China’s H-6N Bomber Spotted with Air-Launched Ballistic Missile in Clearest Image Yet

[Talyn]

The CH-AS-X-13 ALBM is reported to be the H-6N’s primary weapon, possibly featuring a hypersonic maneuverable reentry vehicle.​

The missile is carried on the centerline hardpoint, and the massive size suggests a use against the largest strategic land targets, like heavily fortified structures or underground bunkers, or massive bases like Andersen AFB on Guam. This also puts that base’s up-gunning with Aegis systems and Standard Missiles for BMD (Ballistic Missile Defense) in perspective.

How a MaRV (maneuverable reentry vehicle) performs, can be seen in this graphic rendition of Iran’s Khorramshahr-4 ballistic missile, that analysts say has the most utility against Diego Garcia. The similarities in Chinese and Iranian weapons programs are uncanny, with both possessing the largest and most diverse stockpile of drones, ballistic and cruise missiles in the world.

China’s H-6N Bomber Spotted with Air-Launched Ballistic Missile in Clearest Image Yet

The CH-AS-X-13 ALBM is reported to be the H-6N’s primary weapon, possibly featuring a hypersonic maneuverable reentry vehicle. The ‘N’ variant of the PLA

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[trader]

That is a seriously large airborne missile.

 

[KillerFord1977]

That is a seriously large airborne missile.

H-6N bombers have a radar signature of a skyscraper.
Hopefully they go “splash” out of the sky when the grt airborne

 

[Talyn]

With the ALCM having a 1,860 mile range the H-6N (Chicom bomber with a 3,700 mile range itself) has alot of safe-space to play with when planning a launch of the CH-AS-X-3 ALBM.

Same goes for the B-52 since while they both have a large RCS, they're both stand-off platforms.

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