The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 906: Boom 6KS
In order to welcome the rollout of the H-6K/S, Xi'an Aircraft Industry Corporation has been preparing for a long time. The entire rollout ceremony site was decorated very festively, waiting for the leaders and guests to attend the ceremony.

The H-6K/S final assembly plant was bustling with activity. Hundreds of employee representatives came and formed a team to welcome the leaders and guests.

A H-6K/S, wearing a big red flower, with a piece of canvas covering its fuselage, making it impossible to see its true appearance. At this moment, it just stays there quietly, like a bride covered with a red veil.

This brought to the surface a vague joke deep in Liu Tao's memory. Now it suddenly became clear. At that time, there was a recruitment advertisement released by the Chinese Air Force circulating on the Internet. One part of the advertisement showed a strategic bomber covered with canvas. No one knew whether it was the H-20 stealth strategic bomber or Liu Ye.

At that time, the H-20 strategic bomber was highly anticipated, but its true appearance had never been revealed. Except for an Air Force leader who revealed on TV a few years ago that the strategic bomber was being developed, no one knew what it looked like.

There is no way. Every time people speculate that China is developing a new strategic bomber, what comes out is always an improved version of the H-6.

After so many years, no one knows how many improved versions of the H-6 have been produced.

The H-6 has been modified from A to N, and there are too many models.

Liu Tao smiled. It was actually the same in this life. The H-6 had undergone too many improvements and there were already more than a dozen improved models.

Currently, the H-6K/S is the latest improved model, and it is a major overhaul.

If it weren't for the fact that the H-6K/S seems to be related to the H-6, a normal person would not think that they are the same type of bomber.

At the offline ceremony, a long red carpet was laid from the entrance to the podium.

Liu Tao was chatting with the leaders of the Air Force and the aviation industry. They were all very satisfied with the H-6K/S. The performance had been greatly improved, and it would take only a short time for it to make its first flight after it rolled off the production line.

It can be mass-produced later, and the Air Force can’t wait to start mass production of the H-6K/S.

Finally at 10 o'clock in the morning, the H-6K/S roll-off ceremony officially began.

The leaders gave speeches one after another, praising the H-6K/S highly, saying that it is the core of China's future air strategic force and a magic weapon to deter jackals, tigers and leopards. They then affirmed the dedication and efforts of the H-6K/S development team and the hard work of the workers.

After the leaders finished their speeches, it was time for the unveiling. Liu Tao and the leaders of the Air Force and the aviation industry pulled down the canvas on the fuselage of the H-6K/S.

At this time, the H-6K/S finally appeared in front of everyone!
Many guests and leaders who had never seen the H-6K/S could not help but exclaimed in surprise. There were really not many similarities between the H-6K/S and the old H-6. Not only the nose had changed drastically, but the entire fuselage and wings had also changed. The entire H-6K/S had become very good-looking, and even the engine air intakes had all changed.

It can be said that the H-6K/S is a brand new bomber.

Liu Tao had a smile on his face. With the continuous improvement of manufacturing technology over the years, the appearance of the improved H-6 has become more and more beautiful.

Not to mention the H-6K/S, which adopts the most advanced manufacturing process in China today, and has undergone major changes in all aspects, using the most advanced technology in China today.

All the aircraft guns were cancelled and made way for electronic jamming equipment.

The maximum range of the H-6K/S is 9500 kilometers, its total length is 42.46 meters, its wingspan when fully extended is 34.28 meters, when fully folded is 23.3 meters, its total height is 11.05 meters, its wing area is 175.80 square meters, its empty weight is 50000 kilograms, its maximum take-off weight is 135000 kilograms, its maximum fuel capacity is 55000 kilograms, its maximum external weapon load is 33000 kilograms, and it can carry a variety of missiles and bombs to attack different types of targets.

For example, it can carry aerial bombs, the "Piercing" series of missiles, the "Eagle Strike" anti-ship missiles, and so on.

In addition, the H-6K/S is also capable of performing electronic warfare missions, using highly advanced systems to monitor and attack enemy drones, and jamming enemy communications and radar systems. The maximum speed at sea level reaches Mach 1, the maximum speed at high altitude reaches Mach 1.5 (altitude 15000 meters), the cruising speed is 950 kilometers per hour (altitude 12000 meters), and the practical ceiling is 15500 meters.

The H-6K/S is also equipped with the Beidou satellite navigation system, which can perform satellite navigation to avoid getting lost.

It can carry 4 passengers, all arranged at the nose of the aircraft in 2 rows, with 2 passengers in each row. They are the pilot, co-pilot, electronic warfare/communications officer and navigator/bomber officer. All of them sit facing forward and have independent ejection seats installed.

The avionics system has been reconstructed, and a large-screen LCD stripped cockpit has been adopted to optimize ergonomics and greatly simplify operation.

It can be said that the performance of the H-6K/S has been greatly enhanced, and its combat effectiveness has been greatly improved. In particular, it is capable of launching long-range air-to-ground cruise missiles, which can greatly improve the strategic strike capability of the Air Force.

No wonder the Air Force is grinning.

Liu Tao also understood the good mood of the Air Force leaders. Just one H-6K/S could theoretically carry about 10 "Eagle Strike-10" anti-ship missiles, and could destroy 10 large aircraft carriers with a full load displacement of 9 tons in the distant sea.

A H-6K/S, equipped with a dozen or twenty types of "Eagle Strike" anti-ship missiles, can theoretically destroy an aircraft carrier formation.

If mushroom bombs were launched, it would be unimaginable.

It can be said that at this point, China truly possesses a three-pronged nuclear strike capability.

With the H-6K/S, the Air Force has greatly enhanced its air strike capability and strategic deterrence.

In the past few years, the Chinese Air Force has been living in a state of dreaming. Even the Air Force leaders would not dare to dream of such a beautiful dream.

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The only thing the Chinese Air Force lacks now is time.

As for funding, the Air Force, like the Army and Navy, is thick-skinned and can just negotiate with the Ministry of Finance every year.

Isn’t this how we have been living all these years?

Now, the performance of the H-6K/S has been greatly improved, which gives the Air Force stronger strategic power.

When it comes to air power in the future, after the Eagle Sauce and the Polar Bear, China will definitely sit in the third seat. Both Britain and France are far inferior to the Chinese Air Force.

To be honest, the Air Force or the entire military does not care much about the rankings of foreign military journals. They even ask people to publicize that China's military strength is not good. Some military journals even rank China's military strength outside the top ten.

In those military journals, the top two in military power are either Eagle Sauce and Polar Bear, or Polar Bear and Eagle Sauce. As for the third place, it is also very variable. Only two or three military journals rank China third, and most of them rank fifth or sixth or even outside the top ten.

The Chinese have always been practical and down-to-earth. As for false reputation, it is better not to have it.

Even up to now, what China has announced to the outside world is that China has preliminarily completed the construction of semi-mechanized troops and aims to complete the construction of semi-mechanized troops by the millennium, that is, in the year 2000.

(End of this chapter)