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美卫星曝光西飞机场：停满20架运20和17架轰6(图)
2020年01月07日 09:51 环球时报
753
在着新年到来之际，一张卫星照片又引起了外媒的注意。据美国科技媒体The Drive网站报道，就在2020年元旦前三天，由Planet Labs卫星公司提供的一张高清晰度卫星照片，显示了在中国西安飞机公司机场上停满了各类大型飞机。其中包括将近20架运20战略运输机，大批“高新”特种飞机，以及轰六轰炸机等等。
近日由Planet Labs提供的高清晰度卫星照片
The Drive报道说，西安飞机公司是中国主要的大型军用飞机生产商，一直在为中国建造运输机队，使其在海外的地缘政治愿望成为现实，同时也在提供最新的远程轰炸机，以支持其新兴的反介入军事战略。
该基地的这张照片上出现了不少于20架Y-20，根据对数年内同一位置的卫星照片进行查阅，The Drive表示这是外界见过的这个机型数量最多的一张照片。
尽管西安Y-20远没有中国先进战斗机那么令人兴奋，但在中国实现其雄心勃勃的海外战略的问题上，西安Y-20同样重要甚至更为重要。能够使用不依赖于外国实体支持的飞机在跨国距离上运送超大规模的货物，使中国有了高速的后勤保障，以支持在中国大陆以外越来越多的基地和军事行动。换言之，Y-20对中国的核心外交政策和国防战略至关重要。
机场上的Y-20机群
Y-20与美国C-17运输机的设计有些相似，它的主要限制仍然是发动机，目前使用的是俄罗斯中涵道比D-30KP-2涡轮风扇发动机。中国的最终目标是在该机型上使用国产的WS20大涵道比涡扇发动机，以使飞机达到最大设计潜力，消除任何重大的外来依赖。飞行测试正在进行中，但WS-20要到2024年才能投产，这只是一个估计的时间表。不管怎样，中国以令人眼花缭乱的研发和生产速度，突显了中国的外交政策的目标和中国军队整体实力的增强。此外，值得注意的是，在2015年最后一架C-17飞机下线后，位于美国长滩的C-17工厂关闭，美国不再有一架战略运输机投入生产。
机场上的其他飞机
从照片上看，周围还散落着17架西安H-6轰炸机。这种飞机具有上世纪50年代苏联图-16轰炸机血统，大幅升级后的H-6K型号及其衍生型号，是中国人民解放军远程航空力量的骨干。在传统轰炸和巡航导弹发射任务之外，还扮演着多种角色，其中包括充当超大型高速无人机和大型空射弹道导弹的母机。在中国隐形轰炸机未来服役之前，H-6将成为中国人民解放军空中战略长矛的尖端，显然北京正持续投资开发此平台。
卫星照片另一部分的细节
卫星图片还显示了4架KJ-500预警和控制（AEW&C）飞机，它们将增强中国不断增长的预警机群。这种飞机是中国战斗机和陆海防空系统的巨大力量倍增器。第五架AEW&C飞机在基地西北部的一个角落里。这似乎是一架以Y-7双引擎涡桨运输机为平台的试验机。这架试飞机被认为是JZY-01，是未来中国舰载预警机的雏形。
ZY-01预警机躲在角落里
TheDrive网站的文章最后总结道，西飞确实是中国最重要的飞机研发中心，那里的大规模的活动再次提醒世界，中国的军事力量可能正处于近乎指数级的增长曲线上。
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U.S. satellite exposes West Airfield: 20 full 20 and 17 bomber 6 parked (photo)
January 7, 2020 09:51 Global Times
753
As the New Year approaches, a satellite photo has attracted the attention of foreign media. According to the US technology media The Drive website, just three days before New Year's Day in 2020, a high-resolution satellite photo provided by Planet Labs Satellite Company showed that various large aircraft were parked at the airport of Xi'an Aircraft Corporation of China. These include nearly 20 strategic transport aircraft, 20 high-tech special aircraft, and bomber six bombers.
High-resolution satellite photos recently provided by Planet Labs
The Drive reports that Xi'an Aircraft Corporation, China's major large military aircraft manufacturer, has been building a transport fleet for China to make its geopolitical aspirations a reality overseas, while also providing the latest long-range bombers to support its emerging Anti-access military strategy.
No fewer than 20 Y-20s appeared in this photo of the base. According to the satellite photos of the same location for several years, The Drive said that this is the most photographed model of the model.
Although Xi'an Y-20 is far less exciting than China's advanced fighter jets, Xi'an Y-20 is equally important or even more important in realizing China's ambitious overseas strategy. Being able to transport very large-scale cargo across international distances using aircraft that do not rely on foreign entity support has given China high-speed logistical support to support more and more bases and military operations outside mainland China. In other words, the Y-20 is critical to China's core foreign policy and defense strategy.
Y-20 fleet at the airport
The design of the Y-20 is similar to that of the American C-17 transport aircraft. Its main limitation is still the engine. Currently, the Russian D-30KP-2 turbofan engine is used. China's ultimate goal is to use the domestically produced WS20 turbofan engine on this model to maximize the aircraft's design potential and eliminate any significant external dependencies. Flight tests are ongoing, but the WS-20 will not be operational until 2024, which is only an estimated timetable. Regardless, China's dazzling R & D and production speed highlights the goals of China's foreign policy and the enhancement of the overall strength of the Chinese army. In addition, it is worth noting that after the last C-17 aircraft was rolled off in 2015, the C-17 plant in Long Beach, USA was closed, and there is no longer a strategic transport aircraft in production in the United States.
Other aircraft at the airport
From the photos, there are also 17 Xi'an H-6 bombers scattered around. This aircraft has the ancestry of the Soviet Tu-16 bomber of the 1950s, the greatly upgraded H-6K model and its derivatives, and is the backbone of the Chinese People's Liberation Army's long-range aviation power. In addition to traditional bombing and cruise missile launch missions, it also plays a variety of roles, including acting as the parent aircraft for very large high-speed UAVs and large air-launched ballistic missiles. Before the Chinese stealth bomber enters service in the future, the H-6 will become the cutting-edge of the Chinese People's Liberation Army's air strategic spear. Obviously Beijing is continuing to invest in developing this platform.
Details of another part of the satellite photo
Satellite images also show four KJ-500 early warning and control (AEW & C) aircraft that will enhance China's growing early warning fleet. This aircraft is a huge force multiplier for Chinese fighter aircraft and land and sea air defense systems. The fifth AEW & C aircraft was in a corner northwest of the base. This appears to be a test machine based on a Y-7 twin-engine turboprop. This test aircraft is considered to be JZY-01, the prototype of China's future shipborne early warning aircraft.
ZY-01 early warning aircraft hiding in the corner
The TheDrive website article concluded that Xifei is indeed China's most important aircraft research and development center, and the large-scale activities there once again remind the world that China's military power may be on a nearly exponential growth curve.
美卫星曝光西飞机场：停满20架运20和17架轰6(图)
2020年01月07日 09:51 环球时报
753
在着新年到来之际，一张卫星照片又引起了外媒的注意。据美国科技媒体The Drive网站报道，就在2020年元旦前三天，由Planet Labs卫星公司提供的一张高清晰度卫星照片，显示了在中国西安飞机公司机场上停满了各类大型飞机。其中包括将近20架运20战略运输机，大批“高新”特种飞机，以及轰六轰炸机等等。
近日由Planet Labs提供的高清晰度卫星照片
The Drive报道说，西安飞机公司是中国主要的大型军用飞机生产商，一直在为中国建造运输机队，使其在海外的地缘政治愿望成为现实，同时也在提供最新的远程轰炸机，以支持其新兴的反介入军事战略。
该基地的这张照片上出现了不少于20架Y-20，根据对数年内同一位置的卫星照片进行查阅，The Drive表示这是外界见过的这个机型数量最多的一张照片。
尽管西安Y-20远没有中国先进战斗机那么令人兴奋，但在中国实现其雄心勃勃的海外战略的问题上，西安Y-20同样重要甚至更为重要。能够使用不依赖于外国实体支持的飞机在跨国距离上运送超大规模的货物，使中国有了高速的后勤保障，以支持在中国大陆以外越来越多的基地和军事行动。换言之，Y-20对中国的核心外交政策和国防战略至关重要。
机场上的Y-20机群
Y-20与美国C-17运输机的设计有些相似，它的主要限制仍然是发动机，目前使用的是俄罗斯中涵道比D-30KP-2涡轮风扇发动机。中国的最终目标是在该机型上使用国产的WS20大涵道比涡扇发动机，以使飞机达到最大设计潜力，消除任何重大的外来依赖。飞行测试正在进行中，但WS-20要到2024年才能投产，这只是一个估计的时间表。不管怎样，中国以令人眼花缭乱的研发和生产速度，突显了中国的外交政策的目标和中国军队整体实力的增强。此外，值得注意的是，在2015年最后一架C-17飞机下线后，位于美国长滩的C-17工厂关闭，美国不再有一架战略运输机投入生产。
机场上的其他飞机
从照片上看，周围还散落着17架西安H-6轰炸机。这种飞机具有上世纪50年代苏联图-16轰炸机血统，大幅升级后的H-6K型号及其衍生型号，是中国人民解放军远程航空力量的骨干。在传统轰炸和巡航导弹发射任务之外，还扮演着多种角色，其中包括充当超大型高速无人机和大型空射弹道导弹的母机。在中国隐形轰炸机未来服役之前，H-6将成为中国人民解放军空中战略长矛的尖端，显然北京正持续投资开发此平台。
卫星照片另一部分的细节
卫星图片还显示了4架KJ-500预警和控制（AEW&C）飞机，它们将增强中国不断增长的预警机群。这种飞机是中国战斗机和陆海防空系统的巨大力量倍增器。第五架AEW&C飞机在基地西北部的一个角落里。这似乎是一架以Y-7双引擎涡桨运输机为平台的试验机。这架试飞机被认为是JZY-01，是未来中国舰载预警机的雏形。
ZY-01预警机躲在角落里
TheDrive网站的文章最后总结道，西飞确实是中国最重要的飞机研发中心，那里的大规模的活动再次提醒世界，中国的军事力量可能正处于近乎指数级的增长曲线上。
https://mil.news.sina.com.cn/china/2020-01-07/doc-iihnzhha0810966.shtml
U.S. satellite exposes West Airfield: 20 full 20 and 17 bomber 6 parked (photo)
January 7, 2020 09:51 Global Times
753
As the New Year approaches, a satellite photo has attracted the attention of foreign media. According to the US technology media The Drive website, just three days before New Year's Day in 2020, a high-resolution satellite photo provided by Planet Labs Satellite Company showed that various large aircraft were parked at the airport of Xi'an Aircraft Corporation of China. These include nearly 20 strategic transport aircraft, 20 high-tech special aircraft, and bomber six bombers.
High-resolution satellite photos recently provided by Planet Labs
The Drive reports that Xi'an Aircraft Corporation, China's major large military aircraft manufacturer, has been building a transport fleet for China to make its geopolitical aspirations a reality overseas, while also providing the latest long-range bombers to support its emerging Anti-access military strategy.
No fewer than 20 Y-20s appeared in this photo of the base. According to the satellite photos of the same location for several years, The Drive said that this is the most photographed model of the model.
Although Xi'an Y-20 is far less exciting than China's advanced fighter jets, Xi'an Y-20 is equally important or even more important in realizing China's ambitious overseas strategy. Being able to transport very large-scale cargo across international distances using aircraft that do not rely on foreign entity support has given China high-speed logistical support to support more and more bases and military operations outside mainland China. In other words, the Y-20 is critical to China's core foreign policy and defense strategy.
Y-20 fleet at the airport
The design of the Y-20 is similar to that of the American C-17 transport aircraft. Its main limitation is still the engine. Currently, the Russian D-30KP-2 turbofan engine is used. China's ultimate goal is to use the domestically produced WS20 turbofan engine on this model to maximize the aircraft's design potential and eliminate any significant external dependencies. Flight tests are ongoing, but the WS-20 will not be operational until 2024, which is only an estimated timetable. Regardless, China's dazzling R & D and production speed highlights the goals of China's foreign policy and the enhancement of the overall strength of the Chinese army. In addition, it is worth noting that after the last C-17 aircraft was rolled off in 2015, the C-17 plant in Long Beach, USA was closed, and there is no longer a strategic transport aircraft in production in the United States.
Other aircraft at the airport
From the photos, there are also 17 Xi'an H-6 bombers scattered around. This aircraft has the ancestry of the Soviet Tu-16 bomber of the 1950s, the greatly upgraded H-6K model and its derivatives, and is the backbone of the Chinese People's Liberation Army's long-range aviation power. In addition to traditional bombing and cruise missile launch missions, it also plays a variety of roles, including acting as the parent aircraft for very large high-speed UAVs and large air-launched ballistic missiles. Before the Chinese stealth bomber enters service in the future, the H-6 will become the cutting-edge of the Chinese People's Liberation Army's air strategic spear. Obviously Beijing is continuing to invest in developing this platform.
Details of another part of the satellite photo
Satellite images also show four KJ-500 early warning and control (AEW & C) aircraft that will enhance China's growing early warning fleet. This aircraft is a huge force multiplier for Chinese fighter aircraft and land and sea air defense systems. The fifth AEW & C aircraft was in a corner northwest of the base. This appears to be a test machine based on a Y-7 twin-engine turboprop. This test aircraft is considered to be JZY-01, the prototype of China's future shipborne early warning aircraft.
ZY-01 early warning aircraft hiding in the corner
The TheDrive website article concluded that Xifei is indeed China's most important aircraft research and development center, and the large-scale activities there once again remind the world that China's military power may be on a nearly exponential growth curve.
