A large number of Chinese stealth flying wings appear at secret bases

In the exclusive development of China’s rapid acceleration of the next-generation combat plan, we’ve just caught a glimpse of the long-awaited H-20 Stealth Bomber, or, arguably, a very large, sluggish flying wing long-term continuous insurance drone.

Outside the hangar complex of the infamous Advanced Air Battlefield Project, images of previously invisible planes come from the Planet Lab Archives. The image was taken on May 14, 2025 and has just appeared in the database.

The figure shows China’s secret testing foundation near Malan, Xinjiang Province, a base known to be leading in the country’s drone development efforts. Specifically, the craft was parked outside a sprawling new facility, which was recently built to the east of the base, connected by a long slide leading to a safety door.

Construction of the installation began two years ago. High security sites are densely packed with hangars of all sizes. These include estimated (based on early construction satellite images) of 70m, 50m, 20m and 15m bays. The artifacts in question sit outside one of the largest bays. The low large hangar is reminiscent of the B-2 bomber at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri or our infrastructure in the U.S. Air Force 42 plant in Palpal, California, for flight wing aircraft. Malan’s smaller cove is more of a puzzle.

What was not obvious before was the facility’s intention, but it is now clear that this could be the basis for testing the next generation of China’s air combat ecosystem, which includes aircraft of multiple sizes (from H-20 to large stealth flight wing drones), to large stealth flight wing drones, the tri-pipe J-36, the J-XDS Fighter the J-XDS Fighter the J-XDS Fighter the Crecrustry Cressial the Cressial of Creserical Chate sigal Catter the Crotical the Crotical silent Ptherones. The U.S. Air Force is developing its next-generation air superiority (NGAD) and remote strikes (LRS) families in a similar way. This will perfectly explain this compact base and its confusing bay size with high security. Nevertheless, this is only based on speculation based on a very small amount of visual evidence.

The emerging aircraft itself seems impressive. It is a large flying wing with a wingspan of about 52 meters and about 170 feet. The B-2 spirit is 172 feet wide for comparison, while the B-21 spirit will be smaller. Perhaps the best explanation is that this is a very large, high-altitude, long-term (Hale) stealth drone-like the so-called American RQ-180, but it will be the largest we’ve ever seen. China is developing many flying wing types of various sizes, including large stout beer drones, but nothing is on this scale, at least we know. It is also worth mentioning that the aircraft seen in the new image is very similar to that found passing through the Philippines in 2021.

Additionally, its size will be more logically applicable to the H-20 profile, namely, China’s first and so far invisible stealth bomber. Therefore, this Can It was the first time ever to see that plane.

The plan is similar to the plan of the B-21, while the wings appear to be cut at an angle similar to that of it and B-2. While there is a white area that seems to make the tip of the left wing sharper, it is not proven by the shadow below. The scan looks less than the B-2 or B-21, pointing out that it is an important design driver in high altitude endurance. There seems to be a central bucket or dome section as well. This is a habit of flying wing design. It can accommodate the cockpit and additional internal volume for manned aircraft and even drones air intakes and engines.

There is no visible cockpit, nor any features like an entrance, but this resolution does limit the way to develop these details.

Finally, the most interesting thing is, Appear At least a small part of the vertical tail of the shadow, and the vertical expansion on its upper management. This is not a concluding function. This may be other reasons for this optical property, but it is worth noting that the small vertical tail on the concept of large flight wings is not unheard of. Giving the stability of this large-scale flying wing design is very challenging, and the small tail will help this in this regard. You can read all about this here.

What we want to say here is that the appearance of this plane is unlikely to be accidental. China is fully aware that commercial satellites are continuing at any given time and can hide any desired program. An error may happen, but on the surface, it’s Distant Satellites are more likely to see the plane. They may also be able to use this knowledge accurately for information warfare purposes, rolling out models or baits to confuse foreign intelligence agencies, whose observations focus more closely on the facility and are much better with the better resolution that publicly accessible commercial satellite services can provide. These factors are always worth remembering. Nevertheless, the fact is that, at least to some extent, the facility also appears to be built for such machines.

So you have. This may be our first view of China’s stealth bombers or very long Hale drones – both of which can be very problematic when it comes to installations of American ships and the Pacific region, for example. This is the third major revelation we have involved in China’s rapidly growing next-generation air combat capabilities over the past seven months, and this may not be the last of 2025.

Author’s Note: Edited to include wing scanning function.

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