China’s H-6K Bomber Unleashes KD-21 ‘Carrier Killer’ Missile, Escalating Threat to U.S. and Allied Forces in Indo-Pacific
For the first time, China’s People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) has deployed its H-6K long-range bomber armed with the air-launched ballistic missile (ALBM) KD-21 during a live military drill, underscoring a dramatic elevation in Beijing’s strategic threat calculus aimed at U.S. and allied forces in the Indo-Pacific theatre.