{"id":206726,"date":"2020-05-05T07:02:14","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T07:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=206726"},"modified":"2020-05-07T06:36:08","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T06:36:08","slug":"chinas-supersonic-stealth-bomber-could-be-ready-later-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=206726","title":{"rendered":"China&#8217;s supersonic stealth bomber could be ready later this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Making it the third country alongside US and Russia capable of launching nukes from land, sea or air<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><strong>Stealth bomber Xian H-20 has been in development for a number of years<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><strong>Beijing is considering rolling it out this year amid escalating global tensions<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><strong>It would complete China&#8217;s nuclear triad and double its strike range<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Jack Ryan \u2013 Mail Online May 27, 2020<\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">China\u2019s new supersonic stealth bomber could be ready later this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The feared Xian H-20, which doubles China&#8217;s strike range and completes its nuclear triad, puts Australia, <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/japan\/index.html\"><strong>Japan<\/strong><\/a> and Korea all within range.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">It would mean China would join the US and <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/russia\/index.html\"><strong>Russia<\/strong><\/a> is possessing a three-pronged military force that can launch nuclear missiles from air, land and sea.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_206727\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Xian-H20.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-206727\" class=\"wp-image-206727\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Xian-H20.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Xian-H20.jpg 634w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Xian-H20-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-206727\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Xian H-20. An artist&#8217;s impression. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Military sources told the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/military\/article\/3082465\/chinas-long-range-xian-h-20-stealth-bomber-could-make-its-debut\"><strong>South China Morning Post<\/strong><\/a><\/span> the bomber could make its first public appearance at this year&#8217;s Zhuhai Airshow in November.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The sources said: &#8216;The Zhuhai Airshow is expected to become a platform to promote China&#8217;s image and its success in pandemic control \u2013 telling the outside world that the contagion did not have any big impacts on Chinese defence industry enterprises.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Amid an escalating war of words between Washington and Beijing over COVID-19, the bomber could further ramp up tensions by exposing US bases and fleets in the Pacific.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Both countries have increased naval patrols in\u00a0the Taiwan Strait and the South and East China seas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The H-20 is a strategic bomber similar to the B-2 or B-21, according to the US Defense Intelligence Agency.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-8285469\/Chinas-supersonic-stealth-bomber-ready-later-year.html\">Continues \u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Making it the third country alongside US and Russia capable of launching nukes from land, sea or air<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[78],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-206726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-china"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=206726"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":206730,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206726\/revisions\/206730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=206726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=206726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=206726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}