H-20 bomber (with H-X, JH-XX)

Nevermore said:

I believe that if Western satellites can capture those images, Chinese satellites certainly can as well. In fact, it's safe to say that the Chinese military is fully aware of when it can be photographed and when it cannot.

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… aka to determine for themselves when the West can photograph these latest toys and when not.

Nevermore said:

I believe that if Western satellites can capture those images, Chinese satellites certainly can as well. In fact, it's safe to say that the Chinese military is fully aware of when it can be photographed and when it cannot.

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of course that's true. By the way, both soviets and americans knew when american/soviet spy satellite would fly overhead and plan accordingly. But today it could be that americans with its advanced satellites can keep 24/7 surveillance on key bases in the northern hemisphere. But I doubt that americans have achieved 24/7 surveillance on the chinese bases. Anyways, if the "window" was around tens of minutes in the cold war, today I am sure the "window" is much shorter. By the way, what's the logic behind hiding a bomber? to hide a bomber should be damn expensive and impractical, especially if you plan to produce the bomber in large quantities.

Given that USAF has shown so little of B-21 publicly, I'm not sure H-20 (when it does fly) will have photos coming out (like J-36 project). It might be several years before PLAAF decide they are okay to give us a real clear photo.