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Cold War & Beyond: China’s JH-7A

Cold War, approximately 1947 (due to U.S. President Harry Truman’s Truman Doctrine) to 1991 (Operation Desert Storm, collapse of Soviet Union):

JH-7 (aka FBC-1 Flying Leopard, NATO reporting name Flounder) first flew in 1988, but entered service after the Cold War, in 1992.

People’s Liberation Army- Eastern Theater Command photo by Ge Shuwei, 25NOV2021.

The current JH-7A has a lighter and stronger airframe than the JH-7, allowing it to carry heavier weapon loads.

PLA-Eastern Theater Command photo by Ge Shuwei, 25NOV2021.

The Chinese strike aircraft uses engines that are license built version of NATO United Kingdom Rolls-Royce turbofans.

PLA-Northern Theater Command photo by Liu Xuhong, 07SEP2021.

PLA-Northern Theater Command photo by Liu Xuhong, 07SEP2021.

PLA-Northern Theater Command photo by Liu Xuhong, 07SEP2021.

PLA-Northern Theater Command photo.

PLA-Northern Theater Command photo.

PLA-Northern Theater Command photo.

PLA-Northern Theater Command photo.

PLA-Southern Theater Command photo by Zhuo Lingpeng, 17AUG2021.

PLA-Northern Theater Command photo, August 2021.

PLA-Southern Theater Command photo by Nie Haifei, 29JUL2021.

PLA-Northern Theater Command photo by Wang Limin, October 2020.

PLA-Northern Theater Command photo by Wang Limin, October 2020.

PLA-Southern Theater Command photo by Ou Kaixu, 21JUL2020.

PLA-Northern Theater Command photo by Yang Pan, 25APR2019.

PLA-Northern Theater Command photo by Yang Pan, 25APR2019.

PLA-Northern Theater Command photo by Yang Pan, 25APR2019.

PLA-Northern Theater Command photo by Yang Pan, 25APR2019.

PLA-Southern Theater Command photo by Liu Huanhuan, 01NOV2018.

PLA-Northern Theater Command photo, 12JUN2018.

PLA-Western Theater Command photo by Wang Xiaofei, March 2018.

Vehicle I-D: CHINA’S H-6K

Vehicle I-D: China’s H-6K

One China’s latest bombers, the Xian H-6K, is a development of their H-6 which itself is a license built Cold War era Soviet Tupolev 16.  It debuted in 2007.  The most recent version is the H-6N (debuted in 2019) which looks just like the H-6K, but can be identified by the refueling probe sticking out of the nose.

H-6K bomber patrolling the oil rich South China Sea. Xinhuanet (Xinhua) photo, not dated.

China Defense Ministry promotional video explainer/walkaround report of the ‘new’ H-6K, December 2021:

China Defense Ministry video of scramble and patrol of H-6 & H-6K, November 2021:

In November 2021, two Chinese H-6K joined with two Russian Tupolev 95MC (NATO reporting name Bear) in a patrol flight over The Sea of Japan and The East China Sea.  It was the third such joint China-Russia aerial patrol of that area.

People’s Liberation Army photo by Yu Hongchun.

The most noticeable differences between the H-6 and H-6K are the cockpit/nose area and the engine air intakes.

PLA-Central Command photo by Yu Hongchun.

PLA-Central Command photo by Yu Hongchun.

PLA-Navy photo by Yang Ling, dated 09AUG2021.

PLA-Eastern Command photo by Wang Jun, dated 30MAR2021.

PLA-Central Command photo by Yu Hongchun, March 2021.

PLA-Southern Command photo by Gao Hongwei, August 2020.

PLA-Southern Command photo by Gao Hongwei, August 2020.

Notice that the tail gunner’s position of the H-6/Tu-16 is faired over on the H-6K.

PLA-Southern Command photo, 15OCT2018.

Attending Russia’s International Army Games-Aviadarts, 01AUG2018, photo by Yang Pan.

H-6K bomb bay, Russia’s International Army Games-Aviadarts, 01AUG2018, photo by Yang Pan.

Attending Russia’s International Army Games-Aviadarts, 01AUG2018, photo by Yang Pan.

Xinhuanet (Xinhua) video report, edited by Li Jiayao, for first time H-6K participates in the Russia hosted International Army Games 2018:

Anti-ship missile armed H-6K patrols near Taiwan along with J-11s. Xinhuanet photo, 11MAY2018.

2018 Xinuanet video, edited by Li Jiayao, promoting the H-6K and showing what it takes to become an H-6K pilot:

2018 Xinhuanet music video of H-6K:

Financial Martial Law:

U.S. based WORLD BANK FINANCES REPRESSION BY CHINA?

Vehicle I-D: TYPE 7-4 INVADES EVERGREEN STATE! PREPS FOR WAR WITH CHINA?