long Sword- 20 "Air Fighting cruise missiles are about one tenth of the range. However, the "Eagle Strike-63" air firing cruise missile adopts a variety of guidance modes including TV guidance and adds the "people in the circuit" function. Even after launch And modify. The biggest feature of the "Eagle Strike-63" air-fired cruise missile is that the power is high, and the weight of the combat department has reached 500 kg, so it also has the nickname of "the first bomb of the offensive Air Force".

Regardless of whether the U.S. military or for the Taiwan army, the biggest problem at present is that unless it is directly confirmed by the visual visual method to confirm the "long sword-20" air shot cruise missile or "Eagle-63 "Air-raising cruise missiles, otherwise they can only judge the actual attack target of the Board-6K bomber group by the flying path of the -6K bomber. Of course, the Board-6K bomber can also mix and match the "Long Sword-20" and "Eagle Strike-63", so that the US Taiwan is completely unable to find out the real attack target of the PLA.

The combat radius of the Board-6K bomber is about 3,500 kilometers, while the F-16 fighter's combat radius is 1500 kilometers, which leads to the early "deadly duo" combat radius of only 1,500 kilometers, otherwise the -6K bombers will face will face There is no danger of escorting fighter jets. However, this situation has improved significantly after serving the oil-20 air refueling machine. The oil transportation of oil-20 is 75 tons, while the oil volume of the J-16 fighter is about 11 tons. One oil-20 air tanker can perform air refueling for 7 J-16 fighters at a time, so that Its combat radius extends to about 3,000 kilometers. If you count the range of the "Long Sword-20" air-fired cruise missile, it can even attack the US military's important goals on the second island chain.

For the Chinese Air Force, the biggest problem of the current-6 series bomber is the engine problem. The upgrade method of the Board-6 series bomber can actually refer to the upgrade experience of the American B-52 strategic bomber. On the one hand, you can install more advanced airborne equipment for the Board-6 series bombers, so that it can better integrate into the PLA's combat system and use more advanced air-firing missiles. On the other hand, the combat radius and bomb capacity of the Board-6 series bomber is improved by changing a new large thrust engine to improve its single attack capability. At present, the engine used by the Air Force Board-6K bomber is the same as the actual transport-20 strategic transport aircraft. It is a Russian-made D-30KP2 engine. This Russian engine can only be regarded as "useful". The performance of the H-6K bombers and the performance of the Yun-20 strategic transport aircraft is limited. The domestic WS-18 engine is the imitation model of the Russian-made D-30KP2 engine. It has not yet fully replaced the former. The most important thing is that the WS-20 large culvert that will be used on the Yun-20 will not be used on the-6K bombers than the engine. You need to find an advanced engine.

D-30KP2 engine

At present, the biggest hope is actually on the body of the H-20 stealth strategic bomber. The H-20 will inevitably use a new large push engine. And as a strategic bomber, the engine on-20 must well balance the relationship between thrust and fuel consumption. This engine may be an important milestone in the history of the development of the H-6 series engine.

Will the Board-6 series bomber continue to develop again? The answer is yes, after all, we need to have a longer period of time from the beginning of the equipment bombardment to the establishment of a pure stealth bomber unit. During this time, the Board-6 series bomber will fully supplement some of the restrictions and deficiencies of the Bomb-20 stealth strategic bomber in actual operations. Therefore, maybe we really have the opportunity to let the -6 series bomber run out of 26 English letters.

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