{
  "id": "china-bomber-nuclear",
  "name": "Chinese nuclear bomber force",
  "aliases": [],
  "domain": "nuclear",
  "country": "CHN",
  "category": "Nuclear force component",
  "status": "active",
  "fielded": null,
  "operators": [
    "CHN"
  ],
  "summary": "About 20 H-6N bombers, the only nuclear-capable H-6 variant, each assigned up to one air-launched ballistic missile.",
  "specs": [
    {
      "k": "platforms",
      "v": "About 20 H-6N, 106th Brigade, Neixiang",
      "src": [
        "fas-nn-chn-2026"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "delivery",
      "v": "JL-1 air-launched ballistic missile (assessed deployed August 2024)",
      "src": [
        "fas-nn-chn-2026"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "program",
      "v": "H-20 stealth bomber: Pentagon estimates range over 10,000 km; first flight unconfirmed",
      "src": [
        "fas-nn-chn-2026"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    }
  ],
  "payloads": [],
  "variants": [],
  "art": "nuclear",
  "image": null,
  "verified": null,
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-11-08",
      "change": "Entry created from Chinese nuclear weapons, 2026 (FAS Nuclear Notebook)"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.defensepedia.com/systems/china-bomber-nuclear.html",
  "sources": {
    "fas-nn-chn-2026": {
      "title": "Chinese nuclear weapons, 2026",
      "publisher": "Federation of American Scientists Nuclear Notebook, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists",
      "url": "https://thebulletin.org/premium/2026-07/chinese-nuclear-weapons-2026/",
      "published": "2026-07-01",
      "tier": 2,
      "checked": "2026-11-08"
    }
  }
}