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H-6E Strategic bomber

H-6E Strategic bomber. First flight: 1979 © Marc Van Zon
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Bomber with advanced electronics (in service with the Air Force since 1980).

 

H-6E - Strategic bomber © Konstantinos Panitsidis

 H-6E - Strategic bomber. 




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H-6E © Konstantinos Panitsidis




Technical specifications

DESIGNER Xian (Aircraft Industrial Corporation)
COUNTRY China
TYPE
Strategic bomber
CREW 4
POWER-PLANT Two Xian (XAE) Wopen-8 turbojet engines
Thrust, kgf 2x9.503
DIMENSIONS
 
Length, m
34,80
Height, m
10,36
Wing span, m
33,00
Wing area m2
165,00
WEIGHT  
Maximum take-off, kg 79.000
Normal take-off, kg 72.000
Empty aircraft, kg 37.200
Internal fuel, kg 36.000
Warload, kg   
- standard configuration 9.000
PERFORMANCE  
Maximum speed, km/h 1.050
Cruising speed, km/h 786
Combat range, km
3.150
Range, km 5.925
Ferry range, km -
Endurance, h
-
Service ceiling, m 12.800
Rate of climb, m/min -
Maximum overload, g -
ARMAMENT Doesn't have (defensive). Transportation of weapons: Bombs, Air-to-surface missile, anti-ship missiles.