Russia's face is being rubbed in the dirt, with foreign netizens suggesting purchasing China's H-6 bombers.
After footage of the attacked Tu-95 strategic bomber trailing smoke spread worldwide, many overseas netizens began "mocking" Russia. Some users remarked that given Russia no longer has a production line for the Tu-95 and has suffered such massive losses, to quickly restore the prestige of its strategic bomber force, it could only buy some H-6 bombers from China. Some netizens even "climbed aboard," asking if Russia intended to use the Tu-16 (the early version of the H-6 is a domestic copy of the Tu-16).
Other netizens were even more sarcastic, suggesting that if Russia can get the "Chinese copy of the Tu-16," they might as well buy some "Chinese copies of the flanker fighters (J-11/J-16)," fully maxing out the mockery value against Russia.
However, these netizens are just venting their tongues; putting aside that Russia would almost certainly not buy H-6 bombers, even if they wanted to, China wouldn't sell them. After all, the modernized H-6K and H-6N versions have nothing in common with the Tu-16 except for their appearance; internally, they are two different models with distinct positioning and performance. As for the "Chinese copy of the flanker fighter," even if Russia wanted to buy it, China wouldn't sell it. After all, the J-16 can be considered the "most advanced flanker fighter," far surpassing the Su-30SM, Su-30M2, and Su-35 of the Russian Air Force in terms of advancement.
Now, how much damage Ukraine's latest operation inflicted on Russia's strategic bomber force doesn't really matter. In this environment where everyone is "mocking Russia," Ukraine has already left the impression that it can easily strike Russia's strategic weapons. From this perspective, Russia has already lost.
Original article: https://www.toutiao.com/article/1833892962949120/
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