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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
World
Bernadette B. Tixon

China Joins the Nuclear Triad Club, but It's Still No Match for America's Stealth Bombers

A Chinese H-6 bomber and J-16 fighter flew from the East China Sea to the Sea of Japan; China completes nuclear triad with H‑6N bomber, yet still far behind US stealth arsenal (Credit: Japan Ministry of Defense / Japan Air Self Defense Force/WikiMedia Commons)

China has publicly demonstrated an air-based nuclear delivery capability after newly released footage showed an H-6N bomber carrying the Jing Lei-1 (JL-1) air-launched ballistic missile.

The development gives Beijing nuclear delivery options by land, sea and air, although analysts have long regarded China's triad as developing rather than equivalent to the mature US or Russian systems.

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