XIAN FH-7 - SUPERSONIC NUCLEAR STRIKE BOMBER

          

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Bravenet.com

XIAN FH-7 - SUPERSONIC NUCLEAR STRIKE BOMBER

 
 

 
MANUFACTURED  BY:          XIAN AIRCRAFT CORP., PEOPLES REPUBLIC of CHINA
 
TYPE      -  SUPERSONIC STRIKE BOMBER
CREW      -  TWO IN TANDEM PILOT/WEAPONS OFFICER
ARM       -  SIX HARD POINTS - THREE ON EACH WING, ONE BELLY HARD 
             POINT AND WING-TIP HARD POINTS FOR AIR TO AIR MISSILES
             TOTAL 14,000 LB. EXTERNAL STORES INCLUDING C.802 MISSILES,
             CONVENTIONAL OR NUCLEAR FREE-FALL BOMBS
RANGE     -  1,900 MILES 
WING SPAN -  41.65 FT.
LENGTH    -  73.22 FT.
HEIGHT    -  21.56 FT.
WEIGHT    -  62,000 POUNDS TAKE OFF
ENGINE    -  TWO AFTERBURNING WS-9 (ROLLS ROYCE SPEY BUILT ON LICENSE)
GUIDANCE  -  GPS SUPPLIED BY ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL
             INERTIAL AND SAR RADAR - ADVANCED VERSIONS TO BE 
             EQUIPPED WITH LASER DESIGNATOR AND FLIR
SPEED     -  750 MPH OR MACH 1.7 AT ALTITUDE

 

The FH-7 (FBC-1 export version) is a twin engine, swept-wing, super-sonic two seat, all weather attack bomber, equipped with American GPS bombing - navigation and powered by licensed copies of the British Rolls Royce Spey engine. The all weather FBC-1 ROCKWELL GPS bombing system will eventually be upgraded with Chinese made Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and an infra-red night vision pod.

Chinese engineers bragged that the FBC-1 was designed with CAD (computer aided design) techniques on U.S. built super computers. The computers were provided through the China Flight Test Establishment at Xian University.