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	China baffles world with mystery bomber

rmowery

3-15-2008 7:27 PM

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China's H-8 stealth bomber may be more advanced than the American <A href="http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/bomber/b-2_gallery.htm" class="external-link">B-2A</A> and capable of delivering a 350-kiloton nuclear warhead to the continental U.S., or it could be a mock-up of the A-12 "<A href="http://www.habu2.net/a12/avenger2.htm" class="external-link">Flying Dorito</A>."</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cnet.com/8301-13639_1-9894658-42.html?tag=blog.promos"><P> 
<A href="http://www.asiafinest.com/forum/index.php?s=e46b4f7897f1be623a4a332dc2884063&showtopic=141684&pid=3382775&st=20&#entry3382775" class="external-link">Those</A> are just two of the <A href="http://western.tdctrade.com/content.aspx?data=Western_content_en&contentid=909606&src=RA_Ginqsx&w_sid=194&w_pid=873&w_nid=11286&w_cid=909606&w_idt=1900-01-01&w_oid=343&w_jid=" class="external-link">rumors</A> accompanying a video trumpeting some recent triumphs of <A href="http://www.avic1.com.cn/English/EnglishIndex.asp" class="external-link">Chinese aviation</A>. Although it's "top secret," Chinese quasi-official <A href="http://www.mnd.gov.tw/English/Publish.aspx?cnid=498&p=19940" class="external-link">Web sites</A> brag that the Xian H-8 is a carbon-fiber, "special nanotechnology"-coated, stealth, strategic, heavy bomber all rolled into one.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cnet.com/8301-13639_1-9894658-42.html?tag=blog.promos"><P>
What we know for sure is that it has a range of <A href="http://community.discovery.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/7861990268/m/9641964549" class="external-link">11,000 kilometers</A>, without refueling, but it could refuel if it wanted to--possibly. In any case, it has extra-large fuel tanks. It has a crew of two and travels at Mach 1.2, or maybe 1.4. It carries an 18-ton bomb payload and/or 12 new Stealth cruise missiles with a range of 3,000 kilometers. And three nuclear missiles, at least.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/039CC2BA-EFB0-4752-8A07-0E33754C2BB6/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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