China’s new H-6J maritime strike bomber: sharper vision, longer range, versatile roles

China’s H‑6J maritime strike bomber, equipped with two reconnaissance pods, indicates it has enhanced long-range strike capabilities while supporting peacetime maritime surveillance, according to military analysts. Cai Suliang, identified as a member of an unspecified People’s Liberation Army bomber formation, said that the H-6J, a new variant of the H-6 bomber series, differed from the H-6K in its external appearance – mainly due to additional reconnaissance pods. “This amounts to giving [the...