Chinese H-6K bomber first launched a ballistic rocket in the air

H-6K is a significantly improved upgrade that has received an advanced pilot cabin and improved turbo-fan engines. In addition to the ballistics, the exercises were dumped with ordinary airplanes that were in the internal compartment of the weapon. The video was posted in honor of May 1, which is an official holiday in the PRC. Publicly the ballistic missile, which was launched yesterday, made its debut at the Airshow China air show in November 2022.

It is known under the marking of ALBM or 2pzd-21 And the name KD-21 or YJ-21 is just an assumption because it has not been officially revealed. Initially, the ALBM rocket was considered anti-ship, but the H-6K plane is primarily a assault platform that serves in the air forces, not the naval. Therefore, it is suggested that the ballistic rocket will be able to beat for land purposes. This fact will make a rocket similar to the Russian "dagger", which runs from the Mig-31K fighter.

The 2PZD-21 can be as well as the development of a launch rocket as the "dagger" comes from "Scander". In the Chinese case, it is very similar to the CM-401 ballistic missile. The launching missile, which poses a particularly serious threat to both the air defense operator on Earth and the operator who is instructed to protect the warship. With a potential hypersonic end speed, which is common to ballistic missiles, ALBM is likely to fly to its target at a steep angle of fall.

Assuming that it can attack moving warships, it will also be able to dynamically maneuver during the final phase of the attack, which will complicate the counteraction to the air defense. The experience of "daggers" in Ukraine shows that Patriot and similar systems can counteract such missiles. We will remind, on April 19, the media wrote that the Chinese bomber H-6K was picking up the reconnaissance drone WZ-8. Earlier, observers noticed H-6K with YJ-21 ballistic missile on the suspension.