Keypoint and Summary: JH-XX stealth aircraft in China, which is rumored to be the next generation strategic bomber, held the first flight in December 2024.
-This mysterious aircraft with double Delta wings and three engines appear to be designed for long -distance missions with large internal weapon bay.
-In the tactical fighter, JH-XX suggests a strategic role and may probably complement the Growth of the PLA.
-However, the lack of stealth aircraft in China’s foreign sales is a question on sustainability.
-At JH-XX a serious threat to US air rule, or another exhibition for Beijing’s military ambition? You can only know the time.
JH-XX: Chinese mysterious stealth bomber breaks the cover
Let’s think of this hypothetical conversation. The long -standing observer developing advanced fighter in ChengduaerosPaceCecorporation (CAC) asks another person as follows. ”
Answer: “The first photo and video are always displayed near the New Year in China. It is posted online by people who are said to be standing around the aerodrome of the adjacent aircraft factory. , During the winter, it looks like the leaves are always being shot badly from behind the leaves. “
The latest CAC’s secret aircraft project outside the Sichuan capital of Sichuan Province, in the southwestern part, is in accordance with this standard scripted event, which has been PRC security services for many years.
First, every other year’s aviation show China is held in ZHUHAI every November. No one is saying a new fighter -only rumors. Within a few weeks, you will start seeing the stages managed photos.
The photos are mysteriously allowed to be posted on various Chinese aviation sites.
This is usually, depending on the Internet, which is usually scrubbed from the Internet within 5 minutes.
Chinese performance art
This was the same performance art rochin that continued when another Chengdu aircraft, J-20, was revealed in January 2011.
About two months after ZHUHAI EXPO, the company needed a “gift”, but the Liberation Army AF (PLAAF) (PLAAF), a few steps higher than the red envelope filled with normal “HUNG BAO” or bank memo. It can be presented to the customer. It is traditionally passed to them. As a result, the new aircraft flight exhibits the ultimate fireworks.
The first flight in 2011 was embarrassed by the US Secretary of Defense, Dr. Robert Gates, and the Communist Secretary -General of the Communist Party. Party leader so far.
J-36 from China. Image credit: X -screenshot.
Therefore, from the same aerodrome, the same aerodrome as December 26, 2024 (almost 14 years later), “JH-XX” creates the first flight of “official”.
The Chinese also said, “I was never arrested for gambling.” All available evidence was that the aircraft had unknown flights and other tests before the event in late December.
Previous flights guaranteed that aircraft functioned and there is no serious defect before the “official” flight shown in the world.
Since then, there have been few official explanations on aircraft. It seems to be one of many sea and aviation platforms, which is part of the PLA plan for future war.
There are many Chinese military scholars discussing the concepts of next -generation aircraft and other weapon systems, but there is no specific thing related to this aircraft.
JH-XX: Mystery bomber?
The JH-XX/J-36 may be one of the key platforms of these concepts. But at the moment, determining the mission profile accurately will scrutinize the puzzle and explain what the final photo looks like when two -thirds of the piece are still missing. is.
Since there is little confirmation or perception of this flight, it is unknown what the actual specification of JH-XX is.
JH-XX stealth bomber rendering. Image credit: Creative Commons.
The label “J-36” is used in the same way as “J-XD”. One indicator is that the serial number found on the aircraft is 36011.
Examples of the previous program of Chengdu’s major rival, Shenyan, were assigned to the first prototype of the FC-31, and the second material J-35 was assigned to the serial number “31001” and “35001”, respectively. We provide clues.
The numbers were interpreted when “001” indicated that there was the first model of the “FC-31” and “J-35” series. It turned out to be the right assumption.
Design and function
Aviation double delta plane, lack of vertical control surface, its size, and many other functions suggest that this is not a tactical aircraft but a strategic platform.
The cockpit seems to be an arrangement of two people, and the size of the fuselage does not require multiple fuel supply, and has a large fuel rate for long missions that have enough space on large internal weapons. I will match.
The aircraft has three engines, and the specification is unknown. The size of the plane and the mission profile suggest that the J-20 WS-15 EMEI class or the WS-10 series development model will enhance many copies of Russian scales. PLA service aircraft.
Three unconventional engines and other aerodynamic characteristics suggest an aircraft with a very complicated flight control system. It also costs a very high cost per flight time. It was operated only by countries such as PRC, which have resources for supporting large -scale strategic bomber fleets and resources to support multiple aircraft carriers.
This is one of the overall ambitions clarified by PLA officials and leaders in the main defense industry, expanding the Chinese games in the export market.
So far, there are no PRC fighters that have succeeded in selling foreign countries.
Therefore, there is still a question about whether the PRC can maintain an industry that can continue to drive away new age weapons systems to support foreign customers to increase costs to maintain their industrial base.
About the author: Reuben F. Johnson
Ruben F. Johnson was a Russian Ukrainian invasion in February 2022 and is now a Fundacja IM foreign military expert. Kazimier Zapoukego in Warsaw. He is a consultant of the Australian government in the Pentagon, several NATO governments, and in the field of defense technology and weapon system design. For the past 30 years, he has lived in Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Brazil, the People’s Republic of China, and Australia.
