H-6 evolves from Cold War relic to Beijing’s hammer

Xian H-6N October 2019

Source: Wikimedia Commons

Beijing’s years of patient investment in the Xian H-6 bomber, a local variant of the Cold War-era Tupolev Tu-16, have created an attack asset which is of significant concern to Washington DC.

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