The NEW Chinese Bomber Fleet is working. 

One thing this shows clearly is just how useful size is in aircraft. its striking how many 'obsolete' and expensive big mid 20th Century bombers are proving to be useful decades past their design lifetime.

We really should be thanking you for your insight. I dont understand the hate you get, your giving an honest OPINION, with the best of your knowledge. So, I thank you for your knowledge, and appreciate your POV.

Your looking well sir, I hope you recovered well after your recent procedure.

The H6 is like a car model, every generation it will adapted new components like power windows, bluetooth,GPS and eventually essentail components like engin and gearbox or even car frame.

It’s never wise to underestimate an adversary.

You can mock an adversary for lack of capability, but you would be very foolish to ignore it when they recogize that lack and take aggressive action to address it

exc. analysis, exceptionally rare to get this quality of analysis on plaaf training.

Damn, that South China Sea archipelago full of Chinese airbases is like a network of fixed-in-place aircraft carriers.

That device hanging under the tail section when the H-6 has its gear down, looks like a tail strike guard.

I will give the Chinese credit where credit is due. I see the evolution of their military from what it was in the 50s to what it is now as just the natural order of things.

0:44 That's maybe a protection against tailstrike during takeoff.

It is a tail strike bumper. The Concord had one, but it had wheels.

I'm sure you've gotten this answer before now, but the appendage marked by the arrow at 0:44 appears to be a retractable tail strike skid (compatible with the depicted AC being in landing configuration.)

The Chinese are using the H-6 primarily as a stand-off strike platform, something that the original Tu-16 had since the late 1950's in Russian service. That means the H-6 will primarily fly over the Chinese coast to launch its anti-shipping missiles against any known adversary.

Glad to have you back. Great content as always.

Older air frames are not that much of a concern in an era when most missions are fought in "stand-off" [attacks with cruise missiles]. It might be the major reason why you have to question the U.S. cold war thinking in designing and building the "eventual" and costly 100 B-21's to replaced the B-1 and B-2 by 2040. Russia and China have the most advanced integrated multi-layered air defense systems in the world that are "fatal" upwards of 1000+ kilometers. The U.S. and NATO combined do not have the technology, skills or funding to defeat these systems. (Royal United Services Institute, 2020) If the B-21 ever come to fruition by 2040 it's unlikely to see them used in anything other than "stand-off" and by then both Russia and China will have improved their air defense to the point where the idea of using conventional aircraft at all will be a thing of the past. Today Russia's (and likely China's) air defense systems are capable of downing a small drone, HIMAR's, and even hypersonic missiles. Example: Russian S-300V4 missile system neutralized both Ukrainian Su-27 and MiG-29 aircraft at extreme ranges of 217km, surpassing the 150km range world record set previously. (Defence View, 10/2022)

Ah a good informative M7 video to start the week. A good birthday gift as well. Informative as always.

This was an excellent video. 👍🏽👍🏽

very excellent video ----- nicely produced with fine content. Robo is a good producer. ..... or is he just the executive producer?

h6k is not like the old bomber, today the bombers are with new engines and new composite materials for strength and light weight. And can go very far and carrying more missiles too. The pla is building more and upgrade more.

another great video, keep 'em coming!

GREAT JOB !!! CHINA greetings from Mexico!!!

I do love this video because so many people dismiss Chinese air/naval/ground capabilities as a "Made in China = Bad" joke and fail to recognize China has been working around the clock both in terms of military production & R&D as well as economic influence over impoverished nations. The first step to losing a war is underestimating the enemy.

Great video, appreciate the analysis! 👍

🤩🤩🤩 You sound like you are giving a lecture on Chinese strategic thinking from some university or something, professor, or should we address you as Dr. Millennium! It just baffles me as to why or how it is that you know so much about my country while I’m plain s blank about it! 🤩🤩🤩

Air plane tire can only be used a few times before replacement, if it lands and takes off from Tibet plateau. It is very difficult.

Very useful analysis…. Thank you 😎👍

Hope you are feeling good after your health issues. Take care.

great Video !

Well done.

Professor is the best in Chinese Military Strategies

0:45 Trail strike skid like on the Concord.

your vids rock

It 0:45 looks like a sonobuoy release chute. But instead of dropping sonar sensors into the ocean, my guess it’s something else … an EM decoy? A throwaway sensor drone to identify suspicious surface objects? If it is for releasing sonobuoys, then perhaps it’s because it can arrive at a search zone faster than their anti sub aircraft? Or to compliment anti sub aircraft?

I don´t want to get politically here but i just gotta mention: nobody says "China" better than Donald Trump.

the H-6k is beautiful, they should make an AWACS out of it

H-6 is a bit less capable than B-52 but is nevertheless good enough for some long range missile attacks. The PLA has also boasted about getting a new bomber soon. This might not be just empty propaganda because there has been evidence of progress.

0:44 that looks like a tail protector.(for landing)

I know the H-6 is basically a licensed-produced Chinese version of the Tupolev Tu-16 Badger, what I wonder is why the PRC didn't approach the USSR in the 1950s before the Sino-Soviet split to the license to produce the Tu-95 Bear?

Another good video

Great to have you back !!!!!! You loose some weight too !!!!!!!

0:44 could it be there so that it touches the ground before the aircraft body does if the pilot takes off at the wrong angle & it gives them a chance to correct the take off before real damage is done.

like the sports jacket , makes you look alot thinner:))

Some of China's H6 are quite new actually.

9:40 It looks like a skid plate, but very strange location. This is my best guess.

A recent report by the ASPI (Australian Strategic Policy Institute) states that China is now the world leader in 37 of 44 strategic technologies . Biotechnology, lasers, hypersonic propulsion, artificial intelligence, energy research, new materials, etc. The Chinese know that technological knowledge is vital and the Chinese are beginning to dominate many different technologies. My point is that the old narrative that China can only copy and steal from others is no longer true, they have the necessary money, the Institutions and universities, the industrial capabilities and the political will to not only catch up with the western world, but to actually overtake the west in technological development.

that part was a tail bump skid

When I saw the title, thought he was talking about the Xian H-20. Clickbaited myself.

Dear content creator (and for me friend...), now I have Patronized you.... You are contributing to a much more informed group of people asking for more understandable explanations to a number of hard-to-understand air defense (and possibly attack) questions... Two questions that have struck me is A) Why are bombers so differently designed in comparison to freighters and commercial aircrafts? B) Why aren't more aircraft build with a dual purpose usage in mind - reusing the airplane platform from a civilan airplane to a military purpose like AWACs actually are... I am thinking of Sub defeating planes, etc. - And now it struck me - this must be a major field for future AI drones... crossing the oceans like condors, just "listening", starting the "beeping" when a large magnetic body or anomaly(named radio/data transmission), or some poke in the sea surface (named periscope or antenna) shows up.... This has been the task of the deep sea listening boys, so far. But I guess they are pretty expensive to maintain......

I noticed the crews shown were wearing cotton gloves, not fire resistant. Grip is less and not very protective in emergency. But don't tell them. I have started second guessing the evaluation of Chinese capabilities based on Russian capability in Ukraine and I assume the USSR was better than Russia is now, but Generals don't have the luxury of not underestimating without consequences.

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Looks like an anti skid device? In case a plane over rotates at take off and prevents skid damage to the fuselage.

A giant portion of the USAs airplanes are transport tankers and AWACS etc

I am certain of one thing, if china ever does field a large amount of aircraft carriers, or establishes airfields abroad that would be a checkmate, the only thing limiting them that I can see is they are restrained to china and only have one operational carrier

It’s tough to say big old aircraft are obsolete. The US is busy upgrading its fleet of BUFFs because they’re the only thing that do the job. Those old air craft can lob big cruise missiles at carrier fleets as well as anything else.

The first age was destroyed by water. The second by fire.

When will we see a video about the changes happening to the Polish airforce and the FA-50 in particular?

The entire PLA is undergoing some serious transformation to become an NCO-based structure as opoosed to strictly top-down.

What is the strategic use of a strategic bomber (especially a non-stealth one) against a near-peer opponent? Aren't they too visible and too unmaneuverable to survive their missions? If the enemy has any air defences at all, can a bomber ever get close enough to use bombs (and not missiles)? Is the purpose of a bomber to ferry big ass missiles (that are two heavy for multirole fighters) to high altitudes?

China must be developing a supersonic bomber comparable in performance to Russia’s TU160 and US’s XB70. But designed around one mission … launch a very large missile at very high altitude and velocity. The range of large hypersonic glide missiles eliminates the need for huge fuel tanks for long range … and by keeping the bomber’s weight at a minimum, a 60 second boost by injecting an oxidant to the engine afterburners will allow a pop up maneuver & significant acceleration in rarified air altitudes where drag is much lower than at 40,000 feet.

At the beginning, I would have worded it differently; there are three countries in the world that "currently operate strategic bombers", since I would argue the amount of countries that "can / have the ability to" operate "bombers" is a lot higher, than the number of countries that currently operate strategic bombers, though China could right now still be a bit controversial, given that in today's capability spectrum, the H-6 would be closer to a medium range bomber / large fighter-bomber or maritime strike aircraft. If a country like France, Germany, Britain, India, Turkey, Israel, Canada etc. would suddenly consider, that a long-range strike platform like a bomber would become necessary to preserve national security, (which is unlikely in today's military and political climate), then all these and other not listed countries, have the capability to field such planes, not necessarily to produce them natively, but certainly to acquire and operate a small fleet of 10 to 30 on their own. Other than this tiny nitpick, great video, I love to watch your narrations!

Tu-16 Badger by any name

oh wow is this a new filming studio setup?

yeah because anti aircraft railguns and lasers aren't going to be a thing soon

I approve the DRAGON RISE.

Can't tell from this angle but looks like an aerial refueling drogue.

Who needs stealth when you can launch swarms of anti ship missiles from hundreds of miles away?

Some cited the poor performance of Russians in Ukraine to demonstrate how China will perform equally as bad. A major difference between China and Russia is that China has the funding and resources to conduct large-scale combined arms exercises on a regular basis, whereas Russians mostly kept their pre-war maneuvers at BTG level or lower. In addition, China has been updating its arsenal at a much faster pace, especially in PGM and sensors. China has surpassed Russia on military modernization long ago. The question is not whether the PLA is more effective than the Russian military, but how much more?

About combat experience: here's my very arm-chair expert kind of "unbiased" view. At the personal and equipment and combat units level, indeed recent combat experience is very much lacking in the PLA. Esp. if you consider the post-reform (1978) era PLA had zero war to fight and nearly zero truly hostile encounters. I can hardly come up with a shooting incident in 44 years. But in terms of army-level pride/tradition/spirits PLA is actually pretty strong with the long march, anti-Japan war, second civil war, Korean war, albeit those were fought using poorly-trained poorly-equipment, technologically inferior conscripted soldiers, instead of the high-tech smaller, professional, recruited army of modern PLA. By comparison, USA is both strong with endless hot combat experience and with traditions going back to WWI and even before (defeating England, Canada and Mexico). With Japan... I'm not sure, Japan's military was awesome up to WWII, but (hopefully) that tradition was broken (at least in the personnel level) after 1945. I'd be highly surprised if there's a native Japanese active duty commander who's capable of planning and conducting a meaningful military operation, independent of US control. Another case to consider: Qing's had world-class military experience to around 1750, but in about less than a century, Qing's army diminished to a global laughing stock, humiliated by even third rated European nations (Russia, Italy...) and upstart Japan. So about current combat experience. Indeed any military can greatly benefit from combat experience, no better way to discover real men than to make them watch their buddies blown to pieces or lost a few limbs. But there's a cost to gaining that experience that must be considered in a balanced manner. Chinese decision makers are all deeply influenced by Sun Tzu, heavily emphasize secrecy, deception, misinformation and confusion. So PLA often chose not to show their hands unless there's a strategic goal being served. Which yes indeed deprived PLA soldiers and commanders of valuable experience. But how valuable is that actual experience, well maybe PLA needs it less than some other militaries of the world. Sun Tzu also teaches that a military's true purpose and measurement is not killing enemies and blowing things up, but to serve strategic and political goals. And always a bloodless means to achieving said goals is preferrable. So yes there is very serious legit questioning the combat ability of PLAN and PLAAF (J-20, J-11, J-16, H-6, Y-20 and the expected H-20, and the many impressive-looking surface and submarine craft esp. the never tested Type-94 and work-in-progress Type-003) in an actual shooting war. But their value to the regime is also enhanced by the uncertainty and doubt of all parties concerned. E.g. we are quite sure that Virginia and Seawolf class are superior to Type-94, and Ford has been deplyed and almost combar ready for decades already while it's comparable Type-004 is only on the drawing board. But CCP's goal is not to win any hypothetical combar/war, but to discourage military adventurism. The question isn't who made superior weapons, but who can be self-confident of a no-cost victory? Can anyone be sure USA will definitely win a nuclear war agianst China without unacceptable losses on the US mainland? Uncertainty encourages indecision (by either sides), which in China's favor. Transparency allows risk management, which favors the top dog. Final point is: sometimes combat experience can have negative values. I'm not talking about the cost (expended lives and munitions) here; I'm talking about, sometimes, soldiers who gained actual shooting and killing experience can become less effective soldiers than greenhorns. Commanders who are rewarded/punished for measurable combat stats instead of stragetic outcome become cynical and career-oriented. High suicide rate, high prevalency of mental sickness, alcoholism, substance-dependence, crime rate, non-op casualty rate, etc are all hints that certain militaries (PLA's enemies) are diminished not strengthened by actual combat experience.

Is radio silence even an issue these days with spread spectrum, burst, digital, slow text and satellite comms: surely you can fly under the detectable radar (pun intended)!

That's your vacuum lol 😂

*Fortunately we have seen them at work last year

Capitalist traded the middle class to china and in returned saved a few dollars at Walmart.

0:45 Tail strike skid

They would have to use long range missiles, because it looks like they would be easy to shoot down. B52 can use long range missiles. B52 are not as easy to shoot down as one would think, that's not counting support of fighter aircraft.

0:06 and unfortuntelly we've seen them at work in the past... century?

Your robot vacuum cleaner? 😉

0:45 it’s a tail skid.

Tu-16 but will make the original designer say “wtf”

After 50 years, we will have H-6Z, H6Zmaxpro.

when you are so advanced and lazy, you cant use a broom to clean the runway.

Pilots of H6 is really handsome. All walk from 西遊記，brothers of zu baje

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Their bomber is ancient with ancient Russian engines.

H6k, aka god of war

It's based on the Russian Badger. Russian planes of that era are classics and will go on for ever. Well at least the Badger, Bear & MiG-21.

Itu Aba island is under Taiwan ROC control.

Wonder if China is building planes as fast as ships? China builds one British navy every four years.

makes me wish the RAF had kept our bombers

Anyone who is still dismissing China out of hand either militarily, economically or diplomatically should not be considered a serious person. And anyone doing so in the military or government should be replaced immediately. China knows exactly where their shortcomings lie and they know exactly who to copy to correct them.

This is scary, their quality is getting better and they also have the quantity. Not to mention managing to supposedly hire ex-military pilots like the ex-USMC one arrested in Australia.

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the second B in Bomber, is silent

Before this , UK also had strategic bomber fleets. But it retired all of them and rely on US bomber fleet instead. This China H6 is Tu-16 which was on the same era on those British retired bomber fleet , Vickers Valient , Avro Vulcan , Handley Page Victor.

Looks like you lost weight. Looking good

No radio I can use acars😂

The H-6 is a subsonic bomber with no stealth capabilities; its loading capacity is also low. The Chinese bomber tech is severely lacking compared to the US and Russia. Putin could share some Russian bomber tech with China since China has been supporting Putin financially and politically since the start of the Ukraine war.

One more thing for Taiwan to worry about

Taiwan's constitution says both taiwan and mainland belong to China. Chapter I General Provisions Article 1 This Act is specially enacted for the purposes of ensuring the security and public welfare in the Taiwan Area, regulating dealings between the peoples of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area, and handling legal matters arising therefrom before national unification. With regard to matters not provided for in this Act, the provisions of other relevant laws and regulations shall apply. Article 2 The following terms as used in this Act are defined below.1. "Taiwan Area" refers to Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu, and any other area under the effective control of the Government.2. "Mainland Area" refers to the territory of the Republic of China outside the Taiwan Area.3. "People of the Taiwan Area" refers to the people who have household registrations in the Taiwan Area.4. "People of the Mainland Area" refers to the people who have household registrations in the Mainland Area.

This antique when face real combat, I am sorry to tell it stands zero chance.