"Mike" wrote in message
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"Jeroen Wenting" wrote in message
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Does China have long range bombers at this time that can reach the
continental United States?

China has Tu-16 bombers which might be able to reach Alaska and maybe
parts
of the US west coast on a suicide (read, one-way) mission.
They are rumoured to have at least a few Tu-22M (Tu-26) Backfires as
well
which could reach the US west coast.

Wow, China may have a few backfires? They could easily hit Los
Angeles if that was the case. That's scary.


Even at the most generous estimates of its range the Backfire
would need multiple in flight refuellings to strike at that
kind of range.

Keith