Pentagon Confirms China Will Have A New Tactical Bomber

Bradley Perrett Steve Trimble January 21, 2019
Credit: Liu Gang and Chen Minglin/Chinese Defense Ministry
In World War II, a fighter-bomber was a fighter that could bomb. They can all bomb now, so the term has fallen out of use—except in China, where it is used for strike aircraft with high flight performance but no serious air-to-air capability. That is a good clue to the nature of a forthcoming...
Bradley Perrett

Bradley Perrett covered China, Japan, South Korea and Australia. He is a Mandarin-speaking Australian.

Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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