MACHTRES FIGHTERS

XIAN FH-7

CHINA

 

  SUPERSONIC NUCLEAR STRIKE BOMBER

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

 
 

 Technical Specifications

  
  
  MANUFACTURED  BY:    XIAN AIRCRAFT CORP.- PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA
  TYPE      -   SUPERSONIC STRIKE BOMBER
  CREW      -  TWO IN TANDEM PILOT/WEAPONS OFFICER
  WEAPONS  -    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 
  WINGSPAN -  41.65 FT.
  LENGTH    -    73.22 FT.
  HEIGHT    -     21.56 FT.
  WEIGHT    -    62,000 LB 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