H-6 Bomber Aircraft Discussions
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Wow! Those are really big ALCMs! Shows exactly why the PLAAF continues to update and build more H-6 aircraft. Standoff missile launchers...and if it is a good missile, it will do the job of penetration and impacting the target.impressive load !
Just like the US is keeping its B-52 fleet active.
Here's that picture of the H-6 carrying four ot those large ALCMs.
Looks like it can carry a total of six on pylons. Can any of those big ALCMs fit in its internal bay? I would think not, they are so large, but do not know.
A fully loaded B-52G can carry up to 20 ALCMs, six on each pylon under the wings (for a total of twelve there) and then eight more on a rotary launcher in the bomb bay.
I think I read somewhere that the internal bomb bay has been done away with on the H-6K. I don't know what's replaced it. Additional fuel perhaps?
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Slight bad news...my trip couldn't make it to Dalian, ticket troubles...for consolidation prize I made a trip to the China aviation museum, and took some interesting pics, including loading instructions for payloads,unscripted on metal plates on the bomb bay doors.
Will upload in the next 36 hours, China's Internet access is still snail by world's standard, though in Beijing wifi hotspots - most are free, nice - are very proliferated.
Will upload in the next 36 hours, China's Internet access is still snail by world's standard, though in Beijing wifi hotspots - most are free, nice - are very proliferated.
