China’s New H-20 Stealth Bomber is Worse Than You Think

This new aircraft could change the balance of power in the world. Currently the United States is the only nation to operate a strategic stealth bomber fleet like the B-2. This new Chinese stealth bomber is the type of aircraft that is sent to destroy an entire enemy airfield or soften up defenses for an invasion. The H-20 would have major ramifications for a possible invasion of Taiwan if it is able to evade their air defense systems.

Written by: Chris Cappy & Justin Taylor
Video Edited by: Maksym Dimarov

But what kind of weapons and munitions would this stealth bomber drop if its stealthiness is truly able to match the American aircraft? It would drop a copy of the same bomb that the American stealth bombers use of course a JDAM copycat. China created the FT PGB in 2006 which is a family of chinese built precision guided munitions created at the China Academy of Launch Vehicle technology. They range from 100kg to 500 kg or 1,000 pounds. The F-12 variant has a rocket booster that can be attached to extend its range to 150 km, providing a release velocity of 600–1000 km/h.

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[Riceball]

It would be really easy to find out a lot of the classified details of the H-20. Gaijin just needs to make a version of it for War Thunder, get lots about it wrong and eventually someone will post classified info on their forums it in order to prove that what they say about it is right.

[InvictusByz]

If I were ever somehow in some military associated desk job and got an email from a foreign youtuber asking for details on our latest stealth plane, I'd be so tempted to respond with a picture of an empty sky and say "Behold the pinnacle of stealth technology"

[Ianmundo]

reading a blueprint is one thing, having the expertise and understanding as to *why* the aircraft is designed the way it is, that’s another thing. The B2 Spirit is $2Bn per unit and notoriously the most difficult plane to maintain. Don’t assume the theft of its blueprints is such a prize, building their own B2 variants could be prohibitively expensive for China and beyond the cost, still result in problematic aircraft

[DeadlyDigger]

Still blows my mind that such sensitive information is stored on a system linked to the internet and not stored on a standalone system free from hackers

[qwe]

Regarding the crashed f117, I believe that the Air Force considered the option of striking the wreckage to prevent recovery, but they decided that the 20 year old technology was no longer of strategic importance

[gmodrules]

I think the bigger deal is that it threatens India rather than the US. India doesn’t have an equivalent, and will be forced to either purchase stealth bombers from other countries (which might be hard, since I doubt the US would be willing to sell any), or develop their own. Either way, it forces India to invest more into its Air Force.

[SkyieN]

The funny thing about B-2 Spirit is not that it's such "advanced piece of technology", after all the B-2 is nearly 4 decades old... it's the fact the B-2 is so expensive and complicated to produce and maintain that no one else tried (...or had the money) to make their own.

[Strawberryfs]

"Either there's a stealth aircraft in the area, or there's a bumble bee making Mach 2"

[xiphoid]

Can we give acknowledgements to the B-2? I was a boy, coming from China to the US in 1989 when the B-2 was unveiled. I remember learning English reading about it in a magazine. Now it is almost 35 years later, China is still trying to imitate but not equalling its capabilities, while US has already unveiled the 6th gen B-21. Just WOW!

[savage]

I'll have to note, miniature models of real vehicles or projects are absolutely a thing in engineering, and there's a mathematical technique mechanical/aerospace engineers implement in order to test massive vehicles and parts like aerofoils in a small chamber. So im pretty sure the B-2 had a miniature like this, they just didnt show it.

[jeremyholland]

Lost it when you casually brought up all the cyber security insider threats classes we have to take because of this

[cdubs]

I saw a stealth fighter takeoff from the Air Guard base in Atlantic City. It was insane. The way it took off, it looked like it was changing its shape while flying. It's wild.

[RedneckRapture]

It's a good thing that when the US Military does wargames, it gives the opposition force capabilities to match or exceed our own. If we've got our military geared up and prepared to intercept a plane on par with the B-2 and this H-20 turns out to be inferior, just makes the actual job easier.

[briancclevenger]

As a former Naval Aviator, I enjoyed your research and can relate to much of this report. During my back and forth with the Soviets in the 80's, they did what the Chinese are doing now, stealing our secrets. There were programs I was involved in that were top secret (now de-classified) and we watched and were watched like a hawk. I can only hope that we do better at saving our secrets or our inventions will come back to destroy us down the road.

[YOUneedJESUS]

Here is the real question. Why are these docs held on anything connected to the internet?

[mikeaninger]

This reminds me when I was the only one at the range with an ACOG. I was called a cheater. I said, “simply put, it’s not a Magic Sight. If you already suck at shooting, it won’t help you.”

[mandowarrior]

It's important not to overplay stealth. As a radar technician told me "It may be the size of a bee, but not many bees fly at mach 2" when referencing the ease of identifying stealth targets.

They really require specific circumstances to be useful.

[gunpladdict]

When I did private sector security for Boeing in '07 there were a lot of Chinese interns working for them & speaking in fluent Chinese inside the facility.

[agsystems]

I think you hit a pretty important nail when you mentioned conspicuous tankers, which is part of the reason I wonder about both this and the B21 having tanker capabilities. The range of one is large; the range of one with a tanker partner is huge. For Taiwan in particular, having tankers stationed to the East of the island would be a significant force multiplier for the J20 fleet, and probably more significant than a delivery system for weapons that already have high standoff capability.

[nuclearfart]

Radar: hey look at that bee going over a thousand miles per hour 😂😂