In March 2024, the media has publicly reported that China's H-20 stealth strategic bomber will soon be available, in fact, there have been rumors that China is developing the H-20 bomber, and there has been no information on the relevant progress. China's current main bombers are the H-6K/J series and the H-6N bomber, but they are both models with traditional aerodynamic layouts, so they do not have stealth capabilities. The U.S. Air Force currently has three strategic bombers, including the B-2A with stealth capability, and the U.S. Air Force recently dispatched 12 B-2A bombers at a time, thus demonstrating the U.S. Air Force's deterrence and surprise attack capabilities. The B-2A has a flying wing aerodynamic layout and is capable of performing cross-continental strike missions.
Due to the absence of long-range strategic bombers to perform intercontinental strike missions, which affects the extension of the deterrence capabilities of the PLA, for which there will be the development of the H-20 strategic bomber. The H-6 series is a model developed on the basis of the Soviet Tu-16, although it has undergone many improvements, there is still a big gap with the United States' strategic nuclear bombardment, and the H-6 series is not suitable for the implementation of combat missions abroad, because the range and bomb carrying capacity are greatly limited. The U.S. Air Force's B-2A stealth strategic bomber has created a new era of bomber development, and only the United States currently has a stealth bomber platform, so the PLA will equip the H-20 in the future with the intention of the U.S. military.
In fact, in addition to the B-2A stealth bomber, the United States also has the development and testing of the B-21, and the US Air Force is currently testing the prototype of the B-21, according to the process of developing the B-2A in the United States, the prototype will eventually join the US Air Force sequence. The B-21 and B-2A are similar aerodynamic layout structures, which are currently being tested in a number of subjects, and at the same time the US Air Force has announced that the B-21 has entered the stage of low-volume production. According to US media reports, Pentagon intelligence officials said on April 22 that they declared that China's H-20 stealth strategic bomber was "not to be feared."
The Pentagon concluded that China's H-20 bomber has encountered many difficulties in its engineering design, so it cannot be "compared" with the U.S. B-2A and B-21 in terms of performance, and the U.S. Pentagon officials have enough confidence in the U.S. stealth strategic bomber, and claim that they don't need to pay too much attention to China's H-20 bomber, because the United States has more advanced models. It is not difficult to see from the statements of US Pentagon officials that they are full of "contempt" for China's H-20 bombers, highlighting the arrogance of US politicians, and showing indifference to the development of China's weapons and equipment while the United States is exaggerating the so-called "Chinese military threat."
The B-2A stealth strategic nuclear bombardment equipped by the US Air Force is stained with the blood of the Chinese people, because the United States dropped five precision-guided bombs on the Chinese Embassy in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia through the B-2A in 1999. After entering 2024, Israel has also followed the pace of the United States and bombed the Iranian embassy in Syria. China's development of the H-20 stealth strategic bomber can effectively weaken the aggressive posture of the US Air Force, and it is also because of the strategic significance of the H-20 that US Pentagon officials will sing the praises of China.