China’s New H-20 Strategic Stealth Bomber ‘Won’t Close the Gap’ with the U.S. Air Force

China’s New H-20 Strategic Stealth Bomber ‘Won’t Close the Gap’ with the U.S. Air Force

China’s H-20 stealth strategic bomber will give Beijing a capability it has never possessed—a survivable, recallable, long-range nuclear strike platform that completes the country’s nuclear triad. But despite the hype, the bomber will likely fall well short of America’s B-21 Raider and possibly even the older B-2 Spirit, with thermal signature problems, weaker side-aspect stealth, and avionics systems still below U.S. standards. The H-20 Stealth…